Alert archive / Oklahoma / Flash Flood Warnings in 1995
Flash Flood Warning 25, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this flash flood warning at Jun 5, 1995, 3:16 PM CDT for Pittsburg County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 119 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 5, 1995, 3:16 PM CDT (20:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 5, 1995, 5:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 119 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Whole counties
County Pittsburg County, OK
The nearest sounding before it
Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 154 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 261 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -154 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 695 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 208 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 156 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 3.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KTUL 052018 FFWTUL OKC121-052215- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 316 PM CDT MON JUN 5 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 515 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA ...PITTSBURG COUNTY A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE OVER MOST OF PITTSBURG COUNTY THROUGH 4PM. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE WIDESPREAD ADDITIONAL RAINFALLS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES IN AREAS THAT HAVE SATURATED GROUND. THE RAINS WILL QUICKLY RUNOFF AND CAUSE FLOODING IN LOW LYING AREAS AND CREEKS TO RISE RAPIDLY THROUGH MOST OF PITTSBURG COUNTY. 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.
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 5, 10:01 AM CDT, 5 hours 15 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 5, 10:01 AM CDT, 5 hours 15 minutes before
EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 1000 AM CDT MON JUN 5 1995 MCS MOVG ACRS NRN/CTRL OK THIS MRNG WL CONT EWD/NEWD DURG MRNG/ ERLY AFTN WHILE DECAYING. WL INCRS POPS FOR ZNS TUL NWD IN PATH OF MCS...MAINLY THRU ERLY AFTN AS AMS SHUD BE STABILIZED BY MCS REMNANTS...MAKING LATE DAY TRW UNLKLY. WL ADJUST TEMPS AS NEEDED DUE TO XPCTD CLDS/PCPN FROM DECAYING MCS. MESONET SHWS GOOD BNDRY OVR CTRL OK BEING LEFT BY MCS...SHUD MOVE OVR SRN/SERN OK THIS AFTN. GOOD HEATG AND HI DWPTS SHUD LEAD TO SCTD AFTN TSTMS...WL CONT 30 TO 40 POPS...AND WL WORD ZNS 'SCTD TRW' RTHR THAN JUST 'A CHC'. NO CHGS TO LTR PDS. PW .TUL...NONE.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 5, 1:08 PM CDT, 2 hours 8 minutes before
ARZ001-002-010-011-019-029-OKZ054>077-061200- EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 100 PM CDT MON JUN 5 1995 THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 40...WITH A SLIGHT RISK ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM THIS EVENING THAT INCLUDES PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA...INCLUDING MCCURTAIN COUNTY. A COMPLEX OF THUNDERSTORMS THAT MOVED ACROSS NORTHERN OKLAHOMA THIS MORNING CONTINUED TO DIMINISH OVER NORTH CENTRAL OKLAHOMA THIS AFTERNOON. OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES FROM THIS SYSTEM WILL BE THE FOCUS FOR ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON AS SURFACE TEMPERATURES WARM...AND AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVES EAST NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST TEXAS. WITH THE ATMOSPHERE AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM REMAINING VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE MAIN THREAT BEING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. THE POTENTIAL WILL BE GREATEST SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 40...WHERE THESE INGREDIENTS WILL MORE LIKELY COME TOGETHER. THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT WILL ALSO BE LIKELY WELL OFF TO THE WEST OF THE AREA ALONG A DEVELOPING DRYLINE. THESE STORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO DEVELOP INTO A COMPLEX THAT WOULD THEN MOVE EASTWARD...AFFECETING EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS LATE lTONIGHT OR EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCIES AND STORM SPOTTER GROUPS SHOULD MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED FOR ACTIVATION.
Local storm report, Jun 5, 1:37 PM CDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
130 PM CDT MON JUN 05 1995
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... ST EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1058 PM OKEMAH OK WIND DAMAGE
06/04/95 OKFUSKEE SEVERAL LARGE TREE
LIMBS DOWN.
1220 AM COLLINSVILLE OK WIND DAMAGE
06/05/95 TULSA TREE BLOWN OVER.
1244 AM INOLA OK WIND DAMAGE
06/05/95 ROGERS TREE UPROOTED.The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 10:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek, Okfuskee | 53 min |
| Jun 4, 10:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek, Okfuskee | 50 min |
| Jun 4, 11:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Okmulgee | 41 min |
| Jun 4, 11:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Tulsa | 47 min |
| Jun 4, 11:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Okmulgee | 31 min |
| Jun 4, 11:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | McIntosh, Muskogee | 36 min |
| Jun 4, 11:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Rogers, Wagoner | 47 min |
| Jun 5, 12:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Tulsa | 17 min |
| Jun 5, 12:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Muskogee | 63 min |
| Jun 5, 12:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Rogers, Wagoner | 65 min |
| Jun 5, 1:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Mayes | 52 min |
| Jun 5, 1:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Craig | 35 min |
| Jun 5, 2:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Pittsburg | 48 min |
| Jun 5, 3:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Latimer, Pittsburg | 46 min |
| Jun 5, 4:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Latimer | 35 min |
| Jun 5, 4:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Haskell | 49 min |
| Jun 5, 4:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | LeFlore | 49 min |
| Jun 5, 5:01 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | LeFlore | 119 min |
| Jun 5, 5:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | LeFlore | 35 min |
| Jun 5, 5:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Sequoyah | 60 min |
| Jun 5, 5:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Adair | 42 min |
| Jun 5, 6:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Adair | 27 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.