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River Flood Warning 27, NWS Tulsa, OK

May 5, 2022Nowata County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this river flood warning at May 5, 2022, 8:39 AM CDT for Nowata County, Oklahoma. It took effect at May 5, 2022, 7:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 38 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 5, 2022, 8:39 AM CDT (13:39 UTC)
In effect from: May 5, 2022, 7:00 PM CDT
Expired: May 7, 2022, 8:44 AM CDT
In force: 38 hr
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Nowata County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Verdigris River near Lenapah (LEPO2). The gauge peaked at 31.24 ft at May 6, 2022, 10:00 AM CDT.

Action stage: 30 ft
Minor stage: 30 ft
Moderate stage: 32 ft
Major stage: 36 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07171000, 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 May 5, 6:33 AM CDT, 2 hours 6 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 5, 6:33 AM CDT, 2 hours 6 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 5, 5:01 AM CDT, 3 hours 38 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, May 5, 4:21 AM CDT, 4 hours 18 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 5, 7:57 AM CDT, 42 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 5, 8:08 AM CDT, 31 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
May 4, 7:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Nowata, Rogers, Washington	29 min
May 4, 7:04 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Creek	26 min
May 4, 7:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Creek	21 min
May 4, 7:18 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Okfuskee	42 min
May 4, 7:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Tulsa	31 min
May 4, 7:38 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Rogers	37 min
May 4, 7:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Craig, Nowata, Rogers	33 min
May 4, 7:53 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Okfuskee, Okmulgee	4 hr
May 4, 7:54 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Rogers	36 min
May 4, 7:56 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Okfuskee, Okmulgee	49 min
May 4, 8:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Craig, Ottawa	29 min
May 4, 8:18 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	Ottawa	5 days
May 4, 8:29 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	LeFlore	36 hr
May 4, 8:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Okfuskee	57 min
May 4, 8:42 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	McIntosh, Muskogee, Okfuskee, Okmulgee	48 min
May 4, 8:53 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Okfuskee	52 min
May 4, 9:00 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	McIntosh, Muskogee, Okmulgee, Wagoner	4 hr
May 4, 9:04 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Ottawa	26 min
May 4, 9:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	McIntosh, Muskogee, Okmulgee, Wagoner	66 min
May 4, 9:38 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Okfuskee, Okmulgee	52 min
May 4, 10:08 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Creek	37 min
May 4, 10:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Pawnee	33 min
May 4, 10:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Haskell, McIntosh, Muskogee, Okmulgee, Pittsburg	60 min
May 4, 10:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Okfuskee	32 min
May 4, 10:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Cherokee, Wagoner	45 min
May 4, 10:35 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Delaware, Mayes, Muskogee, Wagoner	7 hr
May 4, 10:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Creek, Okfuskee, Okmulgee	39 min
May 4, 10:40 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Creek, Okfuskee, Okmulgee	4 hr
May 4, 10:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Pawnee	30 min
May 4, 10:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Okfuskee, Okmulgee	27 min
May 4, 11:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TSA	Osage	37 min
May 4, 11:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Osage, Pawnee	48 min
May 4, 11:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TSA	McIntosh, Muskogee	48 min
May 4, 11:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Creek, Muskogee, Okfuskee, Okmulgee	46 min
May 4, 11:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Delaware, Muskogee, Sequoyah	49 min
May 4, 11:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Creek, Osage, Pawnee, Tulsa	45 min
May 4, 11:35 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	TSA	Creek, McIntosh, Muskogee, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Wagoner	11 hr
May 4, 11:54 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning EmergencyCatastrophic damage threat	TSA	Okmulgee	5 hr
May 4, 11:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Nowata, Osage, Washington	29 min
May 4, 11:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Creek, Muskogee, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Tulsa	48 min
May 5, 12:03 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Creek, Tulsa	42 min
May 5, 12:09 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Cherokee, Muskogee, Okmulgee, Wagoner	36 min
May 5, 12:13 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Muskogee, Sequoyah	47 min
May 5, 12:27 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Tulsa	4 hr
May 5, 12:44 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Cherokee, McIntosh, Muskogee, Okmulgee	31 min
May 5, 12:58 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Adair, Cherokee	47 min
May 5, 1:03 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, McIntosh, Muskogee, Okfuskee, Okmulgee and 1 more	7 hr
May 5, 1:13 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Cherokee, McIntosh, Muskogee, Okmulgee	47 min
May 5, 1:49 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Haskell, Latimer, McIntosh, Muskogee, Pittsburg, Pushmataha	41 min
May 5, 2:18 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore, Muskogee, Pittsburg, Pushmataha and 1 more	42 min
May 5, 2:34 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Sequoyah	26 min
May 5, 2:39 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	Ottawa	4 days
May 5, 2:55 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Haskell, LeFlore, Sequoyah	50 min
May 5, 3:19 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Latimer, LeFlore, Sequoyah	4 hr
May 5, 3:46 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Latimer	2 hr
May 5, 5:43 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Delaware, Mayes, Muskogee, Wagoner	12 hr
May 5, 6:09 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	TSA	Creek, Mayes, Osage, Pawnee, Rogers, Tulsa and 1 more	11 hr
May 5, 7:53 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, McIntosh, Muskogee, Okfuskee, Okmulgee and 1 more	9 hr
May 5, 8:10 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	Tulsa	6 hr
May 5, 8:14 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	Rogers, Tulsa	36 hr
May 5, 8:28 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	Muskogee	24 hr
May 5, 10:22 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	TSA	Okfuskee, Okmulgee	7 hr
May 5, 10:30 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Okmulgee	30 min
May 5, 11:12 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Pawnee	33 min
May 5, 11:25 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Okfuskee	35 min
May 5, 12:00 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Creek, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Rogers, Tulsa, Wagoner	2 hr
May 5, 12:04 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Tulsa	26 min
May 5, 12:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Muskogee, Okmulgee, Wagoner	38 min
May 5, 12:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Wagoner	30 min
May 5, 12:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Cherokee, Wagoner	24 min
May 5, 1:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Mayes	30 min
May 5, 1:01 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Cherokee, Muskogee	44 min
May 5, 1:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Latimer, Pittsburg	39 min
May 5, 1:19 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Cherokee	26 min
May 5, 1:24 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Choctaw	36 min
May 5, 1:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Choctaw	46 min
May 5, 1:33 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Delaware	42 min
May 5, 1:35 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	Osage, Tulsa	7 hr
May 5, 1:36 PM CDT	River Flood Advisory	TSA	Tulsa	15 hr
May 5, 1:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Haskell, Latimer, Pittsburg	34 min

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Oklahoma, 2022 Every river flood warning in 2022

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.