Flash Flood Warning 29, NWS Tulsa, OK

Issued

Nov 4, 1994, 12:52 PM CST (18:52 UTC)

Expired

Nov 4, 1994, 7:00 PM CST

In force

6 hr

Issued by

NWS Tulsa, OK

Area

Whole counties

Counties LeFlore County, OK, Sequoyah County, OK

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TTAA00 KTUL 041853
FFWTUL
OKC135-079-050100-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1252 PM CST FRI NOV 4 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  700 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONSS...
 
IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
 
   ...SEQUOYAH COUNTY
 
IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
 
   ...NORTHERN LE FLORE COUNTY
 
RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES HAS BEEN COMMON ACROSS SEQUOYAH AND
NORTHERN LEFLORE COUNTIES...WITH ISOLATED 6 INCH AMOUNTS INDICATED BY
RADAR DATA. ADDITIONAL RAINS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARES LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON
IN THESE AREAS...WHICH WILL RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING...ESPECIALLY ALONG
CREEKS AND DRAINAGE DITCHES.
 
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.

NWS Tulsa, OK wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Nov 4, 10:25 AM CST, 2 hours 27 minutes earlier.

FPUS3 KTUL 041624
AFDTUL

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR EASTERN OKLAHOMA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1025 AM CST FRI NOV 4 1994

NUMEROUS BOUNDARIES ACROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING BUT APPEARS MAIN SURGE
OF COLDER AIR WITH INCREASING NORTH WINDS IS ABOUT HALFWAY THROUGH
OSAGE COUNTY INTO PAWNEE COUNTY ATTM. STRONG PRESSURE RISES NOTED
BEHIND THIS SURGE ON THE 15Z SFC MAP BUT A QUICK CHECK OF 16Z SFC OBS
AT PNC/ICT/EMP INDICATE PRESSURES NOW STEADY OR EVEN SLOWLY FALLING SO
EXPECT THIS BOUNDARY TO SLOW DRAMATICALLY OR STALL IN NE OK THIS
AFTERNOON.

MAIN PRECIP AREA SPREADING NORTH ATTM WITH UNBELIEVABLY WARM AND
UNSTABLE CONDITIONS FOR NOVEMBER SOUTH OF THE PRECIP AREA IN SE OK.
HIGH MOISTURE CONVERGENCE ACROSS SE OK AS WELL AND EXPECT MOST NUMEROUS
SEVERE TSTMS TO BE IN SE OK WITH ONLY ISOLATED SEVERE POSSIBLE IN NE
OK WITH LARGE HAIL THE MAIN THREAT IN NE OK ESPCIALLY LATER THIS
AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT AS LOW LEVEL WINDS BACK AHEAD OF THE STRONG UPPER
SYSTEM APPRAOCHING THE AREA ENHANCING ISENTROPIC LIFTING OVER THE
SHALLOW FRONTAL INVERSION. STILL LOOKS LIKE GOOD POTENTIAL FOR ROTATING
STORMS IN SE OK PER NEW TORNADO WATCH FROM SELS.

WILL MAKE SOME CHANGES TO THE FIRST PERIOD OF THE FCST BASED ON CURRENT
TRENDS...MAINLY TO UP POPS IN SOME AREAS AND ADJUST TEMPS DOWN IN NE OK
AND UP IN SE OK. FFA AREA LOOKS GOOD ATTM AND WILL LEAVE AS IS.

.TUL...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT FOR ZONES 56>58 AND
       60>77.

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