Alert archive / Oklahoma / Flash Flood Warnings in 1989
Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this flash flood warning at Jun 10, 1989, 9:42 PM CDT for Washington County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 63 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 10, 1989, 9:42 PM CDT (02:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 10, 1989, 10:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Whole counties
County Washington County, OK
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KUMN), launched 00:00Z, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 188 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 349 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -61 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 918 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 108 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 177 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 1.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KTUL 110243
FFWTUL
OKC147-110345-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
942 PM CDT JUN 10 1989
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1045 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
...NORTHERN WASHINGTON
INTENSE RAINFALL IN EXTREME NORTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTY HAS PRODUCED
WATER THAT IS THREE TO FOUR FEET DEEP ACROSS US HIGHWAY 75 THERE.
THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION...DO NOT VENTURE INTO THIS AREA
OF WASHINGTON COUNTY AT ALL UNTIL THE WATER HAS RECEDED.
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS LIKELY OR HAS BEEN
REPORTED. STAY ALERT AND WATCH FOR RAPIDLY RISING WATER.
REMEMBER...IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE TO THE
NEAREST STREAM...CREEK OR RIVER WHICH CAN BECOME A KILLER DURING
PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN.
MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR
V4EHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER
MAY BE TOO DEEP TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. IF YOUR
VEHICLE GETS CAUGHT IN RISING WATER...ABANDONED IT QUICKLY. THEN
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 10, 9:08 PM CDT, 34 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA, OK
907 PM CDT SAT JUN 10 1989
TIME/CDT COUNTY EVENT (CD=CIVIL DEFENSE OHP=OK HIGHWAY PAT'L)
8 29 PM WASHINGTON A TORNADO BRIEFLY TOUCHED DOWN 4 MILES SOUTH/
WEST OF CANEY, KS...JUST INSIDE THE OKLAHOMA/
KANSAS STATE LINE. DAMAGE WAS CONFINED TO TREES
ONLY IN THAT AREA.
8 15 PM WASHINGTON GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL REPORTED SOUTH OF CANEY, KS
JUST INSIDE THE OKLAHOMA/KANSAS BORDER ON THE
OKLAHOMA SIDE.Local storm report, Jun 10, 9:33 PM CDT, 9 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA, OK
931 PM CDT SAT JUN 10 1989
TIME/CDT COUNTY EVENT (CD=CIVIL DEFENSE OHP=OK HIGHWAY PAT'L)
8 00 PM OSAGE 60 MPH WIND REPORTED NEAR HULAH RESEVO IR BY OSAGE
COUNTY SHERIFF DEPT.The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 10, 7:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage | 56 min |
| Jun 10, 8:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Washington | 57 min |
| Jun 10, 8:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Washington | 51 min |
| Jun 10, 10:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Nowata | 54 min |
| Jun 10, 10:24 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Nowata | 66 min |
| Jun 10, 10:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Craig | 55 min |
| Jun 10, 10:44 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Washington | 4 hr |
| Jun 10, 11:11 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Nowata | 4 hr |
| Jun 11, 2:46 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Nowata, Washington | 4 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Oklahoma, 1989Every flash flood warning in 1989
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.