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River Flood Warning 23, NWS Tulsa, OK

April 29, 2025LeFlore County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this river flood warning at Apr 29, 2025, 2:26 PM CDT for LeFlore County, Oklahoma. It took effect at Apr 30, 2025, 12:04 PM CDT. It was in force for 27 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 29, 2025, 2:26 PM CDT (19:26 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 30, 2025, 12:04 PM CDT
Expired: May 1, 2025, 3:19 PM CDT
In force: 27 hr
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County LeFlore County, OK

The radar

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Poteau River near Panama (PANO2). The gauge peaked at 28.13 ft at May 1, 2025, 2:00 PM CDT.

Action stage: 29 ft
Minor stage: 29 ft
Moderate stage: 33 ft
Major stage: 41 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07249413, 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 Apr 29, 12:42 PM CDT, 1 hour 44 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 29, 12:42 PM CDT, 1 hour 44 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 29, 1:49 PM CDT, 37 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 29, 9:23 AM CDT, 5 hours 3 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 29, 9:29 AM CDT, 4 hours 57 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 29, 11:47 AM CDT, 2 hours 39 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
Apr 28, 11:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Okfuskee	52 min
Apr 29, 12:23 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TSA	Okfuskee, Okmulgee	52 min
Apr 29, 1:00 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	McIntosh, Muskogee, Okmulgee	45 min
Apr 29, 1:29 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Cherokee, Muskogee, Sequoyah	26 min
Apr 29, 5:09 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Osage	51 min
Apr 29, 5:47 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Osage	43 min
Apr 29, 5:52 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Osage, Pawnee	38 min
Apr 29, 6:08 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Osage, Pawnee, Washington	52 min
Apr 29, 6:15 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Creek	30 min
Apr 29, 6:26 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Creek, Tulsa	49 min
Apr 29, 6:32 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TSA	Nowata, Washington	28 min
Apr 29, 6:39 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Craig, Nowata, Osage, Rogers, Tulsa, Washington	51 min
Apr 29, 6:47 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TSA	Osage, Rogers, Tulsa, Washington	28 min
Apr 29, 6:54 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Tulsa	36 min
Apr 29, 6:54 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Creek, Okfuskee, Okmulgee	28 min
Apr 29, 6:56 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Nowata, Osage, Pawnee, Washington	3 hr
Apr 29, 7:10 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TSA	Mayes, Rogers, Tulsa	50 min
Apr 29, 7:16 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Craig, Delaware, Mayes, Nowata, Ottawa, Rogers	44 min
Apr 29, 7:18 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Craig, Mayes, Nowata, Osage, Pawnee, Rogers and 2 more	3 hr
Apr 29, 7:38 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Delaware, Mayes, Rogers	37 min
Apr 29, 7:55 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Craig, Delaware, Mayes, Ottawa	35 min
Apr 29, 8:05 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Delaware	7 min
Apr 29, 8:06 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Delaware	5 min
Apr 29, 8:22 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Delaware	38 min
Apr 29, 8:41 AM CDT	River Flood Advisory	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Delaware	64 hr
Apr 29, 8:41 AM CDT	River Flood Advisory	TSA	Cherokee	12 hr
Apr 29, 9:23 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Sequoyah	37 min
Apr 29, 11:47 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Sequoyah	28 min
Apr 29, 12:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Adair	32 min
Apr 29, 2:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Okmulgee	30 min
Apr 29, 3:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Okfuskee	33 min
Apr 29, 3:59 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Cherokee, McIntosh, Muskogee, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Wagoner	2 hr
Apr 29, 5:11 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	McIntosh	34 min
Apr 29, 5:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	McIntosh	35 min
Apr 29, 5:50 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	McIntosh, Muskogee, Okmulgee	115 min
Apr 29, 8:56 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Carroll	34 min
Apr 29, 9:29 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Carroll, Madison	31 min
Apr 29, 9:54 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Crawford, Franklin	36 min
Apr 29, 12:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Crawford, Washington	30 min

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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.