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River Flood Warning 53, NWS Tulsa, OK

May 21, 2019Kay County, Osage County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this river flood warning at May 21, 2019, 9:42 PM CDT for Kay County, Osage County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 39 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 21, 2019, 9:42 PM CDT (02:42 UTC)
Expired: May 23, 2019, 1:00 PM CDT
In force: 39 hr
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Kay County, OK, Osage County, OK

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Arkansas River near Ponca City (PCYO2).

Action stage: 17 ft
Minor stage: 17 ft
Moderate stage: 19 ft
Major stage: 21 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07148140, 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 May 21, 9:37 PM CDT, 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 21, 9:37 PM CDT, 5 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 22, 3:07 AM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	TSA	Craig, Creek, Delaware, Mayes, Nowata, Okmulgee and 6 more	28 hr
May 22, 4:36 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	Tulsa	21 days
May 22, 8:39 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	TSA	Haskell, LeFlore, Muskogee, Sequoyah	5 days
May 22, 12:14 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	TSA	Mayes	3 days
May 22, 12:21 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	TSA	Mayes, Wagoner	48 hr
May 22, 2:35 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	Rogers, Wagoner	11 days
May 22, 4:05 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Okfuskee	55 min
May 22, 4:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Creek, Okfuskee, Okmulgee	62 min
May 22, 4:29 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Okfuskee, Okmulgee	46 min
May 22, 4:42 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Okfuskee	48 min
May 22, 4:53 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	TSA	Creek, Okfuskee, Okmulgee	52 min
May 22, 5:02 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Okfuskee, Okmulgee	4 hr
May 22, 5:11 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Okfuskee, Okmulgee	49 min
May 22, 5:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Tulsa	28 min
May 22, 5:19 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Rogers	26 min
May 22, 5:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Creek, Osage, Tulsa	36 min
May 22, 5:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Craig, Nowata, Rogers, Washington	44 min
May 22, 5:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Creek, Osage, Pawnee, Tulsa	40 min
May 22, 5:36 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Creek, Pawnee, Tulsa	23 min
May 22, 5:39 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threat	TSA	Okfuskee, Okmulgee	51 min
May 22, 5:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Nowata, Osage, Rogers, Tulsa, Washington	47 min
May 22, 5:55 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Nowata, Rogers	50 min
May 22, 6:01 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Rogers, Tulsa, Washington	44 min
May 22, 6:02 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Osage, Rogers, Tulsa, Washington	9 hr
May 22, 6:05 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	TSA	Muskogee, Okmulgee, Wagoner	40 min
May 22, 6:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Creek, Okmulgee, Tulsa, Wagoner	36 min
May 22, 6:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Craig, Nowata, Osage, Ottawa, Rogers, Tulsa and 1 more	63 min
May 22, 6:14 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Craig, Nowata, Rogers	9 hr
May 22, 6:32 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Craig, Ottawa	43 min
May 22, 6:35 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Creek, Tulsa	115 min
May 22, 6:38 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Craig, Nowata, Washington	9 hr
May 22, 6:45 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Cherokee, Mayes, Wagoner	21 min
May 22, 6:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Creek, Osage, Rogers, Tulsa, Wagoner	43 min
May 22, 6:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Osage, Washington	27 min
May 22, 6:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Osage, Pawnee	20 min
May 22, 6:58 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Craig, Ottawa	47 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.