Flash Flood Warning 25, NWS Tulsa, OK

Issued

Dec 14, 1992, 1:54 AM CST (07:54 UTC)

Expired

Dec 14, 1992, 8:00 AM CST

In force

6 hr

Issued by

NWS Tulsa, OK

Area

Whole counties

Counties Craig County, OK, Ottawa County, OK

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TTAA00 KTUL 140754
FFWTUL
OKC035-115-141400-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
154 AM CST MON DEC 14 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  800 AM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONSS...
 
IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
 
   ...CRAIG COUNTY...OTTAWA COUNTY
 
RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES OCCURRED IN THE WARNED AREA ON
SUNDAY AND REPORTS FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES IN THE AREA INDICATED
THAT SEVERAL CREEKS REMAINED OUT OF THEIR BANKS AS OF 130 AM CST.
 
THE TAR CREEK NEAR MIAMI REMAINED IN FLOOD AND STATE HIGHWAY 10
WAS REPORTED TO STILL BE FLOODED NEAR THE CRAIG AND OTTAWA COUNTY LINE.
 
WITH FLOODING STILL OCCURRING AND THE EXPECTATION THAT THE RAIN MAY
INCREASE AGAIN THIS MORNING FLOODING OF CREEKS AND DRAINAGE DITCHES
MAY CONTINUE UNTIL PAST SUNRISE.  IF THE RAIN DEVELOPS AS EXPECTED
THE WATER LEVELS MAY EVEN RISE AGAIN.
 
 
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.
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.
 
 
 
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NWS Tulsa, OK wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Dec 13, 9:18 PM CST, 4 hours 36 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR EASTERN OKLAHOMA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
915 PM CST SAT DEC 12 1992

CDFNT HAS ENTERED THE NW PART OF THE FA THIS EVE AND AT 02Z XTNDD
FM JUST W OF EMP TO JUST E OF PNC TO NR DFW.  SFC 2HRLY PRESS CHG
ANAL SHOW STRG RISES OVR NW KS AT 02Z.  KTLX 88-D VAD DATE HAS
SHOWN THE CD AIR SLOWLY DEEPNG THIS EVE AND XTRAPLTN SEEMS TO
SUPPORT THE LFM IDEA OF THE FNT BISECTNG THE AREA AT 12Z.

HVY RN HAS OCCRD DURNG THE LAST 12HRS WITH 1 TO 3 INCHES RPTD
THIS EVENG FM NW OF MLC TO SW OF JLN.  WITH VORT SWINGNG ARND THE
NM H5 LOW TOWARD TX CLD TOPS WERE COOLNG ACRS NCNTRL TX AND WRN
OK.  THIS ACTVTY SHUD CONT TO WRK ACRS THE FA TNGT AND WL KP FFA
IN PLACE...WHILE ITS DEBATABLE IF THE SITN IS A FLOOD OR FLASH
FLOOD EVENT...LCL POLICY CALLS FOR FF WARNGS AND THE PT IS THERE
IS HI WATER IN PARTS OF THE FA.

HV BN VRY BUSY WITH FLOODNG SITN SO HV NOT HAD TIME TO EVLUAT THE
SITN COMPLTLY BUT MAY ADD IP MIX AND COLDER MINS TO ZONE 26 AS
TEMPS BEHIND THE FNT SHUD FALL INTO THE 30S...AT LEAST IN THE W
SECTNS.

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.OK...FFA ZONES 26 THRU 33.

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

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