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WGUS44 KTSA 070728
FLWTSA

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Flood Warning
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
228 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 Tahlequah affecting Cherokee County.

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OKC021-071930-
/O.NEW.KTSA.FL.W.0014.240508T0425Z-240509T1300Z/
/TALO2.1.ER.240508T0425Z.240508T1800Z.240509T0700Z.NO/
228 AM CDT Tue May 7 2024

...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING TO THURSDAY MORNING...
...REPLACES RIVER FLOOD ADVISORY...

* WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast.

* WHERE...Illinois River near Tahlequah.

* WHEN...From this evening to Thursday morning.

* IMPACTS...At 13.0 feet, minor flooding occurs from near Hanging
  Rock downstream towards Tahlequah. Access roads east of the Combs
  Bridge near Eagles Bluff may be threatened. Extreme turbulence
  makes the river too hazardous for floating.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
  - At 1:30 AM CDT Tuesday the stage was 8.8 feet.
  - Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage
    late this evening to a crest of 13.1 feet early tomorrow
    afternoon. It will then fall below flood stage early Thursday
    morning.
  - Flood stage is 11.0 feet.
  - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

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LAT...LON 3612 9487 3606 9481 3576 9487 3576 9496
      3603 9496


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