Heavy rain caused a moderate flood along the Deep Fork River near Beggs.
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The episode as NWS TSA wrote it up.
Heavy rain caused a moderate flood along the Deep Fork River near Beggs.
The local office's own words before the first event, 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 the first event at Apr 11, 8:21 PM CST, 4 hours 13 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
921 PM CDT FRI APR 11 2008
.DISCUSSION...
HIGH PRESSURE CONTINUES TO BUILD INTO THE SOUTHERN PLAINS THIS
EVENING WITH RESULTANT PRESSURE GRADIENT EXPECTED TO KEEP WIND
SPEEDS UP FOR MOST OF THE NIGHT. THIS WILL LIMIT POTENTIAL FOR
FREEZING TEMPERATURES TONIGHT THUS CURRENT LOW TEMP FORECAST REMAINS
ON TRACK. ADJUSTED SKY AND WIND TRENDS FOR THE EVENING UPDATE WITH
NO CHANGES TO OTHER ELEMENTS.
&&
.TSA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OK...FREEZE WATCH FROM 1 AM SUNDAY TO 10 AM SUNDAY FOR OKZ054-OKZ055-
OKZ056-OKZ057-OKZ058-OKZ059-OKZ061-OKZ062-OKZ063-OKZ068-
OKZ069.
FREEZE WATCH FROM 1 AM MONDAY TO 10 AM MONDAY FOR OKZ049-OKZ053-
OKZ054-OKZ055-OKZ056-OKZ057-OKZ058-OKZ059-OKZ060-OKZ061-
OKZ062-OKZ063-OKZ064-OKZ065-OKZ066-OKZ067-OKZ068-OKZ069-
OKZ070-OKZ071-OKZ072-OKZ073-OKZ074-OKZ075-OKZ076.
AR...FREEZE WATCH FROM 1 AM SUNDAY TO 10 AM SUNDAY FOR ARZ001-ARZ002-
ARZ010-ARZ011-ARZ019-ARZ020.
FREEZE WATCH FROM 1 AM MONDAY TO 10 AM MONDAY FOR ARZ001-ARZ002-
ARZ010-ARZ011-ARZ019-ARZ020-ARZ029.
&&
SHORT TERM...10
LONG TERM....07HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 837 PM CDT FRI APR 11 2008 ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-121000- 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- 837 PM CDT FRI APR 11 2008 THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS AS WELL AS MUCH OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED. SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION NOT EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. SATURDAY...HIGH WIND POTENTIAL. SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...NO HAZARDS. EXTENDED DISCUSSION... GUSTY NORTHERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY WITH POTENTIAL FOR ENHANCED SPREAD POTENTIAL FOR ANY FIRES. WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TULSA CONTAINS ADDITIONAL TABULAR AND GRAPHICAL INFORMATION.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
The Deep Fork River near Beggs rose above its flood stage of 18 feet at 1:34 am cdt on April 12th. The river crested at 24.46 feet at 12:30 am cdt on April 15th. This flood was classified as a moderate flood. The river fell below its flood stage at 3:32 pm cdt on April 18th.
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