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Flash Flood Warning 29, NWS Tulsa, OK

May 9, 1993Craig County, Ottawa County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this flash flood warning at May 9, 1993, 2:19 PM CDT for Craig County, Ottawa County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 9, 1993, 2:19 PM CDT (19:19 UTC)
Expired: May 9, 1993, 8:15 PM CDT
In force: 6 hr
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK
Area: Whole counties

Counties Craig County, OK, Ottawa County, OK

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KUMN), launched 12:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 108 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1781 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 349 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 385 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 091920
FFWTUL
OKC001-021-091-101-035-041-097-111-115-061-077-121-100115-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
219 PM CDT SUN MAY 9 1993
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  815 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONSS...
 
IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
 
   ...ADAIR COUNTY...CHEROKEE COUNTY...MCINTOSH COUNTY
   ...MUSKOGEE COUNTY
 
IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
 
   ...CRAIG COUNTY...DELAWARE COUNTY...MAYES COUNTY
   ...OKMULGEE COUNTY...OTTAWA COUNTY
 
IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
 
   ...HASKELL COUNTY...LATIMER COUNTY...PITTSBURG COUNTY
 
LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL IN THE WARNED AREA AND RADAR
INDICATED THAT HEAVY RAIN WAS SPREADING INTO THE WARNED AREA FROM
SOUTH-CENTRAL OKLAHOMA.
 
SHERIFFS OFFICES IN THE WARNED AREA REPORTED THAT MANY COUNTY ROADS
CONTINUE FLOODED AT MID AFTERNOON.  WITH THE RAIN CONTINUING...FLOODING
IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE IN THE WARNED AREA INTO THE EVENING.  IF THE
HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES TO ADVANCE INTO THE AREA THEN WIDESPREAD SEVERE
FLASH FLOODING MAY OCCUR.
 
A SERIOUS FLASH FLOOD SITUATION MAY DEVELOP IN THE WARNED AREA THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING.  PERSONS IN THE AFFECTED AREAS ARE URGED TO
FOLLOW ALL FLASH FLOOD SAFTEY RULES.
 
 
 
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.

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.

NWS Tulsa, OK wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at May 9, 10:22 AM CDT, 3 hours 57 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 9, 10:22 AM CDT, 3 hours 57 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR EASTERN OKLAHOMA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1015 AM CDT SUN MAY 9 1993

AM RUNNING BEHIND SO ZNS MAY BE A LTL LATE. IR IMGRY SHOWING TOPS BEGINNING
TO WARM ACROSS AREA SO HVY RAINS SHUD SUBSIDE A LTL. SQUALL LINE HAS
MOVED INTO EXTREME E ZNS AND SHUD MOVE IN OUT OF OK WITHIN HR. 90 KNT +
UPR JET PROGGED INTO TO LIFT INTO S PLNS TONIGHT SO WL CONT TO WITH
FFA TONIGHT. HVIEST RAIN MAY OCCUR OVR SE OK AS OUTFLOW IN S0 OK.
FOR UPDATE WL ADJUST TEMPS THIS AFTN AND INCREASE POP A LTL IN E.

...10...

.OK...FFA THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT ZNS 026>034-40.

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 9, 12:23 PM CDT, 1 hour 56 minutes before

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA, OK
1223 PM CDT SUN MAY 09 1993

TIME (CDT)      COUNTY       EVENT

930 AM          OKMULGEE     HIGHWAY 16 WEST OF BEGGS CLOSED DUE TO
                             HIGH WATER

1120 AM         OKFUSKEE     COUNTY ROADS CLOSED 5 MILES EAST OF WELTY
                             DUE TO HIGH WATER.

1100 AM         WASHINGTON   NUMEROUS COUNTY ROADS WERE FLOODED.

1100 AM         OSAGE        PENN CREED IN HOMINY FLOODED WITH ONE
                             CITY STREET CLOSED.

WOUS01KAWN+A

Local storm report, May 9, 12:27 PM CDT, 1 hour 52 minutes before

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA, OK
1223 PM CDT SUN MAY 09 1993

