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River Flood Warning 16, NWS Tulsa, OK

May 8, 2024Franklin County, Johnson County, Logan County, Arkansas

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this river flood warning at May 8, 2024, 10:29 AM CDT for Franklin County, Johnson County, Logan County, Arkansas. It took effect at May 8, 2024, 7:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 14 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 8, 2024, 10:29 AM CDT (15:29 UTC)
In effect from: May 8, 2024, 7:00 PM CDT
Expired: May 9, 2024, 8:44 AM CDT
In force: 14 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 15:32 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 8, 6:19 AM CDT, 4 hours 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 8, 6:19 AM CDT, 4 hours 10 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 7, 8:45 PM CDT	River Flood Advisory	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Delaware	10 hr
May 8, 12:50 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Nowata	25 min
May 8, 1:04 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Craig	26 min
May 8, 1:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Craig, Ottawa	53 min
May 8, 1:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Craig, Ottawa	46 min
May 8, 2:10 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Craig, Ottawa	50 min
May 8, 2:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Craig, Delaware, Ottawa	63 min
May 8, 3:11 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Ottawa	3 hr
May 8, 3:11 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Ottawa	34 min
May 8, 3:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Craig, Delaware, Ottawa	46 min
May 8, 3:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Craig, Mayes, Rogers	43 min
May 8, 3:47 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Ottawa	3 hr
May 8, 3:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Ottawa	18 min
May 8, 4:04 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Ottawa	41 min
May 8, 4:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Craig, Delaware, Ottawa	52 min
May 8, 4:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Delaware, Mayes	48 min
May 8, 4:55 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Delaware	3 hr
May 8, 5:03 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Delaware	27 min
May 8, 5:36 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Delaware	24 min
May 8, 6:04 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Delaware	26 min
May 8, 6:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Delaware	39 min
May 8, 6:26 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Delaware	2 hr
May 8, 6:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Choctaw	47 min
May 8, 6:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Muskogee	34 min
May 8, 6:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Haskell	27 min
May 8, 6:52 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Cherokee	38 min
May 8, 6:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Choctaw	48 min
May 8, 5:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Benton	32 min
May 8, 6:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Benton	30 min
May 8, 6:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Benton, Carroll, Madison	19 min

Nearby

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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.