Flash Flood Warning 61, NWS Tulsa, OK

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR EASTERN OKLAHOMA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
955 AM CDT FRI SEP 24 1993

14Z ADAP STRMLN ANALYS INDCTS A SFC LO HAS FORMED E OF TUL WITH SFC
BNDRY XTNDG SWWD TO NR ADM.  SFC LO SEEMS TO HV HLPD FOCUS HVYR RAINS
UP IN SERN KS AND SWRN MO THIS MRNG WHERE BEST OVRRNG SITN EXISTS.
VSBL SATL PIX IN GOOD CORRELATION WITH THIS BNDRY.  12Z H8 ANALYS
INDCTS STG LO LVL JET CROSSING THE SFC LO AND OVRRNG SFC BNDRY TO
THE NORTH AND EAST.  BLV BEST CHCS FOR XCSV RAIN WL CONT NORTH AND
EAST OF EOK TDA.  HWVR..TSTMS MAY DVLP IN DIFFNTL HEATING AREA WHERE
SOLID CLD AREA ENDS.  TEMPS IN THE WRM SECTOR AGAIN MAY WRM CLOSE TO
90 AGAIN.  MAY MAKE SOME MINOR CHGS TO ADJST FOR BNzDRY PSN AFTN
LOOKING AT 15Z OBS.  OTRW ERY MRNG FCST LOOKS GOOD.

..11..

.OK...NONE.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1102 AM CDT FRI SEP 24 1993

...VERY HEAVY RAINS MOVING INTO PARTS OF NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA...

NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINS WERE SHIFTING SOUTHEAST
FROM KANSAS INTO NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA THIS MORNING. AT 1100 AM...THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN TULSA INDICATED NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA NORTH OF A LINE FROM FAIRLAND TO
OOLOGAH TO CLEVELAND. MUCH OF THIS PRECIPITATION WAS FALLING AS MODERATE
TO HEAVY RAIN. MOVEMENT OF THIS ACTIVITY WAS TO THE EAST AT 30 MILES AN
HOUR...WITH THE ENTIRE AREA OF ACTIVITY SHIFTING SLOWLY SOUTHEAST.

VERY HEAVY RAINS ARE LIKELY OVER PARTS OF NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AS THIS
AREA OF STORMS MOVES THROUGH. THE MOST LIKELY AREA TO SEE LOCALLY HEAVY
RAINS IS THAT AREA NORTH OF A LINE FROM SKIATOOK TO CHOUTEAU TO
STILWELL. THE RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE REST OF THE MORNING AND
LINGER INTO THE MID AFTERNOON HOURS. MANY LOCATIONS IN THE ABOVE
MENTIONED AREA...INCLUDING THE TOWNS OF BARTLESVILLE...NOWATA...VINITA..MIAMI...JAY...PRYOR AND TAHLEQUAH...WILL RECEIVE 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN
THROUGH MID AFTERNOON. A FEW LOCAL AMOUNTS MAY EXCEED 3 INCHES.

OTHER LESS WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED OVER EAST CENTRAL
OKLAHOMA AND PARTS OF SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA. MOST OF THIS ACTIVITY WAS IN
AN AREA 30 MILES WIDE EXTENDING FROM FORT SMITH ARKANSAS TO HENRYETTA.
MOVEMENT OF THIS PRECIPITATION WAS EAST NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.

THE THREAT OF PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE OVER ALL OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA
THROUGH TONIGHT.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR
LATER STATEMENTS ON THE HEAVY RAIN SITUATION.

OKZ026>033-241700-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1102 AM CDT FRI SEP 24 1993

...VERY HEAVY RAINS MOVING INTO PARTS OF NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA...

NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINS WERE SHIFTING SOUTHEAST
FROM KANSAS INTO NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA THIS MORNING. AT 1100 AM...THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN TULSA INDICATED NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA NORTH OF A LINE FROM FAIRLAND TO
OOLOGAH TO CLEVELAND. MUCH OF THIS PRECIPITATION WAS FALLING AS MODERATE
TO HEAVY RAIN. MOVEMENT OF THIS ACTIVITY WAS TO THE EAST AT 30 MILES AN
HOUR...WITH THE ENTIRE AREA OF ACTIVITY SHIFTING SLOWLY SOUTHEAST.

VERY HEAVY RAINS ARE LIKELY OVER PARTS OF NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AS THIS
AREA OF STORMS MOVES THROUGH. THE MOST LIKELY AREA TO SEE LOCALLY HEAVY
RAINS IS THAT AREA NORTH OF A LINE FROM SKIATOOK TO CHOUTEAU TO
STILWELL. THE RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE REST OF THE MORNING AND
LINGER INTO THE MID AFTERNOON HOURS. MANY LOCATIONS IN THE ABOVE
MENTIONED AREA...INCLUDING THE TOWNS OF BARTLESVILLE...NOWATA...VINITA..MIAMI...JAY...PRYOR AND TAHLEQUAH...WILL RECEIVE 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN
THROUGH MID AFTERNOON. A FEW LOCAL AMOUNTS MAY EXCEED 3 INCHES.

OTHER LESS WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED OVER EAST CENTRAL
OKLAHOMA AND PARTS OF SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA. MOST OF THIS ACTIVITY WAS IN
AN AREA 30 MILES WIDE EXTENDING FROM FORT SMITH ARKANSAS TO HENRYETTA.
MOVEMENT OF THIS PRECIPITATION WAS EAST NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.

THE THREAT OF PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE OVER ALL OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA
THROUGH TONIGHT.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR
LATER STATEMENTS ON THE HEAVFY RAIN SITUATION.