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Flash Flood Warning 23, NWS Tulsa, OK

June 2, 1995Latimer County, LeFlore County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this flash flood warning at Jun 2, 1995, 7:34 PM CDT for Latimer County, LeFlore County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 2, 1995, 7:34 PM CDT (00:34 UTC)
Expired: Jun 2, 1995, 10:30 PM CDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK
Area: Whole counties

Counties Latimer County, OK, LeFlore County, OK

The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 224 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: 1160 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -98 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1159 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 151 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 246 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 5.6

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KTUL 030036
FFWTUL
OKC077-079-030330-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
734 PM CDT FRI JUN 2 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1030 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
 
   ...SOUTHERN LATIMER COUNTY...SOUTHERN LE FLORE COUNTY
 
VERY HEAVY RAINS HAVE OCCURRED IN AN AREA FROM WEST OF WILBURTON TO NEAR
TALIHINA. RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES OF 2 TO 3 INCHES HAVE OCCURRED IN THE
WARNING AREA...AND ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINS ARE EXPECTED. ADDITIONAL
RAINFALL BETWEEN 745 PM AND 900 PM COULD TOTAL UP TO 1 INCH.
 
THE TALIHINA CIVIL DEFENSE HAS ALREADY REPORTED SOME FLOODING OF COUNTY
ROADS AS WELL AS SOME HIGH WATER IN THE ROADWAYS. ADDITIONAL RAINS
THROUGH 900 PM WILL AGGRAVATE THE FLOODING SITUATION...ESPECIALLY NEAR
HIGHWAY 63 WEST OF TALIHINA.
 
 
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.
 
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 Jun 2, 4:12 PM CDT, 3 hours 22 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 2, 4:12 PM CDT, 3 hours 22 minutes before

EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
410 PM CDT FRI JUN 2 1995

ONGOING CONVECTION IN AREA HAS MADE FOR A HECTIC AFTERNOON...BUT
HERE GOES. HAVE BLANKETED AREA WITH 30 TO 40 POPS FOR THIS EVENING
AS CONVECTION WILL LIKELY CONTINUE INTO THE MID EVENING HOURS. ALSO
THINK THAT EARLY MORNING SYSTEM MAY CLIP NORTHWESTERN ZONES...SO
KEPT POPS THERE EVEN THOUGH MOST CURRENT ACTIVITY APPEARS TO BE SOUTH
OF THAT AREA. MODELS ARE IN REASONABLE AGREEMENT IN CARRYING MAIN
FORCING WEST AND NORTH OF THE AREA THROUGH THE PERIOD. THEREFORE HAVE
HEIGHTENED POPS IN EXTREME NORTHERN ZONES THROUGH PERIOD...WITH 20
POPS OVER THE REST OF THE FORECAST AREA. WITH SUMMERTIME PATTERN
KICKING IN...BELIEVE WIDELY SCATTERED AFTERNOON CONVECTION IS A
POSSIBILITY THROUGH THE WEEKEND AND BEYOND. TEMPERATURES ARE
GENERALLY CLOSE TO THE FWC NUMBERS. PERSISTENCE LOOKS TO BE A GOOD
BET.

PRELIM NUMBERS:  TUL 67/84/69 /85 3333  BVO 65/83/67/83 3343
                 FSM 67/87/68/87 4222  FYV 63/82/64/83 3233
                MLC 68/87/69/87 4222  IDB 67/89/67/89 3212
19

.TUL...NONE.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 2, 6:12 PM CDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA, OK
612 PM CDT FRI JUN 02 1995

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....      ST   EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0524 PM         GOWEN                   OK   1.00 INCH HAIL.
06/02/95        HASKELL

0525 PM         6 E OF BROKEN ARROW     OK   0.88 INCH HAIL.
06/02/95        WAGONER

0551 PM         CHOUTEAU                OK   0.88 INCH HAIL.
06/02/95        MAYES

0610 PM         LOCUST GROVE            OK   0.88 INCH HAIL.
06/02/95        MAYES

Local storm report, Jun 2, 6:16 PM CDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA, OK
612 PM CDT FRI JUN 02 1995

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....      ST   EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0524 PM         GOWEN                   OK   1.00 INCH HAIL.
06/02/95        HASKELL

0525 PM         6 E OF BROKEN ARROW     OK   0.88 INCH HAIL.
06/02/95        WAGONER

0551 PM         CHOUTEAU                OK   0.88 INCH HAIL.
06/02/95        MAYES

0610 PM         LOCUST GROVE            OK   0.88 INCH HAIL.
06/02/95        MAYES

Local storm report, Jun 2, 6:25 PM CDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA, OK
625 PM CDT FRI JUN 02 1995

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....      ST   EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0330 PM         5 ESE OF STILWELL       OK   0.75 INCH HAIL.
06/02/95        ADAIR

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Local storm report, Jun 2, 6:26 PM CDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA, OK
625 PM CDT FRI JUN 02 1995

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....      ST   EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0330 PM         5 ESE OF STILWELL       OK   0.75 INCH HAIL.
06/02/95        ADAIR

Local storm report, Jun 2, 7:18 PM CDT, 16 minutes before

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
718 PM CDT FRI JUN 2 1995

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....      ST   EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0500 PM    BRAGGS                       OK   0.88 INCH HAIL.
06/02/95   MUSKOGEE

0715 PM    WEST SILOAM SPRINGS          OK   0.75 INCH HAIL
06/02/95   DELAWARE

Local storm report, Jun 2, 7:19 PM CDT, 15 minutes before

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
718 PM CDT FRI JUN 2 1995

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....      ST   EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0500 PM    BRAGGS                       OK   0.88 INCH HAIL.
06/02/95   MUSKOGEE

0715 PM    WEST SILOAM SPRINGS          OK   0.75 INCH HAIL
06/02/95   DELAWARE

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 3, 6:30 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Nowata	30 min
Jun 3, 6:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Muskogee	49 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.