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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 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 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 22, 3:07 AM CDTFlash Flood WatchTSACraig, Creek, Delaware, Mayes, Nowata, Okmulgee and 6 more28 hr
May 22, 4:36 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningTSATulsa21 days
May 22, 8:39 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningTSAHaskell, LeFlore, Muskogee, Sequoyah5 days
May 22, 12:14 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningTSAMayes3 days
May 22, 12:21 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningTSAMayes, Wagoner48 hr
May 22, 2:35 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningTSARogers, Wagoner11 days
May 22, 4:05 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAOkfuskee55 min
May 22, 4:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek, Okfuskee, Okmulgee62 min
May 22, 4:29 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAOkfuskee, Okmulgee46 min
May 22, 4:42 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAOkfuskee48 min
May 22, 4:53 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedTSACreek, Okfuskee, Okmulgee52 min
May 22, 5:02 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSAOkfuskee, Okmulgee4 hr
May 22, 5:11 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAOkfuskee, Okmulgee49 min
May 22, 5:17 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSATulsa28 min
May 22, 5:19 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSARogers26 min
May 22, 5:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek, Osage, Tulsa36 min
May 22, 5:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACraig, Nowata, Rogers, Washington44 min
May 22, 5:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek, Osage, Pawnee, Tulsa40 min
May 22, 5:36 PM CDTTornado WarningTSACreek, Pawnee, Tulsa23 min
May 22, 5:39 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threatTSAOkfuskee, Okmulgee51 min
May 22, 5:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSANowata, Osage, Rogers, Tulsa, Washington47 min
May 22, 5:55 PM CDTTornado WarningTSANowata, Rogers50 min
May 22, 6:01 PM CDTTornado WarningTSARogers, Tulsa, Washington44 min
May 22, 6:02 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSAOsage, Rogers, Tulsa, Washington9 hr
May 22, 6:05 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedTSAMuskogee, Okmulgee, Wagoner40 min
May 22, 6:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek, Okmulgee, Tulsa, Wagoner36 min
May 22, 6:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACraig, Nowata, Osage, Ottawa, Rogers, Tulsa and 1 more63 min
May 22, 6:14 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSACraig, Nowata, Rogers9 hr
May 22, 6:32 PM CDTTornado WarningTSACraig, Ottawa43 min
May 22, 6:35 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTSACreek, Tulsa115 min
May 22, 6:38 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSACraig, Nowata, Washington9 hr
May 22, 6:45 PM CDTTornado WarningTSACherokee, Mayes, Wagoner21 min
May 22, 6:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek, Osage, Rogers, Tulsa, Wagoner43 min
May 22, 6:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage, Washington27 min
May 22, 6:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage, Pawnee20 min
May 22, 6:58 PM CDTTornado WarningTSACraig, Ottawa47 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.