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River Flood Warning 1, NWS Tulsa, OK

April 2, 2026Ottawa County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this river flood warning at Apr 2, 2026, 8:59 PM CDT for Ottawa County, Oklahoma. It took effect at Apr 3, 2026, 8:17 AM CDT. It was in force for 24 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 2, 2026, 8:59 PM CDT (01:59 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 3, 2026, 8:17 AM CDT
Expired: Apr 4, 2026, 8:11 AM CDT
In force: 24 hr
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Ottawa County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Neosho River near Commerce (COMO2). The gauge peaked at 16.39 ft at Apr 3, 2026, 8:00 PM CDT.

Action stage: 14 ft
Minor stage: 15 ft
Moderate stage: 18 ft
Major stage: 24 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07185000, 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 Apr 2, 6:32 PM CDT, 2 hours 27 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 2, 6:32 PM CDT, 2 hours 27 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
Apr 3, 11:35 AM CDT	Flood Watch	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Haskell, Latimer, McIntosh, Muskogee and 4 more	21 hr
Apr 3, 5:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Osage, Pawnee	44 min
Apr 3, 6:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Osage, Pawnee	32 min
Apr 3, 6:36 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Osage, Pawnee	39 min

Nearby

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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.