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River Flood Advisory 29, NWS Tulsa, OK

August 17, 2017Crawford County, Franklin County, Arkansas

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this river flood advisory at Aug 17, 2017, 9:58 AM CDT for Crawford County, Franklin County, Arkansas. It was in force for 24 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 17, 2017, 9:58 AM CDT (14:58 UTC)
Expired
Aug 18, 2017, 9:30 AM CDT
In force
24 hr
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Crawford County, AR, Franklin County, AR

The radar

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 39 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:02 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 Mulberry River (AR) near Mulberry (MLBA4). The gauge peaked at 13.21 ft at Aug 17, 2017, 2:00 PM CDT.

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Action stage
10 ft
Minor stage
18 ft
Moderate stage
20 ft
Major stage
22 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07252000, 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 17, 6:21 AM CDT, 3 hours 37 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 17, 6:21 AM CDT, 3 hours 37 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 16, 7:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAOsage61 min
Aug 16, 7:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage58 min
Aug 16, 7:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage, Pawnee56 min
Aug 16, 7:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACraig, Nowata, Osage, Washington53 min
Aug 16, 8:28 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAWashington62 min
Aug 16, 8:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek, Osage, Pawnee, Rogers, Tulsa, Washington66 min
Aug 16, 8:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACraig, Delaware, Nowata, Ottawa, Rogers, Washington60 min
Aug 16, 9:34 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSADelaware, Mayes, Wagoner56 min
Aug 16, 9:43 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSACraig, Nowata, Ottawa, Rogers, Tulsa47 min
Aug 16, 9:54 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSACreek51 min
Aug 16, 10:21 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSACherokee, Creek, Delaware, Mayes, Okmulgee, Tulsa and 1 more54 min
Aug 16, 10:22 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSACreek, Okfuskee, Okmulgee68 min
Aug 16, 11:12 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAAdair, Cherokee, Muskogee, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Wagoner63 min
Aug 17, 12:22 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAHaskell, Latimer, Pittsburg, Sequoyah38 min
Aug 17, 1:01 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAHaskell, Latimer, Pittsburg, Sequoyah29 min
Aug 17, 1:18 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAHaskell, Latimer, Pittsburg, Pushmataha42 min
Aug 17, 1:37 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSASequoyah23 min
Aug 17, 2:02 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningTSAOttawa54 hr
Aug 17, 2:02 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAChoctaw28 min
Aug 17, 2:16 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTSAAdair, Cherokee, Sequoyah5 hr
Aug 17, 3:05 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAChoctaw40 min
Aug 17, 10:15 AM CDTRiver Flood AdvisoryTSASequoyah15 hr

Nearby

River Flood Advisories in Arkansas, 2017Every 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.