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River Flood Warning 36, NWS Tulsa, OK

May 19, 2025LeFlore County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this river flood warning at May 19, 2025, 8:26 AM CDT for LeFlore County, Oklahoma. It took effect at May 20, 2025, 2:24 AM CDT. It was in force for 65 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 19, 2025, 8:26 AM CDT (13:26 UTC)
In effect from: May 20, 2025, 2:24 AM CDT
Expired: May 22, 2025, 7:49 PM CDT
In force: 65 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 13:26 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 37.11 ft at May 21, 2025, 6:00 AM 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 May 19, 6:04 AM CDT, 2 hours 22 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 19, 6:04 AM CDT, 2 hours 22 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 19, 4:59 AM CDT, 3 hours 27 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, May 19, 7:41 AM CDT, 45 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 19, 8:14 AM CDT, 12 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
814 AM CDT Mon May 19 2025

OKZ056-057-191330-
Craig OK-Nowata OK-
814 AM CDT Mon May 19 2025

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT WEST CENTRAL CRAIG AND EASTERN
NOWATA COUNTIES THROUGH 830 AM CDT...

At 814 AM CDT, Doppler radar indicated a strong thunderstorm near
Nowata, moving northeast at 40 mph.

HAZARD...Penny size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible.

Locations in or near the path include...
Delaware...                       Nowata...
Centralia...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3667 9560 3673 9570 3698 9548 3683 9528
TIME...MOT...LOC 1314Z 225DEG 35KT 3673 9562

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
MAX WIND GUST...<30 MPH

Mejia

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 18, 8:39 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Choctaw, Pushmataha	66 min
May 18, 9:25 PM CDT	Wind Advisory	TSA	Choctaw, Pushmataha	3 hr
May 19, 2:11 AM CDT	Flood Watch	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Craig, Delaware, Haskell, Latimer and 7 more	24 hr
May 19, 8:13 AM CDT	River Flood Advisory	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Delaware	59 hr
May 19, 8:13 AM CDT	River Flood Advisory	TSA	Ottawa	30 hr
May 19, 8:13 AM CDT	River Flood Advisory	TSA	Cherokee	6 hr
May 19, 8:14 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Nowata	16 min
May 19, 11:48 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	McIntosh, Pittsburg	57 min
May 19, 11:50 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Latimer, Pittsburg, Pushmataha	55 min
May 19, 12:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Cherokee, McIntosh, Muskogee, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Pittsburg and 1 more	56 min
May 19, 12:40 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Latimer	50 min
May 19, 1:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Cherokee, Mayes, Rogers, Wagoner	50 min
May 19, 1:23 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Rogers, Tulsa	37 min
May 19, 1:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Craig, Mayes, Nowata, Rogers, Tulsa, Wagoner and 1 more	47 min
May 19, 1:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Craig, Delaware, Mayes, Ottawa	62 min
May 19, 1:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Craig, Nowata	36 min
May 19, 1:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Creek	33 min
May 19, 2:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Craig, Nowata	47 min
May 19, 2:38 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	Adair, Delaware	30 hr
May 19, 2:38 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	Cherokee	60 hr
May 19, 2:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TSA	Creek, Okfuskee, Okmulgee	41 min
May 19, 2:51 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	LeFlore	32 hr
May 19, 3:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Creek, Okfuskee, Okmulgee	27 min
May 19, 3:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TSA	Creek, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Osage, Rogers, Tulsa and 1 more	49 min
May 19, 3:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	McIntosh, Muskogee, Okfuskee, Okmulgee	43 min
May 19, 3:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Creek, Osage, Pawnee, Rogers, Tulsa, Washington	43 min
May 19, 3:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Okfuskee, Okmulgee	33 min
May 19, 4:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Cherokee, McIntosh, Muskogee, Okmulgee, Rogers, Wagoner	38 min
May 19, 4:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Craig, Creek, Mayes, Nowata, Osage, Rogers and 3 more	52 min
May 19, 4:27 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Okfuskee, Okmulgee	33 min
May 19, 4:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TSA	Cherokee, McIntosh, Mayes, Muskogee, Sequoyah, Wagoner	44 min
May 19, 4:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	McIntosh	28 min
May 19, 4:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Creek, Muskogee, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Wagoner	39 min
May 19, 4:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Craig, Mayes, Nowata, Osage, Rogers, Washington	50 min
May 19, 4:55 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Delaware	50 min
May 19, 4:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Craig, Ottawa	33 min
May 19, 4:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Delaware, Mayes	48 min
May 19, 5:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Muskogee, Okmulgee, Tulsa, Wagoner	53 min
May 19, 5:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TSA	Pittsburg	46 min
May 19, 5:20 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Pittsburg	25 min
May 19, 5:22 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Delaware	24 min
May 19, 5:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Muskogee, Okmulgee, Wagoner	47 min
May 19, 5:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TSA	Adair	43 min
May 19, 5:39 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Latimer, Pittsburg, Pushmataha	3 hr
May 19, 5:40 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	TSA	Pittsburg	35 min
May 19, 5:42 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Adair	27 min
May 19, 5:47 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Pittsburg	28 min
May 19, 5:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Cherokee, Delaware, Mayes, Rogers, Wagoner	40 min
May 19, 5:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TSA	Muskogee, Okmulgee, Tulsa, Wagoner	46 min
May 19, 6:03 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Delaware, Mayes	27 min
May 19, 6:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Osage, Pawnee	52 min
May 19, 6:08 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threat	TSA	Haskell, Latimer, Pittsburg	52 min
May 19, 6:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TSA	Haskell, Latimer, McIntosh, Muskogee, Pittsburg	48 min
May 19, 6:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Cherokee, McIntosh, Muskogee, Sequoyah, Wagoner	42 min
May 19, 6:19 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Haskell, Latimer, McIntosh, Muskogee, Pittsburg, Sequoyah	3 hr
May 19, 6:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	TSA	Cherokee, Delaware, Mayes	37 min
May 19, 6:24 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Muskogee, Sequoyah	36 min
May 19, 6:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Delaware, Mayes, Muskogee, Wagoner	32 min
May 19, 6:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore, Muskogee and 1 more	42 min
May 19, 6:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TSA	Osage	39 min
May 19, 6:41 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore, Pittsburg	25 min
May 19, 6:50 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Adair, Cherokee	25 min
May 19, 6:52 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	TSA	Adair	23 min
May 19, 6:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Delaware	52 min
May 19, 6:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore, Sequoyah	51 min
May 19, 2:55 PM CDT	River Flood Advisory	TSA	Crawford, Franklin	34 hr
May 19, 2:55 PM CDT	River Flood Advisory	TSA	Franklin, Johnson, Logan	53 hr
May 19, 6:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Benton	33 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.