TIME (CDT)      COUNTY       EVENT

930 AM          OKMULGEE     HIGHWAY 16 WEST OF BEGGS CLOSED DUE TO
                             HIGH WATER

1120 AM         OKFUSKEE     COUNTY ROADS CLOSED 5 MILES EAST OF WELTY
                             DUE TO HIGH WATER.

1100 AM         WASHINGTON   NUMEROUS COUNTY ROADS WERE FLOODED.

1100 AM         OSAGE        PENN CREED IN HOMINY FLOODED WITH ONE
                             CITY STREET CLOSED.

Special weather statement, May 9, 12:40 PM CDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before

OKZ026>034-040-101200-

EASTERN OKLAHOMA THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1245 PM CDT SUN MAY 9 1993

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING OVER PARTS OF SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA. THIS
SLIGHT RISK AREA IS SOUTH OF A LINE FROM SALLISAW TO MCALESTER.

ELSEWHERE ACROSS EASTERN OKLAHOMA SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL
LIKELY REDEVELOP BY EVENING...BUT HEAVY RAINS WILL BE THE MAIN
THREAT. THE SERIOUS FLOODING PROBLEM IN EASTERN OKLAHOMA WILL
ONLY BE AGGRAVATED BY ADDITIONAL RAINS THROUGH TONIGHT INTO
MONDAY MORNING.

AT MIDDAY...A STALLED FRONT STILL EXTENDED FROM NEAR TULSA TO
NEAR ARDMORE WITH LOW PRESSURE ALONG THE FRONT IN NORTH TEXAS.
MORNING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE STABILIZED THE ATMOSPHERE
IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND TEMPERATURES WILL STAY IN THE 60S THERE
THIS AFTERNOON. IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...IT WILL STAY HUMID THIS
AFTERNOON WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE 70S. THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY
REDEVELOP AHEAD OF ANOTHER UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE THAT WILL MOVE
INTO SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA LATE THIS AFTERNOON. THE THUNDERSTORMS
WILL SPREAD NORTHEAST INTO EAST CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA BY
EVENING. THE MORE UNSTABLE AIR IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA MAY ALLOW
SOME OF THE STORMS TO BECOME SEVERE WITH HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS
POSSIBLE. A FEW ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE.

THE RAINS OVER THE PAST DAY OR SO OVER EASTERN OKLAHOMA HAVE
GREATLY BURDENED ALL CREEKS...STREAMS AND RIVERS IN THE AREA WITH
MANY IN FLOOD. THE ADDITIONAL RAINS TONIGHT WILL CAUSE WIDESPREAD
FLOODING PROBLEMS OVER MUCH OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA.

STORM SPOTTER GROUPS IN THE SLIGHT RISK AREA SHOULD MONITOR
WEATHER CONDITIONS CLOSELY AND BE PREPARED FOR ACTIVATION THIS
EVENING. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCIES SHOULD ALSO REMAIN IN FULL
ALERT FOR FLOODING PROBLEMS THROUGH TONIGHT.

Special weather statement, May 9, 12:45 PM CDT, 1 hour 34 minutes before

OKZ026>034-040-101200-

EASTERN OKLAHOMA THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1245 PM CDT SUN MAY 9 1993

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING OVER PARTS OF SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA. THIS
SLIGHT RISK AREA IS SOUTH OF A LINE FROM SALLISAW TO MCALESTER.

ELSEWHERE ACROSS EASTERN OKLAHOMA SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL
LIKELY REDEVELOP BY EVENING...BUT HEAVY RAINS WILL BE THE MAIN
THREAT. THE SERIOUS FLOODING PROBLEM IN EASTERN OKLAHOMA WILL
ONLY BE AGGRAVATED BY ADDITIONAL RAINS THROUGH TONIGHT INTO
MONDAY MORNING.

