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River Flood Watch 6, NWS Tulsa, OK

December 25, 2015Carroll County, Arkansas

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this river flood watch at Dec 25, 2015, 10:33 AM CST for Carroll County, Arkansas. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 25, 2015, 10:33 AM CST (16:33 UTC)
Expired: Dec 25, 2015, 10:56 PM CST
In force: 12 hr
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK
Flood severity: None

County Carroll County, AR

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 Kings River near Berryville (BRYA4). The gauge peaked at 4.83 ft at Dec 24, 2015, 3:00 PM CST.

Action stage: 30 ft
Minor stage: 31 ft
Moderate stage: 33 ft
Major stage: 35 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07050500, 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 25, 5:25 AM CST, 5 hours 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 25, 5:25 AM CST, 5 hours 8 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 25, 1:25 PM CST	River Flood Watch	TSA	Cherokee	8 hr
Dec 25, 1:25 PM CST	River Flood Watch	TSA	Adair	8 hr
Dec 25, 1:25 PM CST	River Flood Watch	TSA	Cherokee	8 hr
Dec 25, 1:25 PM CST	River Flood Watch	TSA	Cherokee, Delaware	8 hr
Dec 25, 1:39 PM CST	River Flood Watch	TSA	LeFlore	9 hr
Dec 25, 1:39 PM CST	River Flood Watch	TSA	LeFlore	9 hr
Dec 25, 2:45 PM CST	River Flood Watch	TSA	Sequoyah	8 hr
Dec 25, 1:32 PM CST	River Flood Watch	TSA	Crawford, Sebastian	9 hr
Dec 25, 1:32 PM CST	River Flood Watch	TSA	Franklin, Johnson, Logan	9 hr
Dec 25, 1:39 PM CST	River Flood Watch	TSA	Crawford, Franklin	9 hr

Nearby

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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.