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River Flood Advisory 34, NWS Tulsa, OK

May 25, 2020Cherokee County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this river flood advisory at May 25, 2020, 8:52 AM CDT for Cherokee County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 3 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 25, 2020, 8:52 AM CDT (13:52 UTC)
Expired: May 28, 2020, 8:50 PM CDT
In force: 3 days
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Cherokee County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:54 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 12.75 ft at May 27, 2020, 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 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 May 25, 6:52 AM CDT, 2 hours earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 25, 6:52 AM CDT, 2 hours 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
May 25, 2:57 AM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Choctaw, Craig, Delaware, Haskell and 13 more	25 hr
May 25, 1:49 PM CDT	River Flood Advisory	TSA	Ottawa	3 days
May 25, 2:08 PM CDT	River Flood Advisory	TSA	Muskogee	7 hr
May 25, 3:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Haskell	32 min
May 25, 3:54 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Latimer	36 min
May 25, 4:04 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	LeFlore	26 min
May 25, 4:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	LeFlore	32 min
May 25, 4:49 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Haskell	26 min
May 25, 4:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	LeFlore	33 min
May 25, 5:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Muskogee	31 min
May 25, 5:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Cherokee, Muskogee, Sequoyah	43 min
May 25, 5:22 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore	3 hr
May 25, 5:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Haskell	32 min
May 25, 5:34 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	LeFlore	26 min
May 25, 5:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Sequoyah	27 min
May 25, 5:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Cherokee, Muskogee, Wagoner	48 min
May 25, 6:09 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Sequoyah	51 min
May 25, 6:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	LeFlore, Sequoyah	19 min
May 25, 6:26 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Cherokee, Mayes	49 min
May 25, 6:55 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Adair, Cherokee	35 min
May 24, 8:33 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Sebastian	42 min
May 25, 6:02 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Sebastian	29 min
May 25, 6:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Crawford, Sebastian	34 min

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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.