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River Flood Warning 10, NWS Tulsa, OK

May 3, 2024Franklin County, Johnson County, Logan County, Arkansas

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this river flood warning at May 3, 2024, 11:18 AM CDT for Franklin County, Johnson County, Logan County, Arkansas. It took effect at May 4, 2024, 10:28 AM CDT. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 3, 2024, 11:18 AM CDT (16:18 UTC)
In effect from: May 4, 2024, 10:28 AM CDT
Expired: May 4, 2024, 2:33 PM CDT
In force: 4 hr
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Franklin County, AR, Johnson County, AR, Logan County, AR

The radar

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Arkansas River at Ozark L/D Tailwater (OZGA4).

Action stage: 355.5 ft
Minor stage: 357 ft
Moderate stage: 363 ft
Major stage: 365 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record, 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 3, 10:18 AM CDT, 1 hour earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 3, 10:18 AM CDT, 1 hour before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 3, 4:51 AM CDT, 6 hours 27 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, May 3, 8:01 AM CDT, 3 hours 17 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 3, 8:02 AM CDT, 3 hours 16 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 3, 8:38 AM CDT, 2 hours 40 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 2, 8:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Tulsa	29 min
May 2, 8:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Tulsa	32 min
May 2, 9:08 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Osage, Tulsa	3 hr
May 2, 10:05 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Wagoner	25 min
May 2, 10:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Mayes, Rogers, Wagoner	53 min
May 2, 10:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TSA	Cherokee, Muskogee, Wagoner	44 min
May 2, 11:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Muskogee, Sequoyah, Wagoner	47 min
May 2, 11:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	McIntosh	45 min
May 2, 11:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	McIntosh	49 min
May 2, 11:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Wagoner	33 min
May 3, 12:00 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Cherokee	30 min
May 3, 12:09 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Cherokee, Sequoyah	26 min
May 3, 12:14 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	McIntosh, Pittsburg	4 hr
May 3, 12:27 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	McIntosh, Pittsburg	48 min
May 3, 12:36 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Sequoyah	24 min
May 3, 12:59 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	McIntosh, Pittsburg	3 hr
May 3, 1:01 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Cherokee, Haskell, McIntosh, Muskogee, Okmulgee, Sequoyah and 1 more	3 hr
May 3, 1:06 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Pittsburg	39 min
May 3, 1:09 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Sequoyah	36 min
May 3, 1:20 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Pittsburg	25 min
May 3, 1:27 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	LeFlore, Sequoyah	48 min
May 3, 1:36 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Haskell, Latimer, Pittsburg	39 min
May 3, 1:42 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Tulsa	33 min
May 3, 1:48 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	LeFlore, Sequoyah	3 hr
May 3, 2:01 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Rogers, Tulsa, Wagoner	3 hr
May 3, 2:15 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Haskell	30 min
May 3, 2:19 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Rogers	26 min
May 3, 2:31 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	LeFlore	44 min
May 3, 2:46 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Sequoyah	44 min
May 3, 3:10 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	LeFlore, Pushmataha	50 min
May 3, 3:42 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Pushmataha	48 min
May 3, 4:29 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	LeFlore, Pittsburg, Pushmataha	3 hr
May 3, 1:50 PM CDT	Flood Watch	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Choctaw, Craig, Creek, Delaware and 16 more	53 hr
May 3, 2:01 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Crawford, Franklin, Sebastian	44 min
May 3, 2:45 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Franklin	45 min
May 3, 3:12 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Sebastian	48 min
May 3, 11:19 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	Crawford, Sebastian	21 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Arkansas, 2024 Every river flood warning in 2024

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.