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River Flood Watch 2, NWS Tulsa, OK

April 29, 2019Osage County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this river flood watch at Apr 29, 2019, 10:48 AM CDT for Osage County, Oklahoma. It took effect at Apr 29, 2019, 7:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 27 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 29, 2019, 10:48 AM CDT (15:48 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 29, 2019, 7:00 PM CDT
Expired: Apr 30, 2019, 9:51 PM CDT
In force: 27 hr
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK
Flood severity: None

County Osage County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Bird Creek at Avant (AVTO2). The gauge peaked at 12.20 ft at Apr 30, 2019, 10:00 PM CDT.

Action stage: 17 ft
Minor stage: 17 ft
Moderate stage: 21 ft
Major stage: 26 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07176500, 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, 10:25 AM CDT, 23 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 29, 10:25 AM CDT, 23 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, 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	18 hr
Apr 29, 4:07 PM CDT	River Flood Watch	TSA	Cherokee, Delaware	18 hr

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.