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River Flood Advisory 27, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this river flood advisory at Jul 4, 2015, 8:19 PM CDT for Franklin County, Johnson County, Logan County, Arkansas. It was in force for 26 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 4, 2015, 8:19 PM CDT (01:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 5, 2015, 10:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 26 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Franklin County, AR, Johnson County, AR, Logan County, AR
The radar
The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The river
Written for the forecast point Arkansas River at Ozark L/D Tailwater (OZGA4).
- Action stage
- 355.5 ft
- Minor stage
- 357 ft
- Moderate stage
- 363 ft
- Major stage
- 365 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this river flood advisory went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Tulsa, OK wrote its last area forecast discussion before this river flood advisory went out at Jul 4, 6:16 PM CDT, 2 hours 3 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 4, 6:16 PM CDT, 2 hours 3 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 506 PM CDT SAT JUL 4 2015 ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-051045- ADAIR OK-BENTON AR-CARROLL AR-CHEROKEE OK-CHOCTAW OK-CRAIG OK- CRAWFORD AR-CREEK OK-DELAWARE OK-FRANKLIN AR-HASKELL OK-LATIMER OK- LE FLORE OK-MADISON AR-MAYES OK-MCINTOSH OK-MUSKOGEE OK-NOWATA OK- OKFUSKEE OK-OKMULGEE OK-OSAGE OK-OTTAWA OK-PAWNEE OK-PITTSBURG OK- PUSHMATAHA OK-ROGERS OK-SEBASTIAN AR-SEQUOYAH OK-TULSA OK-WAGONER OK- WASHINGTON OK-WASHINGTON AR- 506 PM CDT SAT JUL 4 2015 THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS AS WELL AS MUCH OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA. .DAY ONE...THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. RISK...LIMITED. AREA...GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 40. ONSET...ONGOING...DIMINISHING AFTER SUNSET. DISCUSSION... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. SUFFICIENT INSTABILITY IS PRESENT TO SUPPORT A RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS...WITH DAMAGING DOWNBURST WINDS AND HAIL BEING THE CONCERNS. THE SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL AND OVERALL COVERAGE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH AFTER SUNSET. LATE TONIGHT ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS MAY SPREAD INTO NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA...HOWEVER THEY ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE. SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT... LOCAL SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. SUNDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL. MONDAY AND TUESDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL...HEAVY RAIN POTENTIAL. WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL. EXTENDED DISCUSSION... THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL BE ONGOING EARLY SUNDAY AND WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE DAY ACROSS ALL OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT WILL PUSH INTO NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND MONDAY...AND MOVE ONLY SLOWLY SOUTHWARD ON TUESDAY. THIS BOUNDARY WILL FOCUS THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT AND AN AXIS OF HEAVY RAINFALL IS LIKELY TO DEVELOP...WITH LATER FORECASTS REFINING THE PLACEMENT OF THE BOUNDARY ALONG WITH EXPECTED RAINFALL TOTALS. TEMPERATURES WILL WARM FOR MID TO LATE NEXT WEEK HOWEVER AT LEAST LOW THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL CONTINUE DAILY. WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TULSA CONTAINS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 4, 4:23 PM CDT, 3 hours 56 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
423 PM CDT SAT JUL 4 2015
OKZ049-053-042215-
PUSHMATAHA OK-CHOCTAW OK-
423 PM CDT SAT JUL 4 2015
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTH CENTRAL PUSHMATAHA AND
NORTHEASTERN CHOCTAW COUNTIES UNTIL 515 PM CDT...
AT 423 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 10
MILES NORTHEAST OF FORT TOWSON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SOBOL AND SWINK.
LAT...LON 3395 9518 3415 9526 3422 9515 3394 9516
3395 9517
TIME...MOT...LOC 2123Z 318DEG 13KT 3415 9517Special weather statement, Jul 4, 5:44 PM CDT, 2 hours 35 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
544 PM CDT SAT JUL 4 2015
OKZ049-042330-
PUSHMATAHA OK-
544 PM CDT SAT JUL 4 2015
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN PUSHMATAHA COUNTY
UNTIL 630 PM CDT...
AT 544 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3
MILES NORTHWEST OF KOSOMA...MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH.
NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ANTLERS...KOSOMA...DUNBAR...KELLOND...MOYERS...EUBANKS AND DELA.
LAT...LON 3418 9578 3432 9578 3446 9575 3446 9553
3417 9548
TIME...MOT...LOC 2244Z 000DEG 9KT 3439 9565Special weather statement, Jul 4, 6:46 PM CDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 4, 7:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Choctaw | 53 min |
| Jul 5, 3:09 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | Carroll | 3 hr |
| Jul 5, 3:28 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Carroll | 4 hr |
| Jul 5, 4:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Sebastian | 33 min |
| Jul 5, 4:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Franklin, Sebastian | 40 min |
| Jul 5, 5:42 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | Crawford, Sebastian | 3 hr |
| Jul 5, 5:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Crawford | 46 min |
| Jul 5, 5:49 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Crawford, Sebastian | 3 hr |
| Jul 5, 5:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Crawford, Sebastian | 39 min |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.