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River Flood Warning 1, NWS Tulsa, OK

January 1, 2022LeFlore County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this river flood warning at Jan 1, 2022, 12:47 PM CST for LeFlore County, Oklahoma. It took effect at Jan 2, 2022, 1:42 AM CST. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 1, 2022, 12:47 PM CST (18:47 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 2, 2022, 1:42 AM CST
Expired: Jan 2, 2022, 7:43 AM CST
In force: 6 hr
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County LeFlore County, OK

The radar

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Poteau River near Panama (PANO2). The gauge peaked at 26.29 ft at Jan 2, 2022, 3:00 AM CST.

Action stage: 29 ft
Minor stage: 29 ft
Moderate stage: 33 ft
Major stage: 41 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07249413, 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 Jan 1, 11:07 AM CST, 1 hour 40 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 1, 11:07 AM CST, 1 hour 40 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 1, 11:20 AM CST, 1 hour 27 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jan 1, 8:39 AM CST, 4 hours 8 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
Dec 31, 10:12 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Pushmataha	33 min
Dec 31, 10:21 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Pushmataha	39 min
Dec 31, 11:51 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	LeFlore, Pushmataha	4 hr
Dec 31, 11:54 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Latimer	36 min
Jan 1, 12:02 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Choctaw	28 min
Jan 1, 12:25 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Pushmataha	20 min
Jan 1, 1:06 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	TSA	LeFlore	39 min
Jan 1, 7:39 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Latimer, LeFlore, Pushmataha	3 hr
Jan 1, 8:39 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	TSA	LeFlore	51 min
Jan 1, 1:36 PM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	TSA	Craig, Creek, Nowata, Pawnee, Rogers, Tulsa and 1 more	20 hr
Jan 1, 1:36 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	TSA	Creek, Pawnee	13 hr

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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.