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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Flood Warning
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
216 PM CDT Wed Aug 27 2025

...The National Weather Service in Tulsa OK has issued a Flood
Warning for the following rivers in Oklahoma...

  Illinois River near Watts affecting Delaware and Adair Counties.

  Illinois River at Chewey affecting Delaware, Adair and Cherokee
  Counties.

  Illinois River near Tahlequah affecting Cherokee County.

&&

OKC001-041-280730-
/O.NEW.KTSA.FL.W.0103.250829T0442Z-250829T2347Z/
/WTTO2.1.ER.250829T0442Z.250829T1200Z.250829T1746Z.NO/
216 PM CDT Wed Aug 27 2025

...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY EVENING TO FRIDAY EVENING...

* WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast.

* WHERE...Illinois River near Watts.

* WHEN...From Thursday evening to Friday evening.

* IMPACTS...At 15.0 feet, minor flooding occurs from the Arkansas
  border to near Fidler`s Bend. Permanent campgrounds are affected.
  Extreme turbulence makes the river unsafe for floating.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
  - At 1:30 PM CDT Wednesday the stage was 2.7 feet.
  - Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage
    late tomorrow evening to a crest of 15.5 feet Friday morning.
    It will then fall below flood stage early Friday afternoon.
  - 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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OKC001-021-041-280730-
/O.NEW.KTSA.FL.W.0104.250829T1727Z-250830T0112Z/
/CWYO2.1.ER.250829T1727Z.250829T1800Z.250829T1912Z.NO/
216 PM CDT Wed Aug 27 2025

...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON TO FRIDAY EVENING...

* WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast.

* WHERE...Illinois River at Chewey.

* WHEN...From Friday afternoon to Friday evening.

* IMPACTS...At 12.0 feet, minor flooding occurs from near Fidler`s
  Bend to near Hanging Rock. Road access near the river to
  residential homes southeast of Chewey Bridge may be compromised.
  Water begins to impact 630 Road east of the Cherokee/Adair County
  line. Floating the river is too hazardous due to strong turbulence.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
  - At 1:15 PM CDT Wednesday the stage was 2.9 feet.
  - Forecast...The river is expected to rise to a crest of 12.1
    feet early Friday afternoon. It will then fall below flood
    stage by early Friday evening.
  - Flood stage is 12.0 feet.
  - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

&&

LAT...LON 3619 9472 3611 9471 3606 9481 3612 9487


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OKC021-280730-
/O.NEW.KTSA.FL.W.0105.250829T2200Z-250830T1709Z/
/TALO2.1.ER.250829T2200Z.250830T0600Z.250830T1108Z.NO/
216 PM CDT Wed Aug 27 2025

...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON TO EARLY SATURDAY
AFTERNOON...

* WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast.

* WHERE...Illinois River near Tahlequah.

* WHEN...From Friday afternoon to early Saturday afternoon.

* 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 1:30 PM CDT Wednesday the stage was 5.1 feet.
  - Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage
    Friday afternoon to a crest of 12.2 feet early Saturday
    morning. It will then fall below flood stage Saturday
    morning.
  - 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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