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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Flood Warning
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
800 AM CDT Fri Jul 18 2025

...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.

  Illinois River near Tahlequah affecting Cherokee County.

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OKC001-041-190100-
/O.NEW.KTSA.FL.W.0100.250718T2204Z-250719T0937Z/
/WTTO2.1.ER.250718T2204Z.250719T0000Z.250719T0336Z.NO/
800 AM CDT Fri Jul 18 2025

...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS AFTERNOON TO LATE TONIGHT...

* WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast.

* WHERE...Illinois River near Watts.

* WHEN...From this afternoon to late tonight.

* 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 7:30 AM CDT Friday the stage was 4.9 feet.
  - Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage
    late this afternoon to a crest of 13.9 feet this evening. It
    will then fall below flood stage late this evening.
  - Flood stage is 13.0 feet.
  - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

&&

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


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OKC021-190100-
/O.NEW.KTSA.FL.W.0101.250719T0600Z-250720T0528Z/
/TALO2.1.ER.250719T0600Z.250719T1800Z.250719T2327Z.NO/
800 AM CDT Fri Jul 18 2025

...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT TO EARLY SUNDAY
MORNING...

* WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast.

* WHERE...Illinois River near Tahlequah.

* WHEN...From late tonight to early Sunday morning.

* IMPACTS...At 12.0 feet, minor flooding occurs from near Hanging
  Rock downstream towards Tahlequah. Extreme turbulence makes the
  river too hazardous for floating.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
  - At 7:30 AM CDT Friday the stage was 6.3 feet.
  - Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage
    just after midnight tonight to a crest of 12.0 feet early
    tomorrow afternoon. It will then fall below flood stage
    tomorrow evening.
  - Flood stage is 11.0 feet.
  - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

&&

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


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