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River Flood Warning 83, NWS Tulsa, OK

June 17, 2025Osage County, Tulsa County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this river flood warning at Jun 17, 2025, 4:04 PM CDT for Osage County, Tulsa County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 58 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 17, 2025, 4:04 PM CDT (21:04 UTC)
Expired: Jun 20, 2025, 1:52 AM CDT
In force: 58 hr
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Osage County, OK, Tulsa County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Bird Creek near Sperry (SPEO2). The gauge peaked at 26.17 ft at Jun 19, 2025, 12:00 PM CDT.

Action stage: 21 ft
Minor stage: 21 ft
Moderate stage: 24 ft
Major stage: 29 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07177500, 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 17, 2:25 PM CDT, 1 hour 39 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 17, 2:25 PM CDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 17, 3:10 PM CDT, 54 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
Issued by National Weather Service Norman OK
310 PM CDT Tue Jun 17 2025

ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-181045-
Adair OK-Benton AR-Carroll AR-Cherokee OK-Choctaw OK-Craig OK-
Crawford AR-Creek OK-Delaware OK-Franklin AR-Haskell OK-Latimer OK-
Le Flore OK-Madison AR-Mayes OK-McIntosh OK-Muskogee OK-Nowata OK-
Okfuskee OK-Okmulgee OK-Osage OK-Ottawa OK-Pawnee OK-Pittsburg OK-
Pushmataha OK-Rogers OK-Sebastian AR-Sequoyah OK-Tulsa OK-Wagoner OK-
Washington OK-Washington AR-
310 PM CDT Tue Jun 17 2025

This Outlook is for Northwest and West Central Arkansas as well as
much of Eastern Oklahoma.

.DAY ONE...Tonight.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.
	RISK...Elevated.
	AREA...Eastern Oklahoma and Northwest Arkansas.
	ONSET...Overnight and early Wednesday morning.

HEAVY RAIN AND FLASH FLOOD RISK.
	RISK...Limited.
	AREA...Eastern Oklahoma and Northwest Arkansas.
	ONSET...vernight and early Wednesday morning.

DISCUSSION...
An intense complex of thunderstorms is expected overnight tonight
with a cold front and a greater risk of severe weather. Damaging
wind gusts and hail are possible. There is the potential for bowing
segments within the complex of thunderstorms, which may result in a
risk for significant wind gusts--especially in areas generally along
and west of the Interstate 44 corridor...and in areas near the Kansas/
Oklahoma border. Heavy rainfall associated with this complex may also
result in localized flooding.

SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT...
Local Spotter Activation May Be Needed.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday.
WEDNESDAY...Thunderstorm Potential
THURSDAY...Thunderstorm Potential.
FRIDAY...Dangerous Heat Potential.
SATURDAY...Dangerous Heat Potential.
SUNDAY...Dangerous Heat Potential.
Monday...Dangerous Heat Potential.

EXTENDED DISCUSSION...
Strong to severe thunderstorms remain possible on Wednesday as
the cold front lingers across the area. Damaging wind gusts and
hail will remain the primary hazards. Heavy rainfall may also
result in some flooding threat. There is uncertainty on where the
greatest risk of severe weather will be as it will depend on the
exact location of the front, which will be influenced by the
previous night's complex of thunderstorms. The risk of storms
should end from northwest to southeast late Wednesday into early
Thursday. Dangerous heat will return for the end of the workweek
and into the upcoming weekend.

weather.gov/tulsa for additional information.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 17, 10:28 AM CDT, 5 hours 36 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 17, 11:00 AM CDT, 5 hours 4 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 17, 11:28 AM CDT, 4 hours 36 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 17, 12:11 PM CDT, 3 hours 53 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 17, 5:44 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	TSA	Osage	46 min
Jun 17, 6:09 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TSA	Osage, Pawnee	66 min
Jun 17, 6:53 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Osage, Pawnee	52 min
Jun 17, 7:10 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Creek	35 min
Jun 17, 7:13 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Osage	47 min
Jun 17, 7:38 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Creek, Okmulgee, Osage, Pawnee, Tulsa	52 min
Jun 17, 7:58 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Washington	32 min
Jun 17, 8:29 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Creek, Okmulgee, Rogers, Tulsa, Washington	31 min
Jun 17, 9:00 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Okmulgee, Rogers, Tulsa, Wagoner	30 min
Jun 17, 9:10 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Creek, Osage, Rogers, Tulsa	3 hr
Jun 17, 9:30 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Cherokee, Muskogee, Wagoner	30 min
Jun 17, 9:59 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Muskogee, Sequoyah	31 min
Jun 17, 10:28 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Sequoyah	32 min
Jun 17, 11:00 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Adair	30 min
Jun 17, 12:05 PM CDT	Flood Watch	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Craig, Creek, Delaware, Mayes and 10 more	25 hr
Jun 17, 12:11 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Nowata	34 min
Jun 17, 12:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Craig, Nowata	17 min
Jun 17, 3:18 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	Ottawa	4 days
Jun 17, 4:03 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	Tulsa	66 hr
Jun 17, 4:05 PM CDT	River Flood Advisory	TSA	Cherokee	8 hr
Jun 17, 11:28 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Crawford, Franklin	32 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.