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River Flood Advisory 40, NWS Tulsa, OK

December 13, 2015Franklin County, Johnson County, Logan County, Arkansas

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this river flood advisory at Dec 13, 2015, 3:48 PM CST for Franklin County, Johnson County, Logan County, Arkansas. It was in force for 36 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 13, 2015, 3:48 PM CST (21:48 UTC)
Expired: Dec 15, 2015, 3:48 AM CST
In force: 36 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 21:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

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 Dec 13, 2:41 PM CST, 1 hour 7 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 13, 2:41 PM CST, 1 hour 7 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 13, 11:45 AM CST, 4 hours 3 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1145 AM CST SUN DEC 13 2015

ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-141130-
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-
1145 AM CST SUN DEC 13 2015

THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS AS WELL AS
MUCH OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA.

.DAY ONE...REST OF TODAY AND TONIGHT.

FLOODING.
	RISK...LIMITED.
    AREA...PARTS OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA...WEST CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST
           ARKANSAS.
    ONSET...ONGOING.

SIGNIFICANT WINDS.
	RISK...LIMITED.
	AREA...NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA.
	ONSET...ONGOING.

DISCUSSION...
RAINFALL RATES HAVE SLOWED AS THE MORNING HAS PROGRESSED...AND FLOODING
HAS REMAINED LIMITED AND OF THE AREAL TYPE. RAINFALL WILL TAPER OFF FROM
WEST TO EAST THIS AFTERNOON...HOWEVER SOME AREAL FLOODING WILL
REMAIN ONGOING...MAINLY ACROSS EASTERN OKLAHOMA.

SEVERAL MAINSTEM RIVERS IN THE AREAS OF HIGHER RAINFALL ACROSS
ERN OK AND OVER THE PAST 24 HOURS ARE STILL EXPECTED TO EXPERIENCE
MOSTLY MINOR FLOODING.

ADDITIONALLY...WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS BEHIND A COLD FRONT MAY
GUST BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MILES AN TIMES THIS AFTERNOON...MAINLY
ACROSS NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA. WINDS WILL RELAX SOME BY LATE AFTERNOON
OR EARLY EVENING.

SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.
MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...NO HAZARDS.

EXTENDED DISCUSSION...
DRY WEATHER WILL PREVAIL FOR THE NEXT WEEK AFTER TODAY.

WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TULSA CONTAINS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Dec 13, 12:39 PM CST, 3 hours 9 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1239 PM CST SUN DEC 13 2015

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1221 PM     FLASH FLOOD      3 SE INOLA              36.12N 95.47W
12/13/2015                   ROGERS             OK   TRAINED SPOTTER

            WATER COVERING ROADWAY NEAR INTERSECTION OF COUNTY ROADS
            SOUTH 4240 AND EAST 620 SOUTHEAST OF INOLA.

&&

JDS

Local storm report, Dec 13, 2:57 PM CST, 51 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
257 PM CST SUN DEC 13 2015

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0245 PM     FLOOD            CHARLESTON              35.30N 94.04W
12/13/2015                   FRANKLIN           AR   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            BRIDGE NORTH OF CHARLESTON WASHED OUT AT THE INTERSECTION
            OF JETTON AND KIENE ROADS.

&&

AEJ

Local storm report, Dec 13, 3:06 PM CST, 42 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
306 PM CST SUN DEC 13 2015

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0305 PM     FLOOD            HACKETT                 35.19N 94.41W
12/13/2015                   SEBASTIAN          AR   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            HENDERSON STREET CLOSED DUE TO WATER IN HACKETT.

&&

AEJ

Local storm report, Dec 13, 3:09 PM CST, 39 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
309 PM CST SUN DEC 13 2015

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0215 PM     FLOOD            VAN BUREN               35.44N 94.35W
12/13/2015                   CRAWFORD           AR   EMERGENCY MNGR

            FLOODING IN VAN BUREN DUE TO LEE CREEK RISING. ROADS 282
            AND 348 ALSO CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER.

&&

AEJ

Local storm report, Dec 13, 3:19 PM CST, 29 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
319 PM CST SUN DEC 13 2015

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0318 PM     FLOOD            JOHNSON                 36.13N 94.17W
12/13/2015                   WASHINGTON         AR   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            BALL STREET IN JOHNSON CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER.

&&

AEJ

The office that day

Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Dec 12, 6:57 PM CST	River Flood Advisory	TSA	Cherokee, Delaware	36 hr
Dec 12, 7:16 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Choctaw, Latimer, Pittsburg, Pushmataha	3 hr
Dec 13, 8:34 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Craig, Mayes, Muskogee, Nowata, Okmulgee, Rogers and 1 more	3 hr
Dec 13, 9:03 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Haskell, Latimer, McIntosh, Muskogee, Okmulgee, Pittsburg and 1 more	3 hr
Dec 13, 10:20 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Rogers, Tulsa	3 hr
Dec 13, 11:34 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Cherokee, Craig, Mayes, Muskogee, Nowata, Okmulgee and 3 more	4 hr
Dec 13, 11:55 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Cherokee, Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore, McIntosh, Muskogee and 4 more	3 hr
Dec 13, 12:57 PM CST	Areal Flood Warning	TSA	LeFlore, Pushmataha	12 hr
Dec 13, 1:46 PM CST	Areal Flood Warning	TSA	Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore, McIntosh, Mayes, Muskogee and 5 more	12 hr
Dec 13, 1:49 PM CST	River Flood Warning	TSA	Sequoyah	19 hr
Dec 12, 7:18 PM CST	River Flood Advisory	TSA	Crawford, Franklin	36 hr
Dec 13, 1:49 PM CST	River Flood Warning	TSA	Crawford, Sebastian	30 hr
Dec 13, 2:51 PM CST	Areal Flood Warning	TSA	Crawford, Franklin, Madison, Washington	12 hr

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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.