Flash Flood Warning 22, NWS Tulsa, OK

Issued

Dec 13, 1992, 7:08 PM CST (01:08 UTC)

Expired

Dec 14, 1992, 1:00 AM CST

In force

6 hr

Issued by

NWS Tulsa, OK

Area

Whole counties

Counties Rogers County, OK, Wagoner County, OK

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TTAA00 KTUL 140109
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OKC131-145-140700-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
708 PM CST SUN DEC 13 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  100 AM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONSS...
 
IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
 
   ...ROGERS COUNTY...WAGONER COUNTY
 
RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES TODAY HAS SATURATED THE GROUND AND
THE RAIN THIS EVENING WAS CAUSING RAPID RISES ON CREEKS AND DRAINAGE
DITCHES IN THE TWO COUNTIES.  FLOODING OF LOW-LYING AREAS IS IMMINENT.
 
 
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
VEHICLE 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.
 
KEEP TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER BULLETINS.

NWS Tulsa, OK wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Dec 13, 5:17 PM CST, 1 hour 51 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR EASTERN OKLAHOMA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
515 PM CST SUN DEC 13 1992

DECIDED TO UPDATE ZONES TO INCLUDE FLASH FLOOD WATCH OVER MOST
OF EC AND PTNS NE OK TONIGHT.  REPORTS OF RIVERS AT BANKFUL
OVR PTNS OF FA PROMPTING UPDATE.

.OK...FLOOD WATCH TONIGHT ZNS 26 27 29 30 31 33.

In the hours before

OKZ026>034-040-141200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
450 PM CST SUN DEC 13 1992

   ...PERSISTENT RAINS FOR EASTERN OKLAHOMA...

A SLOW MOVING UPPER LEVEL WEATHER SYSTEM WAS INTERACTING WITH
MOIST SOUTHERLY FLOW TO PRODUCE RAIN ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION.
LIGHT TO MODERATE RAINS WILL CONTINUE OVER EASTERN OKLAHOMA
TONIGHT WHICH ALLOW RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS TO INCREASE GRADUALLY.
A FEW THUNDERSTORMS EMBEDDED WITHIN THE LARGER AREA OF RAIN
MAY PRODUCE ISOLATED HEAVY RAINFALL.  STORM TOTAL RAINFALL
AMOUNTS WILL APPROACH 1.0 TO 2.0 INCHES OVER EASTERN OKLAHOMA
BY MONDAY MORNING.  THE GROUND WILL BECOME NEARLY SATURATED
PROMOTING THE PONDING OF WATER IN LOW LYING AREAS AND ROADWAYS.

SINCE RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO BE GRADUAL...RAPID RUNOFF WHICH
INDUCES FLASH FLOODING OF RIVERS AND STREAMS IS NOT LIKELY.
GRADUAL RISES ON LAKES...RIVERS AND STREAMS WILL OCCUR AS
THE RAINS CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY.

PERSONS TRAVELLING ACROSS EASTERN OKLAHOMA USE CAUTION
WHEN DRIVING AS PONDING WATER MAY RESULT IN HYDROPLANING.
USE HEADLIGHTS AND REDUCE SPEED INCREASE REACTION TIME.

KEEP TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL TV AND RADIO
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION FZROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

Flash Flood Warnings in Oklahoma, 1992Every flash flood warning in 1992

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