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River Flood Watch 2, NWS Tulsa, OK

December 11, 2015Cherokee County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this river flood watch at Dec 11, 2015, 3:07 PM CST for Cherokee County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 17 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 11, 2015, 3:07 PM CST (21:07 UTC)
Expired: Dec 12, 2015, 8:33 AM CST
In force: 17 hr
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK
Flood severity: None

County Cherokee County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Illinois River (AR OK) near Tahlequah (TALO2). The gauge peaked at 7.29 ft at Dec 13, 2015, 8:00 AM CST.

Action stage: 9 ft
Minor stage: 11 ft
Moderate stage: 14 ft
Major stage: 18 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07196500, 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 watch 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 watch went out at Dec 11, 11:09 AM CST, 3 hours 58 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 11, 11:09 AM CST, 3 hours 58 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Dec 11, 4:17 AM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	TSA	Choctaw, Haskell, Latimer, McIntosh, Muskogee, Okmulgee and 3 more	5 hr
Dec 11, 3:07 PM CST	River Flood Watch	TSA	Adair	17 hr
Dec 11, 3:07 PM CST	River Flood Watch	TSA	LeFlore	18 hr
Dec 11, 3:07 PM CST	River Flood Watch	TSA	LeFlore	18 hr
Dec 11, 3:07 PM CST	River Flood Watch	TSA	Pushmataha	18 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.