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River Flood Advisory 4, NWS Tulsa, OK

April 5, 2025Crawford County, Franklin County, Arkansas

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this river flood advisory at Apr 5, 2025, 8:40 AM CDT for Crawford County, Franklin County, Arkansas. It was in force for 18 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 5, 2025, 8:40 AM CDT (13:40 UTC)
Expired: Apr 6, 2025, 2:51 AM CDT
In force: 18 hr
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Crawford County, AR, Franklin County, AR

The radar

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 39 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 Mulberry River (AR) near Mulberry (MLBA4). The gauge peaked at 14.64 ft at Apr 5, 2025, 7:00 PM CDT.

Action stage: 10 ft
Minor stage: 18 ft
Moderate stage: 20 ft
Major stage: 22 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07252000, 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 advisory 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 advisory went out at Apr 5, 6:40 AM CDT, 2 hours earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 5, 6:40 AM CDT, 2 hours before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 5, 6:17 AM CDT, 2 hours 23 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 5, 2:49 AM CDT, 5 hours 51 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
249 AM CDT Sat Apr 5 2025

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0245 AM     Hail             Ozark                   35.49N 93.83W
04/05/2025  M1.25 Inch       Franklin           AR   Emergency Mngr

            Franklin County EM reported half dollar size
            hail at Ozark EOC.

&&

Local storm report, Apr 5, 2:51 AM CDT, 5 hours 49 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
251 AM CDT Sat Apr 5 2025

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0245 AM     Hail             1 E Ozark               35.49N 93.81W
04/05/2025  M1.75 Inch       Franklin           AR   Amateur Radio

&&

Local storm report, Apr 5, 3:02 AM CDT, 5 hours 38 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
302 AM CDT Sat Apr 5 2025

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0235 AM     Hail             3 SSE Meg               35.36N 93.86W
04/05/2025  M1.00 Inch       Franklin           AR   Emergency Mngr

            Timing estimated from radar.

&&

Local storm report, Apr 5, 3:04 AM CDT, 5 hours 36 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
304 AM CDT Sat Apr 5 2025

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0146 AM     Hail             Kingston                36.05N 93.52W
04/05/2025  M1.75 Inch       Madison            AR   Broadcast Media

&&

Local storm report, Apr 5, 3:34 AM CDT, 5 hours 6 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
334 AM CDT Sat Apr 5 2025

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0236 AM     Hail             3 SE Meg                35.37N 93.85W
04/05/2025  M1.75 Inch       Franklin           AR   Broadcast Media

&&

Local storm report, Apr 5, 4:59 AM CDT, 3 hours 41 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
459 AM CDT Sat Apr 5 2025

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0457 AM     Hail             3 WNW Pierce            35.45N 95.77W
04/05/2025  M1.00 Inch       McIntosh           OK   Emergency Mngr

            Quarter size hail reported at Tiger
            Mountain.

&&

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 4, 8:04 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	Sequoyah	31 hr
Apr 4, 8:12 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	TSA	LeFlore	6 hr
Apr 4, 8:49 PM CDT	River Flood Advisory	TSA	Cherokee, Delaware	11 hr
Apr 4, 8:54 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore, McIntosh and 2 more	6 hr
Apr 4, 9:03 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Delaware	6 hr
Apr 4, 9:04 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	LeFlore	26 min
Apr 4, 9:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	LeFlore	10 min
Apr 5, 4:17 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	McIntosh, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Pittsburg	28 min
Apr 5, 4:40 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TSA	Haskell, McIntosh, Muskogee, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Pittsburg	35 min
Apr 5, 5:08 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Cherokee, Haskell, McIntosh, Mayes, Muskogee, Okmulgee and 4 more	37 min
Apr 5, 5:44 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Mayes, Muskogee, Sequoyah, Wagoner	26 min
Apr 5, 6:23 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	McIntosh, Muskogee	112 min
Apr 5, 6:53 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Pushmataha	30 min
Apr 5, 7:03 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	LeFlore	3 hr
Apr 5, 7:23 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Choctaw, Pushmataha	3 hr
Apr 5, 8:41 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	McIntosh, Muskogee, Okmulgee	2 hr
Apr 5, 9:06 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	LeFlore	3 hr
Apr 5, 9:30 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Creek, Rogers, Tulsa, Wagoner	90 min
Apr 5, 10:16 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Adair, Haskell, LeFlore, Sequoyah	107 min
Apr 5, 11:08 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Craig, Creek, Delaware, McIntosh and 11 more	6 hr
Apr 5, 2:11 PM CDT	River Flood Advisory	TSA	Cherokee, Delaware	12 hr
Apr 5, 3:43 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore, Pushmataha and 1 more	24 hr
Apr 4, 9:23 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Sebastian	37 min
Apr 4, 9:40 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Sebastian	35 min
Apr 4, 10:34 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Madison	26 min
Apr 4, 10:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Franklin, Sebastian	39 min
Apr 4, 11:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Carroll	28 min
Apr 4, 11:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Carroll, Madison	34 min
Apr 5, 12:03 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Franklin, Sebastian	42 min
Apr 5, 12:39 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Franklin, Madison	51 min
Apr 5, 1:13 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Carroll, Madison	47 min
Apr 5, 2:02 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Franklin, Sebastian	43 min
Apr 5, 2:38 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TSA	Franklin, Madison	29 min
Apr 5, 10:41 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Benton, Crawford, Washington	3 hr
Apr 5, 12:59 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Crawford, Franklin, Sebastian	4 hr

Nearby

River Flood Advisories in Arkansas, 2025 Every river flood advisory in 2025

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.