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River Flood Warning 68, NWS Tulsa, OK

June 6, 2025Crawford County, Sebastian County, Arkansas

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this river flood warning at Jun 6, 2025, 3:15 PM CDT for Crawford County, Sebastian County, Arkansas. It took effect at Jun 7, 2025, 3:23 PM CDT. It was in force for 20 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 6, 2025, 3:15 PM CDT (20:15 UTC)
In effect from: Jun 7, 2025, 3:23 PM CDT
Expired: Jun 27, 2025, 3:15 PM CDT
In force: 20 days
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Crawford County, AR, Sebastian County, AR

The radar

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 15 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Arkansas River at Van Buren (VBUA4). The gauge peaked at 24.96 ft at Jun 16, 2025, 12:00 PM CDT.

Action stage: 22 ft
Minor stage: 22 ft
Moderate stage: 26 ft
Major stage: 31 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07250500, 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 Jun 6, 2:41 PM CDT, 34 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 6, 2:41 PM CDT, 34 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 6, 12:51 PM CDT, 2 hours 24 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 6, 9:27 AM CDT, 5 hours 48 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
Jun 6, 1:47 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Osage	28 min
Jun 6, 2:28 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Osage	47 min
Jun 6, 2:38 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Nowata, Osage, Pawnee, Washington	5 hr
Jun 6, 2:54 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TSA	Osage, Pawnee	51 min
Jun 6, 3:01 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Osage, Pawnee	30 min
Jun 6, 3:05 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Washington	25 min
Jun 6, 3:20 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Osage, Pawnee	3 hr
Jun 6, 3:23 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TSA	Osage, Pawnee	52 min
Jun 6, 3:50 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Osage	25 min
Jun 6, 3:53 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TSA	Osage, Pawnee, Tulsa, Washington	52 min
Jun 6, 3:55 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Nowata, Osage, Washington	4 hr
Jun 6, 3:57 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Creek	48 min
Jun 6, 4:21 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Craig	24 min
Jun 6, 4:24 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TSA	Creek, Tulsa	51 min
Jun 6, 4:26 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TSA	Rogers, Tulsa, Wagoner, Washington	49 min
Jun 6, 4:33 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Creek, Nowata, Osage, Rogers, Tulsa, Wagoner and 1 more	3 hr
Jun 6, 4:34 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Creek	26 min
Jun 6, 4:38 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Craig	52 min
Jun 6, 4:46 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Craig, Delaware, Mayes, Ottawa, Rogers	5 hr
Jun 6, 4:59 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Creek, Okmulgee, Tulsa, Wagoner	27 min
Jun 6, 5:03 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Craig, Delaware, Ottawa	4 hr
Jun 6, 5:08 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Craig, Mayes, Rogers, Wagoner	52 min
Jun 6, 5:12 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Okfuskee	48 min
Jun 6, 5:24 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Okmulgee, Wagoner	51 min
Jun 6, 5:28 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Cherokee, Creek, McIntosh, Mayes, Muskogee, Okfuskee and 2 more	5 hr
Jun 6, 5:36 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Okmulgee	24 min
Jun 6, 5:40 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TSA	Cherokee, Mayes, Wagoner	35 min
Jun 6, 5:49 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TSA	McIntosh, Muskogee	26 min
Jun 6, 5:53 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Delaware, Ottawa	37 min
Jun 6, 5:55 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	McIntosh	35 min
Jun 6, 5:58 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Cherokee, Mayes	35 min
Jun 6, 6:08 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	McIntosh	37 min
Jun 6, 6:16 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TSA	Cherokee, Muskogee, Sequoyah	29 min
Jun 6, 6:20 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Pittsburg	25 min
Jun 6, 6:20 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TSA	Muskogee, Sequoyah	40 min
Jun 6, 6:23 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Delaware	37 min
Jun 6, 6:32 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TSA	Haskell, McIntosh, Muskogee	28 min
Jun 6, 6:35 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Haskell, Latimer, Pittsburg	40 min
Jun 6, 6:38 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Haskell, Latimer, Pittsburg	52 min
Jun 6, 6:45 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TSA	Adair, Delaware	45 min
Jun 6, 6:47 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Haskell, Muskogee	28 min
Jun 6, 6:50 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Delaware, Mayes, Sequoyah	4 hr
Jun 6, 6:50 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Pittsburg	55 min
Jun 6, 6:50 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Adair, Sequoyah	40 min
Jun 6, 6:52 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Sequoyah	38 min
Jun 6, 7:06 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Latimer, LeFlore	39 min
Jun 6, 7:07 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Haskell, LeFlore	23 min
Jun 6, 7:22 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore, McIntosh, Muskogee, Pittsburg and 1 more	3 hr
Jun 6, 7:22 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	LeFlore	23 min
Jun 6, 7:24 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Sequoyah	51 min
Jun 6, 7:33 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Latimer	42 min
Jun 6, 7:37 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	LeFlore	23 min
Jun 6, 7:45 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	LeFlore	60 min
Jun 6, 8:07 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore, Pittsburg, Pushmataha	3 hr
Jun 6, 8:28 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Pushmataha	32 min
Jun 6, 8:52 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Pushmataha	53 min
Jun 6, 9:14 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	LeFlore, Pittsburg, Pushmataha	3 hr
Jun 6, 9:21 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	Washington	4 days
Jun 6, 9:21 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	Washington	12 hr
Jun 6, 9:21 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	Rogers, Tulsa	66 hr
Jun 6, 9:34 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	Osage, Tulsa	36 hr
Jun 6, 9:34 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	Cherokee	68 hr
Jun 6, 9:34 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	Adair, Delaware	48 hr
Jun 6, 9:34 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Delaware	53 hr
Jun 6, 9:37 AM CDT	River Flood Advisory	TSA	Cherokee, Delaware	36 hr
Jun 6, 9:37 AM CDT	River Flood Advisory	TSA	Tulsa	105 min
Jun 6, 11:06 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	Osage	17 hr
Jun 6, 11:22 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	Tulsa	69 hr
Jun 6, 2:26 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	Osage, Pawnee	14 hr
Jun 6, 2:35 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	Okmulgee	4 days
Jun 6, 7:25 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Benton, Carroll, Madison, Washington	50 min
Jun 6, 7:39 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Sebastian	36 min
Jun 6, 7:54 AM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	TSA	Crawford, Franklin, Sebastian	23 min
Jun 6, 8:01 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Carroll, Madison	29 min
Jun 6, 8:10 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Sebastian	35 min
Jun 6, 8:16 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Franklin	29 min
Jun 6, 8:16 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TSA	Crawford, Franklin, Sebastian	44 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.