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River Flood Advisory 26, NWS Tulsa, OK

August 13, 2017Sequoyah County, Oklahoma; Crawford County, Arkansas

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this river flood advisory at Aug 13, 2017, 11:14 AM CDT for Sequoyah County, Oklahoma; Crawford County, Arkansas. It was in force for 36 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Aug 13, 2017, 11:14 AM CDT (16:14 UTC)
Expired: Aug 14, 2017, 11:14 PM CDT
In force: 36 hr
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Crawford County, AR, Sequoyah County, OK

The radar

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 31 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Lee Creek near Van Buren LCR (VBRA4). The gauge peaked at 21.94 ft at Aug 13, 2017, 12:00 PM CDT.

Action stage: 399 ft
Minor stage: 401 ft
Moderate stage: 404 ft
Major stage: 405 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07250085, 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 Aug 13, 6:25 AM CDT, 4 hours 49 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 13, 6:25 AM CDT, 4 hours 49 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
Aug 13, 2:20 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	McIntosh	3 hr
Aug 13, 3:25 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Haskell, LeFlore, Muskogee, Sequoyah	3 hr
Aug 13, 4:23 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Sequoyah	4 hr
Aug 13, 6:32 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore	3 hr
Aug 13, 8:13 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	TSA	Sequoyah	3 hr
Aug 13, 11:12 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	TSA	Sequoyah	27 hr

Nearby

River Flood Advisories in Oklahoma, 2017 River Flood Advisories in Arkansas, 2017 Every river flood advisory in 2017

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.