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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Flood Warning

National Weather Service Tulsa OK

231 AM CDT Tue May 7 2024



...The National Weather Service in Tulsa OK has issued a Flood 

Warning for the following rivers in Oklahoma...



  Illinois River near Watts affecting Adair and Delaware Counties.



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231 AM CDT Tue May 7 2024



...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS AFTERNOON TO TOMORROW MORNING...



* WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast.



* WHERE...Illinois River near Watts.



* WHEN...From this afternoon to tomorrow morning.



* IMPACTS...At 13.0 feet, minor flooding occurs from the Arkansas 

  border to near Fidler's Bend. Extreme turbulence makes the river 

  unsafe for floating.



* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...

  - At 1:30 AM CDT Tuesday the stage was 5.7 feet.

  - Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage

    late this afternoon to a crest of 13.5 feet this evening. It

    will then fall below flood stage just after midnight tonight.

  - Flood stage is 13.0 feet.

  - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood



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LAT...LON 3619 9474 3615 9453 3607 9453 3611 9472





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