AT MIDDAY...A STALLED FRONT STILL EXTENDED FROM NEAR TULSA TO
NEAR ARDMORE WITH LOW PRESSURE ALONG THE FRONT IN NORTH TEXAS.
MORNING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE STABILIZED THE ATMOSPHERE
IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND TEMPERATURES WILL STAY IN THE 60S THERE
THIS AFTERNOON. IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...IT WILL STAY HUMID THIS
AFTERNOON WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE 70S. THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY
REDEVELOP AHEAD OF ANOTHER UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE THAT WILL MOVE
INTO SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA LATE THIS AFTERNOON. THE THUNDERSTORMS
WILL SPREAD NORTHEAST INTO EAST CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA BY
EVENING. THE MORE UNSTABLE AIR IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA MAY ALLOW
SOME OF THE STORMS TO BECOME SEVERE WITH HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS
POSSIBLE. A FEW ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE.

THE RAINS OVER THE PAST DAY OR SO OVER EASTERN OKLAHOMA HAVE
GREATLY BURDENED ALL CREEKS...STREAMS AND RIVERS IN THE AREA WITH
MANY IN FLOOD. THE ADDITIONAL RAINS TONIGHT WILL CAUSE WIDESPREAD
FLOODING PROBLEMS OVER MUCH OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA.

STORM SPOTTER GROUPS IN THE SLIGHT RISK AREA SHOULD MONITOR
WEATHER CONDITIONS CLOSELY AND BE PREPARED FOR ACTIVATION THIS
EVENING. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCIES SHOULD ALSO REMAIN IN FULL
ALERT FOR FLOODING PROBLEMS THROUGH TONIGHT.

Local storm report, May 9, 12:57 PM CDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1257 PM CDT SUN MAY 09 1993

TIME (CDT)         COUNTY       EVENT

800 AM TO 1230PM   MCINTOSH     MANY COUNTY ROADS FLOODED AND CLOSED

1250 PM            OKMULGEE     COUNTY ROAD JUST EAST OF HECTORVILLE
                                FLOODED AND CLOSED

Local storm report, May 9, 1:01 PM CDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1257 PM CDT SUN MAY 09 1993

TIME (CDT)         COUNTY       EVENT

800 AM TO 1230PM   MCINTOSH     MANY COUNTY ROADS FLOODED AND CLOSED

1250 PM           K OKMULGEE     COUNTY ROAD JUST EAST OF HECTORVILLE
                                FLOODED AND CLOSED

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 8, 7:45 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Mayes	5 hr
May 8, 8:23 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Okmulgee, Wagoner	5 hr
May 9, 12:32 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Mayes	3 hr
May 9, 1:30 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Muskogee, Okmulgee, Wagoner	4 hr
May 9, 1:30 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Delaware	4 hr
May 9, 1:30 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Ottawa	4 hr
May 9, 2:03 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	McIntosh	3 hr
May 9, 6:55 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Creek, Okfuskee, Okmulgee	5 hr
May 9, 6:55 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Osage, Tulsa, Washington	5 hr
May 9, 8:22 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Nowata, Rogers, Wagoner	6 hr
May 9, 8:22 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Muskogee	6 hr
May 9, 8:45 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Haskell, Latimer	60 min
May 9, 8:52 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Muskogee	53 min
May 9, 9:21 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Cherokee	54 min
May 9, 9:46 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	LeFlore, Sequoyah	44 min
May 9, 11:54 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	McIntosh, Okmulgee	3 hr
May 9, 2:19 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Delaware, Mayes, Muskogee	6 hr
May 9, 2:19 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Haskell, Latimer, Pittsburg	6 hr
May 9, 2:19 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	McIntosh, Okmulgee	6 hr
May 9, 2:25 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Rogers, Wagoner	6 hr

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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.