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Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Tulsa, OK

June 2, 1992Haskell County, Muskogee County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this flash flood warning at Jun 2, 1992, 12:33 PM CDT for Haskell County, Muskogee County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 2, 1992, 12:33 PM CDT (17:33 UTC)
Expired
Jun 2, 1992, 4:30 PM CDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Whole counties

Counties Haskell County, OK, Muskogee County, OK

The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 12:00Z, 5.6 hours before the alert went out and 197 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Norman, OK at 12:00Z on 1992-06-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 41 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Norman, OK at 12:00Z on 1992-06-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -24 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
41 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-5 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
568 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-24 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-3 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KTUL 021735
FFWTUL
OKC101-061-077-022130-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1233 PM CDT TUE JUN 2 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  430 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES ...
 
IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
 
   ...EASTERN MUSKOGEE COUNTY
 
IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
 
   ...HASKELL COUNTY...LATIMER COUNTY
 
AT 1220 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED RAIN WITH EMBEDDED
THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS A LARGE PORTION OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA.
THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND PASS OVER AREAS WHICH RECEIVED
UP TO 1 1/2 TO 2 INCHES SINCE 9 AM THIS MORNING.
 
THE DIRTY RIVER IN EASTERN MUSKOGEE COUNTY IS AT BANKFUL AND IS IN
JEOPARDY OF OVERFLOWING WITH ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL.  NUMEROUS
OTHER STREAMS AND CREEKS ALSO ARE READY TO LEAVE THEIR BANKS.  PONDING
OF WATER ACROSS ROADS AND IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS ALSO HAS BEEN REPORTED.
 
 
 
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.

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

Special weather statement, Jun 2, 9:01 AM CDT, 3 hours 32 minutes before
OKZ027-028-029-031-032-021500-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
900 AM CDT TUE JUN 2 1992

...HEAVY RAINS IN EASTERN OKLAHOMA...

AT 855 AM CDT RADAR INDICATED A BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
ACROSS EASTERN OKLAHOMA FROM NEAR TULSA...ACROSS MUSKOGEE COUNTY...TO
NEAR KEOTA IN HASKELL COUNTY.

THE SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL PRODUCE A PERIOD OF VERY
HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AS THEY MOVE
NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

PONDING OF WATER IN LOW LYING AREAS WILL OCCUR AS A RESULT OF THE
HEAVY RAIN.  MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION AND BE ALERT FOR
STANDING WATER.

THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD CONTINUE TO SPREAD TOWARD THE
NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE STATE THIS MORNING.

STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR FURTHER INFORMATION FROM THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 2, 12:33 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSALatimer4 hr
Jun 2, 12:46 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSATulsa, Wagoner4 hr

Nearby

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

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.