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River Flood Warning 94, NWS Tulsa, OK

August 8, 2019Ottawa County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this river flood warning at Aug 8, 2019, 9:15 AM CDT for Ottawa County, Oklahoma. It took effect at Aug 8, 2019, 2:21 PM CDT. It was in force for 3 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Aug 8, 2019, 9:15 AM CDT (14:15 UTC)
In effect from: Aug 8, 2019, 2:21 PM CDT
Expired: Aug 12, 2019, 1:51 AM CDT
In force: 3 days
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Moderate

County Ottawa County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Neosho River near Commerce (COMO2).

Action stage: 14 ft
Minor stage: 15 ft
Moderate stage: 18 ft
Major stage: 24 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07185000, 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 Aug 8, 6:31 AM CDT, 2 hours 44 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 8, 6:31 AM CDT, 2 hours 44 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
Aug 7, 11:40 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Ottawa	50 min
Aug 8, 3:42 AM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Craig, Creek, Delaware, McIntosh and 11 more	33 hr
Aug 8, 6:39 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Craig, Nowata	2 hr
Aug 8, 8:36 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	Nowata	35 hr
Aug 8, 8:42 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Craig, Nowata, Washington	2 hr
Aug 8, 10:44 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Craig, Delaware, Mayes, Nowata, Ottawa, Washington	2 hr
Aug 8, 5:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	LeFlore	27 min
Aug 8, 5:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Latimer	46 min
Aug 8, 6:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Latimer, Pittsburg	52 min
Aug 8, 5:49 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Sebastian	26 min

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Oklahoma, 2019 Every river flood warning in 2019

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.