Alert archive / Oklahoma / Flash Flood Warnings in 1995
Flash Flood Warning 26, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this flash flood warning at Jun 5, 1995, 5:01 PM CDT for LeFlore County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 119 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 5, 1995, 5:01 PM CDT (22:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 5, 1995, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 119 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Whole counties
County LeFlore County, OK
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 237 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
- 206 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -285 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1085 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 95 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 191 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KTUL 052202 FFWTUL OKC079-060000- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 501 PM CDT MON JUN 5 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA ...NORTHERN LE FLORE COUNTY AT 500 PM WEATHER RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHERN LE FLORE COUNTY. RADAR ESTIMATES SHOW UP TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN IN THIS AREA AND AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE SAME AREAS DURING THE NEXT HOUR OR SO. 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 BUrLLETINS.
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, 3:55 PM CDT, 1 hour 6 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 5, 3:55 PM CDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before
EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 355 PM CDT MON JUN 5 1995 MRNG MCS HAS STABILIZED AMS ACRS NE OK...WHILE CNVCTN IS FIRING ACRS SRN OK/NRN TX ALNG OUTFLO BDRY AHD OF NRN TX VORT MAX...AND ALSO FIRING ALNG DRYLN TX PNDL AHD OF DISTINCT VORT MAX SEEN ROTATING SEWD OVR OK PNDL ON 4KM GOES8 WTR VPR AND PROFLR NETWRK. SFC ANALYS SHOWS WK E TO W BNDRY...PSBL WRMFNT...IN PRES FIELD AND WIND FIELD OVR NRN TX XTNDG FROM LOW PRES OVR SERN NM. XPCT 1ST ROUND OF TRW...SOME SVR...TO AFFECT AREAS E OF OUTFLOW BDRY THIS AFTN/EVNG. MNWHL...SVR CNVCTN SHUD DVLP ACRS SRN TX PNDL WHR DRYLN INTERSECTS NRN TX WRMFNT/TROF. AS LLJ GETS GOING TNGT...THINK ANOTHR CNVCTV COMPLEX WL DVLP. THERMAL WIND FIELD SUGGEST A MVMT TO E OR EVEN ESE...NOT NE AS INDCTD FOR LAST NGTS MCS. THIS MVMT WUD TAKE IT OVR NRN TX OR SRN OK LATE TNGT AS S/W TROF SWINGS EWD OVR AREA. MAY NOT BE MUCH TNGT TUL NWD...ATTM WL INCLD 30 POPS THESE ZNS...WITH 40 TO 50 POPS S AND E OF TUL. WHATS LEFT OF MCS TMRW MRNG CUD AFFECT FAR ERN/SERN ZNS...WILL WORD THOSE ZNS PC WITH 20 POPS RW/TRW IN MRNG...BECOMING MSTLY SUNNY IN AFTN. ELSEWHR...BCMG MSTLY SUNNY. AMS WL BE VRY UNSTBL IN AFTN WITH SFC TEMPS WELL INTO 80S TO LWR 90S AND DWPTS IN 65 TO 70 RNG. HWVR...MDLS SUGGEST SUBSTANTIAL WARMING ALOFT...WITH 700 MB TEMPS ABV 10 DGRS C. CANNOT RULE OUT ISOLD LATE DAY TRW ON ANY WK BDRYS IN AREA...AND DUE TO TERRAIN EFFECTS ACRS NW AR/ SE OK...ESP WITH MDLS INDICATG SOME LLVL ISENTRPC LIFT ACRS ERN OK/NW AR THRU MIDDAY. ATTM...WL MENT ISOLD LATE DAY TRW IN SE OK/NW AR ZNS...NO MENT ELSWHR DUE TO STG CAP XPCTD. FAIR WX XPCTD TMRW NGT. LOOKED FOR MCC POTNTL IN MDL GRIDDED DATA. THERE IS SOME POTNTL OVR WRN KS AHD OF WK 700 MB S/W TROF BUT THKNS FIELDS WUD STEER SUCH AN MCC N OF FCST AREA...SO NO TRW MENT IN ZNS. MSTLY SUNNY...HOT AND HUMID CONDS XPCTD WED...WITH STG CAP SUPPRSG TRW DVLPMNT. ISOLD TRW PSBL DUE TO TERRAIN SE OK/NW AR...BUT WL NOT MENT IN 4TH PD ATTM. LOOKS LIKE A REAL TASTE OF SUMMER FOR FCST AREA NXT FEW DAYS. AS FOR TMPS...WITH VRY WARM 850 MB TEMPS XPCTD...WL GO A LTL ABV MOS FOR HI TMPS NXT 2 DAYS...BUT NOT AS HOT AS IT WOULD BE WITH MORE SWRLY/WRLY SFC FLOW AND ISENTRPC DOWNGLIDE. MOS OVRNGT LOWS NOT TOO BAD. PRELIM NUMBERS... TUL 67/89 69/92 31-- MLC 68/92 70/95 51-1 FYV 66/88 68/90 42-1 FSM 66/91 70/94 52-1 BVO 65/89 67/92 31-- IDB 68/92l 71/95 52-1 PW .TUL...NONE.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 5, 1:08 PM CDT, 3 hours 53 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, 3 hours 24 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.Local storm report, Jun 5, 4:50 PM CDT, 11 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
448 PM CDT MON JUN 5 1995
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... ST EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
315 PM ALDERSON OK 1.00 INCH HAIL
06/05/95 PITTSBURG WIND GUST TO 60 MPH
345 PM MCALESTER OK WIND GUST TO 70 MPH
06/05/95 PITTSBURG
410 PM WILBURTON OK WIND GUSTS 60-65 MPH
06/05/95 LATIMER
355 PM 4 W KINTA OK 1.00 INCH HAIL
06/05/95 HASKELL
410 PM 3 SW SUMMERFIELD OK .75 INCH HAIL
06/05/95 LE FLORE T WIND GUST TO 60 MPH
430 PM MCCURTAIN OK .75 INCH HAIL
06/05/95 HASKELLThe 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, 3:16 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Pittsburg | 119 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, 5:10 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 |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Oklahoma, 1995Every flash flood warning in 1995
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.