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River Flood Warning 91, NWS Tulsa, OK

June 18, 2025Osage County, Pawnee County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this river flood warning at Jun 18, 2025, 10:19 AM CDT for Osage County, Pawnee County, Oklahoma. It took effect at Jun 18, 2025, 2:09 PM CDT. It was in force for 13 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 18, 2025, 10:19 AM CDT (15:19 UTC)
In effect from: Jun 18, 2025, 2:09 PM CDT
Expired: Jun 19, 2025, 3:25 AM CDT
In force: 13 hr
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Osage County, OK, Pawnee County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Arkansas River at Ralston (RLSO2).

Action stage: 16 ft
Minor stage: 16 ft
Moderate stage: 18 ft
Major stage: 21 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07152500, 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 18, 6:36 AM CDT, 3 hours 43 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 18, 6:36 AM CDT, 3 hours 43 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 18, 4:59 AM CDT, 5 hours 20 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 18, 7:59 AM CDT, 2 hours 20 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 18, 8:48 AM CDT, 1 hour 31 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 18, 9:31 AM CDT, 48 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 18, 9:42 AM CDT, 37 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 18, 10:00 AM CDT, 19 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, 7:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TSA	Osage	46 min
Jun 17, 8:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TSA	Osage	52 min
Jun 17, 8:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TSA	Osage, Washington	46 min
Jun 17, 8:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Osage	45 min
Jun 17, 8:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	TSA	Osage, Washington	47 min
Jun 17, 9:05 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Osage	3 hr
Jun 17, 9:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TSA	Craig, Mayes, Nowata, Osage, Rogers, Washington	52 min
Jun 17, 9:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Rogers, Tulsa	43 min
Jun 17, 9:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TSA	Craig, Nowata	51 min
Jun 17, 10:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Craig, Delaware, Mayes, Nowata, Ottawa, Rogers	53 min
Jun 17, 10:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TSA	Osage, Pawnee	59 min
Jun 17, 10:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Craig, Delaware, Ottawa	39 min
Jun 17, 10:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TSA	Creek, Osage, Pawnee	52 min
Jun 17, 11:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Delaware	43 min
Jun 17, 11:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Osage, Pawnee	43 min
Jun 17, 11:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TSA	Creek, Okmulgee, Osage, Pawnee, Tulsa, Washington	44 min
Jun 17, 11:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Creek, Okfuskee	50 min
Jun 17, 11:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TSA	Osage, Washington	40 min
Jun 18, 12:00 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TSA	Creek, Mayes, Muskogee, Okmulgee, Osage, Rogers and 3 more	45 min
Jun 18, 12:04 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	Adair, Delaware	33 hr
Jun 18, 12:04 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	Cherokee	33 hr
Jun 18, 12:04 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Delaware	33 hr
Jun 18, 12:05 AM CDT	River Flood Advisory	TSA	Cherokee, Delaware	33 hr
Jun 18, 12:16 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Craig, Mayes, Nowata, Osage, Rogers, Tulsa and 1 more	44 min
Jun 18, 12:25 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TSA	Craig, Mayes, Nowata, Osage, Rogers, Tulsa and 2 more	50 min
Jun 18, 12:32 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Osage	3 hr
Jun 18, 12:33 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	McIntosh, Muskogee, Okfuskee, Okmulgee	42 min
Jun 18, 12:36 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Craig, Delaware, Mayes, Muskogee and 2 more	39 min
Jun 18, 12:39 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	TSA	Nowata, Rogers, Washington	36 min
Jun 18, 12:43 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TSA	Cherokee	32 min
Jun 18, 12:47 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Delaware, Mayes	25 min
Jun 18, 12:58 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Adair, Cherokee	32 min
Jun 18, 1:02 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Craig, Delaware, Nowata, Ottawa	43 min
Jun 18, 1:05 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Craig, Delaware, Ottawa	40 min
Jun 18, 1:17 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Haskell, McIntosh, Muskogee, Sequoyah	58 min
Jun 18, 1:20 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Adair	25 min
Jun 18, 1:25 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Muskogee, Okmulgee	3 hr
Jun 18, 1:42 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Sequoyah	33 min
Jun 18, 2:10 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Creek, Okmulgee	3 hr
Jun 18, 2:16 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Sequoyah	44 min
Jun 18, 2:43 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	Creek	26 hr
Jun 18, 2:44 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	Washington	55 hr
Jun 18, 2:44 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	Rogers, Tulsa	68 hr
Jun 18, 3:36 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	Osage	24 hr
Jun 18, 9:31 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Pittsburg	29 min
Jun 18, 10:24 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	Washington	4 hr
Jun 18, 1:03 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Washington	42 min
Jun 18, 5:43 PM CDT	River Flood Advisory	TSA	Muskogee	9 hr
Jun 18, 6:24 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	LeFlore	36 min
Jun 18, 6:51 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	LeFlore	39 min
Jun 18, 1:46 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Benton, Carroll, Madison, Washington	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.