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River Flood Warning 119, NWS Tulsa, OK

November 30, 2019Cherokee County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this river flood warning at Nov 30, 2019, 12:45 PM CST for Cherokee County, Oklahoma. It took effect at Dec 1, 2019, 2:46 AM CST. It was in force for 23 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Nov 30, 2019, 12:45 PM CST (18:45 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 1, 2019, 2:46 AM CST
Expired: Dec 2, 2019, 1:53 AM CST
In force: 23 hr
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Cherokee County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Illinois River (AR OK) near Tahlequah (TALO2).

Action stage: 9 ft
Minor stage: 11 ft
Moderate stage: 14 ft
Major stage: 18 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07196500, 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 warning 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 warning went out at Nov 30, 11:26 AM CST, 1 hour 19 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 30, 11:26 AM CST, 1 hour 19 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Nov 30, 7:02 AM CST, 5 hours 43 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
Nov 29, 6:41 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Mayes, Muskogee, Okmulgee, Rogers, Tulsa, Wagoner	49 min
Nov 29, 7:25 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Craig, Ottawa	50 min
Nov 30, 4:05 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Adair	25 min
Nov 30, 5:40 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Pushmataha	50 min
Nov 30, 6:22 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Choctaw	23 min
Nov 30, 6:38 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Pushmataha	22 min
Nov 30, 6:54 AM CST	River Flood Advisory	TSA	Cherokee	6 hr
Nov 30, 7:02 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Latimer	28 min
Nov 30, 7:23 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Adair	3 hr
Nov 30, 10:54 AM CST	River Flood Advisory	TSA	Cherokee, Delaware	7 hr
Nov 30, 12:44 PM CST	River Flood Warning	TSA	Adair, Delaware	22 hr
Nov 30, 12:57 PM CST	River Flood Advisory	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Delaware	27 hr
Nov 30, 5:22 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Washington	23 min
Nov 30, 5:24 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Carroll	36 min
Nov 30, 5:45 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Carroll, Madison, Washington	45 min
Nov 30, 6:25 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Carroll, Madison	35 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.