Flash Flood Warning 31, NWS Tulsa, OK

Issued

Dec 14, 1992, 9:48 AM CST (15:48 UTC)

Expired

Dec 14, 1992, 2:45 PM CST

In force

5 hr

Issued by

NWS Tulsa, OK

Area

Whole counties

County Nowata County, OK

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TTAA00 KTUL 141551
FFWTUL
OKC105-142045-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
948 AM CST MON DEC 14 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  245 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
 
   ...NOWATA COUNTY
 
AT 940 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED RAIN AND
THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING OVER EASTERN OKLAHOMA. THE STATE HIGHWAY
PATROL HAS CLOSED STATE HIGHWAY 10...5 MILES EAST LENAPAH DUE TO
WATER COVERING THE ROADWAY.  SEVERAL OTHER COUNTY ROADS ALSO HAVE
BEEN CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER.  SEVERAL SMALL CREEKS FEEDING INTO
VERDIGRIS RIVER ARE PRODUCING FLOODING ACROSS THE COUNTY.
 
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS LIKELY OR HAS BEEN
REPORTED.  STAY ALERT AND WATCH FOR RAPIDLY RISING WATER.
REMEMBER...IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE TO THE
NEAREAST STREAM...CREEK OR RIVER WHICH CAN BECOME A KILLER DURING
PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN.  THIS KNOWLEDGE COULD SAVE YOUR LIFE!
 
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.

NWS Tulsa, OK wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Dec 14, 4:09 AM CST, 5 hours 39 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR EASTERN OKLAHOMA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
400 AM CST MON DEC 14 1992

LARGE AREA OF RAIN AND SCT TRW CONT ACRS FA THIS MRNG.  SFC FNT
HAS REMAINED QSTNRY OVR WRN FRINGES OF FA AND XPCTD TO MAKE ONLY
SLGT EWRD PROGRESS THRU THE DAY.  WL CONT WITH TREND OF PREV FCST
WITH FFA ACRS THE AREA TDA...AND BRING CHC OF MIXED PRECIP INTO
THE NRN PART OF AREA TNGT INTO TUE AS UPR LO OVR THE SW BGNS TO
LIFT NEWRD.

PRELIM NUMBERS:   TUL 46/37/41 +85  BVO 46/35/40 +85
                  MLC 52/39/42 +86  IDB 55/40/48 +87
...04...

.OK...FFA ZNS 26>34 AND 40.

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

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