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River Flood Advisory 20, NWS Tulsa, OK

March 20, 2020Muskogee County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this river flood advisory at Mar 20, 2020, 3:30 AM CDT for Muskogee County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 53 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 20, 2020, 3:30 AM CDT (08:30 UTC)
Expired
Mar 22, 2020, 8:47 AM CDT
In force
53 hr
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Muskogee County, OK

The river

Written for the forecast point Arkansas River near Muskogee (MKGO2).

Action stage
27 ft
Minor stage
28 ft
Moderate stage
32 ft
Major stage
34 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07194500, 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 advisory 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 advisory went out at Mar 19, 11:59 PM CDT, 3 hours 31 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 19, 11:59 PM CDT, 3 hours 31 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 19, 8:24 PM CDT, 7 hours 6 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
824 PM CDT Thu Mar 19 2020

ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-201030-
Adair OK-Benton AR-Carroll AR-Cherokee OK-Choctaw OK-Craig OK-
Crawford AR-Creek OK-Delaware OK-Franklin AR-Haskell OK-Latimer OK-
Le Flore OK-Madison AR-Mayes OK-McIntosh OK-Muskogee OK-Nowata OK-
Okfuskee OK-Okmulgee OK-Osage OK-Ottawa OK-Pawnee OK-Pittsburg OK-
Pushmataha OK-Rogers OK-Sebastian AR-Sequoyah OK-Tulsa OK-Wagoner OK-
Washington OK-Washington AR-
824 PM CDT Thu Mar 19 2020

This Outlook is for Northwest and West Central Arkansas as well as
much of Eastern Oklahoma.

.DAY ONE...Tonight.

SIGNIFICANT WINDS.
	RISK...Limited.
	AREA...Eastern Oklahoma and Northwest Arkansas.
	ONSET...Ongoing.

DISCUSSION...
Breezy south to southwesterly winds will continue into the
overnight hours ahead of a cold front forecast to push into the
region late tonight. Behind the cold front...gusty west to
northwesterly winds in the 25 to near 40 mph range will be
possible. The stronger of these gusts look to be north of
Interstate 44.

SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT...
Spotter Activation Not Expected.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday.
FRIDAY...High Wind Potential.
SATURDAY AND SUNDAY...No Hazards.
MONDAY AND TUESDAY...Thunderstorm Potential.
WEDNESDAY...No Hazards.

EXTENDED DISCUSSION...
Cold air will move into the region following the passage of
tonight's cold front. Northerly winds will gust in the 25 to 35
mph range across northeast Oklahoma tomorrow behind the front. A
late season freeze is also likely to occur for a good portion of
northeast Oklahoma and far northwest Arkansas tomorrow night and
into Saturday morning.

A couple of upper level disturbances toward the latter part of the
weekend and into early next week will bring increasing chances for
showers and possibly a few thunderstorms.

weather.gov/tulsa contains additional information.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 19, 7:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAPushmataha30 min
Mar 19, 7:05 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningTSACherokee13 hr
Mar 19, 7:34 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSALeFlore26 min
Mar 19, 9:07 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningTSASequoyah6 hr
Mar 19, 9:16 PM CDTWind AdvisoryTSAPawnee, Washington10 hr
Mar 20, 3:50 PM CDTFreeze WarningTSAAdair, Cherokee, Craig, Creek, Delaware, McIntosh and 11 more18 hr
Mar 19, 7:07 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSASebastian23 min
Mar 19, 7:28 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSASebastian32 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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.