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River Flood Advisory 18, NWS Tulsa, OK

May 3, 2018Sequoyah County, Oklahoma; Crawford County, Arkansas

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this river flood advisory at May 3, 2018, 6:17 PM CDT for Sequoyah County, Oklahoma; Crawford County, Arkansas. It was in force for 14 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 3, 2018, 6:17 PM CDT (23:17 UTC)
Expired: May 4, 2018, 8:25 AM CDT
In force: 14 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 23:20 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 23.16 ft at May 4, 2018, 12:00 AM 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 May 3, 6:16 PM CDT, 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 3, 6:16 PM CDT, 1 minute before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 3, 4:17 PM CDT, 2 hours before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, May 3, 12:30 PM CDT, 5 hours 47 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1230 PM CDT THU MAY 3 2018

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

1041 PM     TSTM WND DMG     8 ESE TULSA             36.09N 95.79W
05/02/2018                   TULSA              OK   BROADCAST MEDIA

            TREE DOWN BY THUNDERSTORM WINDS AROUND 21ST AND 145TH.
            TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR.

&&

JDS

Special weather statement, May 3, 12:57 PM CDT, 5 hours 20 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
1257 PM CDT THU MAY 3 2018

ARZ019-020-029-031845-
Sebastian AR-Franklin AR-Crawford AR-
1257 PM CDT THU MAY 3 2018

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FRANKLIN...SOUTHEASTERN CRAWFORD
AND NORTHEASTERN SEBASTIAN COUNTIES UNTIL 145 PM CDT...

At 1257 PM CDT, strong thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 2 miles east of Lavaca to 2 miles southeast of
Washburn. Movement was east at 35 mph.

Wind gusts up to 50 mph will be possible with these storms.

Locations in or near the path include...
Ozark...                          Charleston...
Greenwood...                      Alma...
Lavaca...                         Mulberry...
Dyer...                           Altus...
Branch...                         Denning...
Rudy...                           Wiederkehr Village...
Bloomer...                        Washburn...
Burnville...                      Fort Chaffee...
Kibler...                         Central City...
Concord...                        Caulksville...

This includes the following highways,
 Interstate 40 in Arkansas between mile markers 10 and 42.
 Interstate 49 between mile markers 22 and 27.

LAT...LON 3538 9371 3537 9375 3540 9379 3542 9380
      3531 9381 3532 9392 3523 9392 3523 9402
      3514 9403 3514 9414 3510 9414 3509 9419
      3508 9420 3508 9422 3558 9429 3561 9370
TIME...MOT...LOC 1757Z 262DEG 31KT 3534 9412 3514 9406

Local storm report, May 3, 2:18 PM CDT, 3 hours 59 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
218 PM CDT THU MAY 3 2018

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

1245 PM     TSTM WND DMG     MANSFIELD               35.06N 94.25W
05/03/2018                   SEBASTIAN          AR   PUBLIC

            LARGE TREE LIMB DOWN ON HIGHWAY 378

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JBM

Local storm report, May 3, 2:48 PM CDT, 3 hours 29 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
May 2, 9:22 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Pawnee	38 min
May 2, 9:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Creek, Osage, Pawnee	46 min
May 2, 9:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Creek, Okfuskee, Okmulgee	54 min
May 2, 9:44 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Osage, Pawnee	31 min
May 2, 10:08 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Osage	48 min
May 2, 10:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Creek, Osage, Pawnee, Tulsa, Washington	65 min
May 2, 10:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Creek, McIntosh, Mayes, Muskogee, Okfuskee, Okmulgee and 3 more	62 min
May 2, 10:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	McIntosh	43 min
May 2, 10:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Craig, Nowata, Rogers, Washington	47 min
May 2, 11:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Mayes, Muskogee	43 min
May 2, 11:23 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Haskell	52 min
May 2, 11:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Craig, Ottawa	48 min
May 2, 11:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Delaware, Mayes	43 min
May 2, 11:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Pittsburg	56 min
May 2, 11:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Adair, Cherokee	41 min
May 3, 12:19 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Haskell, Sequoyah	41 min
May 3, 3:41 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Creek, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Tulsa	49 min
May 3, 4:28 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Wagoner	62 min
May 3, 5:18 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Cherokee, McIntosh, Muskogee	42 min
May 3, 5:52 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Adair, Cherokee	38 min
May 3, 6:17 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Creek	43 min
May 3, 6:27 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Adair	33 min
May 3, 9:06 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	McIntosh, Okfuskee, Okmulgee	39 min
May 3, 9:14 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Pittsburg	31 min
May 3, 9:26 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Cherokee, Haskell, McIntosh, Muskogee, Okfuskee, Okmulgee and 3 more	3 hr
May 3, 9:27 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Okmulgee	33 min
May 3, 9:43 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	McIntosh	32 min
May 3, 9:53 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Muskogee, Wagoner	37 min
May 3, 10:08 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Delaware, Haskell, McIntosh, Mayes and 4 more	3 hr
May 3, 10:28 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Cherokee	32 min
May 3, 10:48 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Adair, Delaware	3 hr
May 3, 10:51 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Adair, Cherokee	24 min
May 3, 11:22 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Adair	23 min
May 3, 11:30 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Choctaw, Pushmataha	60 min
May 3, 11:47 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Latimer	28 min
May 3, 12:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	LeFlore	59 min
May 3, 2:24 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	Adair, Delaware	30 hr
May 3, 2:24 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Delaware	35 hr
May 3, 2:24 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	Cherokee	46 hr
May 3, 2:28 PM CDT	River Flood Advisory	TSA	Cherokee, Delaware	16 hr
May 3, 12:22 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Crawford, Washington	53 min
May 3, 12:47 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Benton	43 min
May 3, 1:07 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Carroll, Madison	53 min
May 3, 1:15 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Crawford	45 min
May 3, 1:44 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Franklin	46 min
May 3, 6:55 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Carroll, Madison, Washington	65 min
May 3, 12:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Franklin	48 min
May 3, 1:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Crawford, Franklin, Sebastian	36 min
May 3, 1:11 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Franklin	26 min

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.