Flash Flood Warning 20, NWS Tulsa, OK

Issued

May 26, 1995, 1:34 AM CDT (06:34 UTC)

Expired

May 26, 1995, 3:30 PM CDT

In force

14 hr

Issued by

NWS Tulsa, OK

Area

Whole counties

County Creek County, OK

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

000 
TTAA00 KTUL 261636
FFWTUL
OKC037-262030-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1134 AM CDT FRI MAY 26 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  330 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
 
   ...NORTHERN CREEK COUNTY
 
DUE TO HEAVY RAINS THIS MORNING...FLOODING HAS OCCURRED ACROSS PARTS OF
CREEK COUNTY. WATER HAS BEEN REPORTED OVER NUMEROUS BRIDGES AND INTO
SEVERAL BUILDINGS IN THE SAPULPA AREA. ADDITIONAL SHOWERS CONTINUE TO
DEVELOP FROM CREEK TO OKLAHOMA COUNTY AND WILL CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 2
TO 3 HOURS. ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS OF A HALF AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
SAPULPA AREA DURING THE NEXT 2 TO 3 HOURS.
 
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 May 25, 9:00 PM CDT, 4 hours 34 minutes earlier.

EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
900 PM CDT THU MAY 25 1995

AREA OF SCT RW W/FEW EMBEDDED TRW CONT TO MV ACRS CNTRL AND INTO
ERN OK THIS EVE. PRECIP HAS NOT BEEN TOO QUICK TO MV INTO FA AND
H85 ANALYSIS SHOWS REL MIN IN DW PTS NOSING DOWN INTO ERN OK.
APRS THAT FNT MAY STILL BE SAGGING S A BIT. HI PRES TO THE N IS
MVG OFF TO THE E AND WNDS IN AREAS ALNG KS BRDR ARE ALREADY TURNING
E.

AT 00Z BEST FLOW AT H85 WAS ACRS W TX BUT 12Z MDLS DID INDICATE THAT
GRAD SHLD INCRS SOME ACRS FA BY MRNG. PREV THINKING OF HIGHEST POPS IN
S STILL LOOKS OK. WL PROB LOWER POPS A LITTLE IN AR CNTYS AS WELL AS
ADJ CNTYS IN NE OK BUT OTRW PREV FCST LOOKS OK. ALTHO 00Z SNDGS DO NOT
SHOW TOO MUCH INSTABILITY WL STILL MENTION TRW.

12Z MDLS ALL SHOW FNT MVG N INTO FA BY 12Z FRI. NOT REAL CONFIDENT
WHETHER THAT WL HAPPEN AND IF SO HOW FAR N IT WL GET. FOR NOW WL MAKE
CHGS IN WNDS TO ACCOUNT FOR CRNT N-NE DIR AND THEN TURN THE WND TO SE
IN ZNS S OF I-40 AND TO THE E ELSEWHERE AS HI CONTS TO MV OFF TO
THE NE OF FA.

MESONET ALREADY SHOWING TEMPS AT FCST MINS IN NRN SCTNS. W/LOTS OF
CLD COVER TEMPS PROB WL NOT DROP MUCH. BUT WL LOWER MINS JUST A BIT
WHICH WL PUT THEM IN LINE W/MINS FROM LAST NGT.

07

.TUL...NONE.

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.