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River Flood Warning 42, NWS Tulsa, OK

May 24, 2025Adair County, Cherokee County, Delaware County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this river flood warning at May 24, 2025, 9:22 AM CDT for Adair County, Cherokee County, Delaware County, Oklahoma. It took effect at May 25, 2025, 6:40 PM CDT. It was in force for 20 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 24, 2025, 9:22 AM CDT (14:22 UTC)
In effect from: May 25, 2025, 6:40 PM CDT
Expired: May 26, 2025, 2:17 PM CDT
In force: 20 hr
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Adair County, OK, Cherokee County, OK, Delaware County, OK

The radar

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The river

Written for the forecast point Illinois River (AR OK) at Chewey (CWYO2). The gauge peaked at 11.21 ft at May 26, 2025, 11:00 AM CDT.

Action stage: 9 ft
Minor stage: 12 ft
Moderate stage: 15 ft
Major stage: 20 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07196090, 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 24, 6:31 AM CDT, 2 hours 51 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 24, 6:31 AM CDT, 2 hours 51 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 24, 4:57 AM CDT, 4 hours 25 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 24, 8:25 AM CDT, 57 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 24, 8:33 AM CDT, 49 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
833 AM CDT Sat May 24 2025

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

0800 AM     Tstm Wnd Dmg     Mcalester               34.93N 95.77W
05/24/2025                   Pittsburg          OK   Emergency Mngr

            Few powerlines down.

0800 AM     Tstm Wnd Dmg     Mcalester               34.93N 95.77W
05/24/2025                   Pittsburg          OK   Emergency Mngr

            Tree damage.

0800 AM     Hail             Mcalester               34.93N 95.77W
05/24/2025  M1.75 Inch       Pittsburg          OK   Emergency Mngr

&&

Special weather statement, May 24, 8:40 AM CDT, 42 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
840 AM CDT Sat May 24 2025

OKZ049-073-241430-
Pittsburg OK-Pushmataha OK-
840 AM CDT Sat May 24 2025

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN PUSHMATAHA AND SOUTH
CENTRAL PITTSBURG COUNTIES THROUGH 930 AM CDT...

At 840 AM CDT, Doppler radar indicated strong thunderstorms along a
line extending from 2 miles northwest of Stanley to near Coalgate.
Movement was south at 25 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down small tree limbs and blow
         around unsecured objects.

Locations in or near the path include...
Eubanks...                        Stanley...
Snow...                           Moyers...
Kosoma...                         Dunbar...
Finley...                         Cloudy...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 1000 AM CDT for
southeastern Oklahoma.

&&

LAT...LON 3450 9578 3451 9577 3451 9567 3459 9567
      3459 9588 3462 9588 3464 9554 3430 9514
      3427 9578
TIME...MOT...LOC 1340Z 004DEG 20KT 3456 9551 3454 9619

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

Special weather statement, May 24, 8:48 AM CDT, 34 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
848 AM CDT Sat May 24 2025

OKZ049-073-241415-
Pittsburg OK-Pushmataha OK-
848 AM CDT Sat May 24 2025

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN PUSHMATAHA AND
SOUTHWESTERN PITTSBURG COUNTIES THROUGH 915 AM CDT...

At 848 AM CDT, Doppler radar indicated strong thunderstorms along a
line extending from 4 miles south of Kiowa to 8 miles north of
Stanley. Movement was southeast at 25 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down small tree limbs and blow
         around unsecured objects.

Locations in or near the path include...
Kiowa...                          Stanley...
Blanco...                         Pittsburg...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 1000 AM CDT for
southeastern Oklahoma.

&&

LAT...LON 3451 9567 3459 9567 3459 9588 3468 9588
      3468 9601 3471 9602 3478 9573 3470 9551
      3468 9551 3468 9547 3450 9532
TIME...MOT...LOC 1348Z 315DEG 21KT 3467 9588 3465 9551

