455  
WGUS44 KTSA 271916  
FLWTSA  
 
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  
 
 
 
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  
 
 
 
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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