Heavy rain caused a moderate flood on the Neosho River near Commerce.
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Heavy rain caused a moderate flood on the Neosho River near Commerce.
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 May 26, 7:10 PM CST, 4 hours 20 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
810 PM CDT MON MAY 26 2008
.DISCUSSION...
GOOD INSTABILITY REMAINS OVER THE REGION TONIGHT ALONG WITH
EXCELLENT LOW LEVEL MOISTURE. DEEP LAYER SHEAR IS SOMEWHAT LACKING
BUT INCREASING LOW LEVEL JET WILL MAKE UP FOR THAT SOME OVER THE
NEXT FEW HOURS. BELIEVE THAT WITH TIME THE TORNADO THREAT WILL
GRADUALLY DIMINISH AND THE HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG WIND THREAT
WILL INCREASE. SEE LITTLE CHANGE IN THE FORECAST AT THIS TIME
BUT WILL LIKELY UPDATE WITH TRENDS LATER THIS EVENING.
&&
.TSA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OK...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 7 AM TUESDAY FOR OKZ054-OKZ055-OKZ056-
OKZ057-OKZ058-OKZ059-OKZ060-OKZ061-OKZ062-OKZ063.
AR...NONE.
&&
SHORT TERM...10
LONG TERM....15HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 503 PM CDT MON MAY 26 2008 ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-271000- 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- 500 PM CDT MON MAY 26 2008 THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS AS WELL AS MUCH OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. TORNADO. RISK...LIMITED. AREA...NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS ONSET...ONGOING. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. RISK...ELEVATED. AREA...EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. ONSET...ONGOING. AREA AT GREATEST RISK...NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA. FLASH FLOOD. RISK...ELEVATED. AREA...NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. ONSET...ONGOING. AREA AT GREATEST RISK...NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA. HEAVY RAIN. RISK...ELEVATED. AREA...NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. ONSET...ONGOING. AREA AT GREATEST RISK...NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA. DISCUSSION... MULTIPLE OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES CRIS-CROSS THE REGION EARLY THIS EVENING WITH A DRYLINE ACROSS THE OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS PANHANDLES. VERY UNSTABLE AIR REMAINS ACROSS THE REGION AND ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED OVERNIGHT. HEAVY RAIN POTENTIAL EXISTS WITH SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WITH NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA HAVING THE GREATEST THREAT BUT CAN NOT RULE OUT LOCAL HEAVY RAIN IN ANY AREA. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE ALSO A STRONG POSSIBILITY WITH THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT. TORNADOES ARE ALSO A POSSIBILITY BUT IS A MUCH WEAKER THREAT COMPARED TO THE HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG WIND POTENTIAL. SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION LIKELY NEEDED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. TUESDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL. WEDNESDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL. THURSDAY...NO HAZARDS. FRIDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL. SATURDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL. SUNDAY...NO HAZARDS. EXTENDED DISCUSSION... A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION TUESDAY AND EARLY WEDNESDAY CAUSING AN INCREASE IN THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE. SOME THUNDERSTORMS COULD BE SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. A WEAKER COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE AREA THIS WEEKEND BRINGING ANOTHER CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TULSA CONTAINS ADDITIONAL TABULAR AND GRAPHICAL INFORMATION.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
700 PM CDT MON MAY 26 2008
OKZ054-059-270100-
OSAGE OK-PAWNEE OK-
700 PM CDT MON MAY 26 2008
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 800 PM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
CENTRAL OSAGE AND PAWNEE
AT 700 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
MARAMEC...MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE
AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...FAIRFAX...PAWNEE...HALLETT...
MARAMEC...BLACKBURN...SKEDEE AND RALSTON.
THIS STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO
50 MPH. RESIDENTS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT IN CASE THE
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS UPGRADED TO A WARNING.
LAT...LON 3657 9687 3659 9652 3621 9651 3621 9680
TIME...MOT...LOC 0000Z 177DEG 17KT 3627 9669The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
The Neosho River near Commerce rose above its flood stage of 15 feet at 12:30 am cdt on May 27th. The river crested at 19.87 feet at 1:00 am cdt on May 29th. The river fell below its flood stage at 6:00 pm cdt on May 30th.
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