Heavy rain associated with the remnants of Hurricane Ike caused a moderate flood along the Illinois River near Watts.
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Heavy rain associated with the remnants of Hurricane Ike caused a moderate flood along the Illinois River near Watts.
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 Sep 14, 5:30 PM CST, 1 hour 45 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 630 PM CDT SUN SEP 14 2008 .DISCUSSION... .AVIATION... VFR CONDITIONS TO PREVAIL AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE AREA YIELDING CLEAR SKIES AND DECREASING WINDS. WILL MONITOR DEWPOINT TRENDS FOR PATCHY MORNING FOG ACROSS FAR NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 242 PM CDT SUN SEP 14 2008/ DISCUSSION... REMNANTS OF IKE ARE LONG GONE NOW...WITH THE CIRCULATION CURRENTLY MOVING INTO THE GREAT LAKE STATES. STILL GETTING SOME BREEZY NWLY WINDS IN THE SQUEEZE PLAY BETWEEN THE GREAT LAKES LOW AND THE SFC HIGH TO OUR W...ALTHOUGH WINDS WILL RELAX THIS EVENING. LIKEWISE...WRAP-AROUND STRATOCU WILL DIMINISH THIS EVENING...GIVING WAY TO A CLEAR AND COOL NIGHT. SOME PATCHY GROUND FOG ISN/T OUT OF THE QUESTION OVER FAR NE OK/NW AR...BUT WILL LIKELY JUST SEE A GOOD DEW AS THE BOUNDARY LAYER SHOULD REMAIN RELATIVELY DRY. EXPECT A NICE STRETCH OF WEATHER FOR MUCH OF THE COMING WEEK...WITH COOL OVERNIGHT LOWS AND SEASONABLY COOL DAYS. MONDAY NIGHT WILL LIKELY BE THE COOLEST NIGHT (2ND NIGHT AFTER A FROPA)...WITH MUCH OF THE AREA DIPPING INTO THE 40S. BROAD UPPER RIDGING WILL BUILD BACK ACROSS THE PLAINS BY MID-LATE WEEK...ALONG WITH A MODEST WARMING TREND. GFS/ECMWF BRING A WEAK UPPER TROF ACROSS THE SRN PLAINS BY FRIDAY/SATURDAY...AND GFS SPITS OUT SOME LIGHT PRECIP MAINLY ACROSS AR WITH THIS FEATURE. WILL SIDE WITH THE ECMWF FOR NOW AND MAINTAIN THE DRY FORECAST. GUIDANCE TEMPS CLOSELY BUNCHED THROUGH THE SHORT RANGE...AND STUCK VERY CLOSE TO A MAV/MET BLEND. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... TUL 51 76 48 80 / 0 0 0 0 FSM 52 78 50 78 / 0 0 0 0 MLC 50 79 49 79 / 0 0 0 0 BVO 46 77 41 80 / 0 0 0 0 FYV 45 73 43 74 / 0 0 0 0 BYV 49 72 45 73 / 0 0 0 0 MKO 50 77 49 78 / 0 0 0 0 MIO 48 74 45 78 / 0 0 0 0 F10 51 76 49 78 / 0 0 0 0 HHW 53 81 51 80 / 0 0 0 0 && .TSA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OK...NONE. AR...NONE. && SHORT TERM...07 LONG TERM....17 AVIATION...07
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 456 PM CDT SUN SEP 14 2008 ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-151000- 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- 455 PM CDT SUN SEP 14 2008 THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS AS WELL AS MUCH OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED. SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION NOT EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. MONDAY...NO HAZARDS. TUESDAY...NO HAZARDS. WEDNESDAY...NO HAZARDS. THURSDAY...NO HAZARDS. FRIDAY...NO HAZARDS. SATURDAY...NO HAZARDS. EXTENDED DISCUSSION... HIGH PRESSURE WILL BRING DRY AND MILD WEATHER TO THE AREA MUCH OF THE UPCOMING WEEK. WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TULSA CONTAINS ADDITIONAL TABULAR AND GRAPHICAL INFORMATION.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
744 PM CDT SUN SEP 14 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0915 PM NON-TSTM WND DMG 2 N OZARK 35.52N 93.83W
09/13/2008 FRANKLIN AR EMERGENCY MNGR
A LARGE TREE WAS BLOWN DOWN AND BLOCKED HIGHWAY 23 NORTH
OF OZARK.
0130 AM NON-TSTM WND DMG 2 NE VAN BUREN 35.46N 94.32W
09/14/2008 CRAWFORD AR COUNTY OFFICIAL
TREES DOWN ON ROADWAY. TIME ESTIMATED.
0130 AM NON-TSTM WND DMG 1 ENE LEE CREEK 35.69N 94.33W
09/14/2008 CRAWFORD AR COUNTY OFFICIAL
TREES BLOWN INTO POWER LINES. TIME ESTIMATED.
0130 AM NON-TSTM WND DMG 1 ENE RUDY 35.53N 94.25W
09/14/2008 CRAWFORD AR COUNTY OFFICIAL
LARGE TREE DOWN. TIME ESTIMATED.
0130 AM NON-TSTM WND DMG 1 NNE FIGURE FIVE 35.53N 94.35W
09/14/2008 CRAWFORD AR COUNTY OFFICIAL
MULTIPLE TREES DOWN ON COUNTY ROADWAY. TIME ESTIMATED.
0145 AM NON-TSTM WND DMG 1 SSW MOUNTAINBURG 35.62N 94.17W
09/14/2008 CRAWFORD AR COUNTY OFFICIAL
TREE BLOWN ONTO HOME. TIME ESTIMATED.
0145 AM NON-TSTM WND DMG 1 S MOUNTAINBURG 35.62N 94.17W
09/14/2008 CRAWFORD AR COUNTY OFFICIAL
TREE FELL ONTO VEHICLE. TIME ESTIMATED.
0145 AM NON-TSTM WND DMG 3 NW MULBERRY 35.53N 94.09W
09/14/2008 CRAWFORD AR COUNTY OFFICIAL
LINE DOWN ON ROADWAY. TIME ESTIMATED.
0300 AM NON-TSTM WND DMG CASS 35.69N 93.82W
09/14/2008 FRANKLIN AR EMERGENCY MNGR
NUMEROUS DAMAGE REPORTS ACROSS FRANKLIN COUNTY INCLUDING
DAMAGE AT MULBERRY MOUNTAIN LODGE. NUMEROUS ROADS BLOCKED
WITH DOWNED TREES PRODUCING ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES.
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JBMThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
The Illinois River near Watts rose above its flood stage of 13 feet at 8:15 pm cdt on the 14th. The river crested at 17.1 feet at 1 am cdt on the 15th. This crest classified the flood as moderate. The river fell below its flood stage at 4 am cdt on the 15th.
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