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River Flood Advisory 3, NWS Tulsa, OK

February 21, 2018Sequoyah County, Oklahoma; Crawford County, Arkansas

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this river flood advisory at Feb 21, 2018, 5:39 AM CST for Sequoyah County, Oklahoma; Crawford County, Arkansas. It was in force for 20 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 21, 2018, 5:39 AM CST (11:39 UTC)
Expired: Feb 22, 2018, 2:00 AM CST
In force: 20 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 11:39 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 22.73 ft at Feb 21, 2018, 7:00 AM CST.

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 Feb 21, 5:31 AM CST, 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 21, 5:31 AM CST, 8 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 21, 5:01 AM CST, 38 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
Feb 21, 12:57 AM CST	River Flood Warning	TSA	Adair, Delaware	32 hr
Feb 21, 1:38 AM CST	River Flood Warning	TSA	Pushmataha	34 hr
Feb 21, 1:41 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Choctaw, Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore, Pittsburg, Pushmataha and 1 more	3 hr
Feb 21, 4:06 AM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Craig, Creek, Delaware, McIntosh and 12 more	35 hr
Feb 21, 12:07 PM CST	River Flood Warning	TSA	LeFlore	7 hr
Feb 21, 1:37 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Benton, Carroll, Crawford, Franklin, Madison, Sebastian and 1 more	3 hr

Nearby

River Flood Advisories in Oklahoma, 2018 River Flood Advisories in Arkansas, 2018 Every river flood advisory in 2018

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.