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River Flood Warning 29, NWS Tulsa, OK

May 6, 2022Sequoyah County, Oklahoma; Crawford County, Arkansas

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this river flood warning at May 6, 2022, 3:30 AM CDT for Sequoyah County, Oklahoma; Crawford County, Arkansas. It was in force for 22 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 6, 2022, 3:30 AM CDT (08:30 UTC)
Expired
May 7, 2022, 1:42 AM CDT
In force
22 hr
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Crawford County, AR, Sequoyah County, OK

The radar

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 31 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The river

Written for the forecast point Lee Creek near Van Buren LCR (VBRA4). The gauge peaked at 23.38 ft at May 5, 2022, 3:00 PM CDT.

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Action stage
399 ft
Minor stage
401 ft
Moderate stage
404 ft
Major stage
405 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07250085, 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, 6:52 PM CDT, 8 hours 38 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 5, 6:52 PM CDT, 8 hours 38 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 6, 2:55 AM CDTRiver Flood AdvisoryTSACherokee, Delaware17 hr
May 6, 5:51 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningTSATulsa8 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Oklahoma, 2022River Flood Warnings in Arkansas, 2022Every 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.