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

Special weather statement, May 24, 9:00 AM CDT, 22 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 24, 9:19 AM CDT, 3 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 24, 12:01 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Craig	29 min
May 24, 12:07 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Mayes	38 min
May 24, 12:13 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Mayes	36 min
May 24, 12:18 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Craig	42 min
May 24, 12:23 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Delaware	37 min
May 24, 12:29 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Creek, Pawnee	46 min
May 24, 12:37 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Delaware	20 min
May 24, 12:42 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Nowata	33 min
May 24, 12:49 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Mayes	26 min
May 24, 12:52 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Pawnee	38 min
May 24, 12:55 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Craig, Ottawa	50 min
May 24, 1:16 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Washington	29 min
May 24, 1:20 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Washington	25 min
May 24, 1:24 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Nowata, Washington	51 min
May 24, 1:28 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Washington	32 min
May 24, 1:37 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Rogers, Tulsa	38 min
May 24, 1:39 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Craig, Nowata, Rogers	51 min
May 24, 1:41 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Craig, Ottawa	49 min
May 24, 1:49 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Nowata, Washington	41 min
May 24, 2:04 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Washington	26 min
May 24, 3:37 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Haskell	38 min
May 24, 3:59 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Creek	46 min
May 24, 4:10 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Creek, Okfuskee	50 min
May 24, 4:29 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Creek, Okmulgee	46 min
May 24, 4:31 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Osage	44 min
May 24, 4:39 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Osage, Pawnee	51 min
May 24, 4:42 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Okfuskee, Okmulgee	48 min
May 24, 4:43 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Creek, Okfuskee, Okmulgee	47 min
May 24, 5:03 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Osage, Tulsa	42 min
May 24, 5:13 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Craig, Nowata, Osage, Pawnee, Rogers, Tulsa and 1 more	47 min
May 24, 5:22 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TSA	Creek, Osage, Pawnee, Tulsa	53 min
May 24, 5:33 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Rogers, Tulsa, Wagoner	42 min
May 24, 5:46 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	McIntosh	29 min
May 24, 5:53 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TSA	Cherokee, Craig, Delaware, Mayes, Muskogee, Nowata and 5 more	52 min
May 24, 5:58 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TSA	Creek, Muskogee, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Osage, Pawnee and 2 more	62 min
May 24, 6:08 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Creek, Rogers, Tulsa	5 hr
May 24, 6:11 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Craig, Nowata, Osage, Ottawa, Washington	3 hr
May 24, 6:15 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Pittsburg	30 min
May 24, 6:22 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Craig, Ottawa	38 min
May 24, 6:29 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Delaware, Haskell, McIntosh, Mayes and 4 more	46 min
May 24, 6:35 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Creek, McIntosh, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Pittsburg	40 min
May 24, 6:58 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Creek, McIntosh, Okfuskee, Okmulgee	3 hr
May 24, 7:14 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore, McIntosh and 5 more	61 min
May 24, 7:39 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Haskell, LeFlore, Sequoyah	51 min
May 24, 7:51 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	McIntosh, Okfuskee, Okmulgee	4 hr
May 24, 8:02 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Latimer, Pittsburg	43 min
May 24, 8:08 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Latimer, McIntosh, Okfuskee, Pittsburg	3 hr
May 24, 8:14 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Pittsburg, Pushmataha	34 min
May 24, 8:19 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TSA	Latimer, Pittsburg, Pushmataha	41 min
May 24, 8:21 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Pittsburg	6 hr
May 24, 8:38 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TSA	Latimer, LeFlore, Pushmataha	52 min
May 24, 8:40 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Pushmataha	50 min
May 24, 8:48 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Pittsburg	27 min
May 24, 8:57 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Haskell, Latimer	5 hr
May 24, 9:00 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Pittsburg	30 min
May 24, 9:22 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	Adair, Delaware	53 hr
May 24, 9:22 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	Cherokee	3 days
May 24, 9:25 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	Ottawa	4 days
May 24, 9:25 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	Okmulgee	3 days
May 24, 9:26 AM CDT	River Flood Advisory	TSA	Cherokee, Delaware	42 hr
May 24, 9:26 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	LeFlore	22 min
May 24, 10:20 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Choctaw	40 min
May 24, 10:21 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Pushmataha	39 min
May 24, 10:53 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Choctaw	52 min
May 24, 12:09 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Haskell	36 min
May 24, 1:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Latimer	45 min
May 24, 1:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Latimer, Pushmataha	31 min
May 24, 1:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	LeFlore	34 min
May 24, 4:57 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Carroll	33 min
May 24, 5:05 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Benton	10 min
May 24, 5:28 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Carroll	32 min
May 24, 7:59 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Crawford, Sebastian	3 hr
May 24, 8:25 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Franklin, Sebastian	50 min

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Oklahoma, 2025 Every river flood warning 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.