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Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS Tulsa, OK

June 1, 1995Osage County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this flash flood warning at Jun 1, 1995, 12:40 AM CDT for Osage County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 1, 1995, 12:40 AM CDT (05:40 UTC)
Expired
Jun 1, 1995, 3:45 AM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Whole counties

County Osage County, OK

The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 5.7 hours before the alert went out and 181 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Norman, OK at 00:00Z on 1995-06-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 474 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Norman, OK at 00:00Z on 1995-06-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -12 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
474 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-58 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1545 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-12 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
88 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
-0.0
Supercell composite
-0.1

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KTUL 010541
FFWTUL
OKC113-010845-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1240 AM CDT THU JUN 1 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  345 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
 
   ...SOUTHERN OSAGE COUNTY
 
THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE SAME AREAS IN SOUTHERN
OSAGE COUNTY UNTIL THROUGH 2AM...PRODUCING ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINS IN
AREAS THAT HAVE ALREADY RECIEVED FROM 1 TO 2 INCHES TONIGHT. THE HEAVY
RAINS WILL CONTINUE TO FALL SOUTH OF A LINE FROM BURBANK TO AVANT WITH 1
TO 2 INCHES OF ADDTIONAL RAIN EXPECTED. THE RUNOFF WILL MAKE SMALL
CREEKS RISE QUICKLY IN SOUTHERN OSAGE COUNTY WITH FLOODING LIKELY.
IN THE FAIRFAX...HOMINY AND AVANT AREAS.
 
 
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS LIKELY OR HAS BEEN
REPORTED.  STAY ALERT AND WATCH FOR RAPIDLY RISING WATER.
REMEMBER...IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE TO THE
NEAREST STREAM...CREEK OR RIVER WHICH CAN BECOME A KILLER DURING
PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN.
 
KEEP TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER BULLETINS.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 31, 7:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage, Tulsa64 min
May 31, 7:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAPawnee34 min
May 31, 8:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSARogers, Tulsa51 min
Jun 1, 1:01 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAPawnee29 min
Jun 1, 5:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOkfuskee40 min
Jun 1, 6:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALatimer, Pittsburg43 min

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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.