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River Flood Watch 13, NWS Tulsa, OK

April 29, 2019Cherokee County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this river flood watch at Apr 29, 2019, 4:07 PM CDT for Cherokee County, Oklahoma. It took effect at May 1, 2019, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 29, 2019, 4:07 PM CDT (21:07 UTC)
In effect from: May 1, 2019, 1:00 PM CDT
Expired: Apr 30, 2019, 10:27 AM CDT
In force
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK
Flood severity: None

County Cherokee County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:09 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). The gauge peaked at 7.34 ft at May 1, 2019, 10:00 AM CDT.

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 watch 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 watch went out at Apr 29, 3:49 PM CDT, 18 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 29, 3:49 PM CDT, 18 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
Apr 29, 3:40 AM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Choctaw, Craig, Creek, Delaware and 16 more	3 days
Apr 29, 10:48 AM CDT	River Flood Watch	TSA	Creek	24 hr
Apr 29, 10:48 AM CDT	River Flood Watch	TSA	LeFlore	24 hr
Apr 29, 10:48 AM CDT	River Flood Watch	TSA	Osage	35 hr
Apr 29, 10:48 AM CDT	River Flood Watch	TSA	Osage, Tulsa	24 hr
Apr 29, 10:48 AM CDT	River Flood Watch	TSA	Tulsa	35 hr
Apr 29, 10:48 AM CDT	River Flood Watch	TSA	Washington	47 hr
Apr 29, 10:48 AM CDT	River Flood Watch	TSA	Rogers, Tulsa	24 hr
Apr 29, 10:48 AM CDT	River Flood Watch	TSA	Nowata	35 hr
Apr 29, 10:48 AM CDT	River Flood Watch	TSA	Ottawa	24 hr
Apr 29, 10:48 AM CDT	River Flood Watch	TSA	Ottawa	38 hr
Apr 29, 4:07 PM CDT	River Flood Watch	TSA	Adair, Delaware	18 hr
Apr 29, 4:07 PM CDT	River Flood Watch	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Delaware	41 hr
Apr 29, 4:07 PM CDT	River Flood Watch	TSA	Cherokee, Delaware	18 hr

Nearby

River Flood Watches in Oklahoma, 2019 Every river flood watch 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.