Alert archive / Oklahoma / Flash Flood Warnings in 1995
Flash Flood Warning 28, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this flash flood warning at Jun 5, 1995, 8:54 PM CDT for Osage County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 5, 1995, 8:54 PM CDT (01:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 6, 1995, 12:00 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, 1.9 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1309 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -80 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1243 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 71 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 181 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 3.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KTUL 060155 FFWTUL OKC113-060500- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 854 PM CDT MON JUN 5 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA ...NORTHERN OSAGE COUNTY AT 850 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINS OVER NORTHERN OSAGE COUNTY. THE STORMS HAVE ALREAD DUMPED OVER 2 INCHES IN A NARROW BAND FROM JUST SOUTHEAST OF BURBANK TO JUST EAST OF FORAKER. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE SAME AREA THROUGH 10PM AND MAY DROP ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN IN AREAS WHERE THE GROUND IS SATURATED. THE RUNOFF WILL LIKELY CREATE RAPID RISES ON CREEKS IN THE AREA AND FLOOD SURROUNDING AREAS. WATER WILL ALSO POND ON ROADS AND HIGHWAYS IN THE AREA. 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, 8:45 PM CDT, 9 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 5, 8:45 PM CDT, 9 minutes before
FPUS3 KTUL 060145 AFDTUL EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 845 PM CDT MON JUN 5 1995 00Z ANALYS INDCTS VERY UNSTBL AMS OVR EOK WITH H5 TEMPS OF -12 AT OUN. NEW AREA OF TSTMS HAS DVLPD OVR NCNTL OK MOVG EWD. SO WL HV TO RAISE POPS FOR NRN PTNS OF FA. SRN PTNS OF FA LUK FAVORABLE FOR TSTMS ALSO AS SATL PICS INDCT ANOTHER VORT MAX ROTATING ARND ON THE HEELS OF THE CONVCTV VORT MAX WHICH HAD SET OFF THE TSTMS IN SERN OK/NWRN AR THIS AFTN. BLV TSTMS WL MOV FAST ENUF TO AVOID PROLONGED RAINFALL. WL NOT PLAN ON A FFA BUT MAY CHG MY MIND AT LAST MIN. ..11.. .TUL...NONE.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 5, 6:29 PM CDT, 2 hours 25 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
630 PM CDT MON JUN 05 1995
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... ST EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
430 PM MCCURTAIN OK 0.88 INCH HAIL
06/05/95 HASKELL
510 PM POTEAU OK WIND DAMAGE
06/05/95 LE FLORE FEW TREES/POWER LINES DOWN
528 PM VAN BUREN AR WIND DAMAGE
06/05/95 CRAWFORD FEW TREES/POWER LINES DOWN
535 PM FORT SMITH AR WIND DAMAGE
06/05/95 SEBASTIAN ROOF BLOWN OFF WAREHOUSE IN
WESTERN PART OF FORT SMITH
620 PM SILOAM SPRINGS AR 1.00 INCH HAIL
06/05/95 BENTON HAIL UP TO QUARTER SIZE
REPORTED 2 MILES SOUTH OF
SILOAM SPRINGSLocal storm report, Jun 5, 6:30 PM CDT, 2 hours 24 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
630 PM CDT MON JUN 05 1995
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... ST EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
430 PM MCCURTAIN OK 0.88 INCH HAIL
06/05/95 HASKELL
510 PM POTEAU OK WIND DAMAGE
06/05/95 LE FLORE FEW TREES/POWER LINES DOWN
528 PM VAN BUREN AR WIND DAMAGE
06/05/95 CRAWFORD FEW TREES/POWER LINES DOWN
535 PM FORT SMITH AR WIND DAMAGE
06/05/95 SEBASTIAN ROOF BLOWN OFF WAREHOUSE IN
WESTERN PART OF FORT SMITH
620 PM SILOAM SPRINGS AR 1.00 INCH HAIL
06/05/95 BENTON HAIL UP TO QUARTER SIZE
REPORTED 2 MILES SOUTH OF
SILOAM SPRINGSSpecial weather statement, Jun 5, 6:55 PM CDT, 1 hour 59 minutes before
OKZ076-060015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 656 PM CDT MON JUN 5 1995 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHERN LE FLORE COUNTY WILL EXPIRED AT 700 PM... AT 655 PM WEATHER RADAR SHOWED SCATTERED SHOWERS CONTINUING OVER LE FLORE COUNTY IN EASTERN OKLAHOMA. A FEW SHOWERS WILL LINGER FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS...HOWEVER ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE LIGHT AND THE THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING HAS ENDED. THEREFORE THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHERN LE FLORE COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 700 PM AND WILL NOT BE EXTENDED.
Special weather statement, Jun 5, 6:56 PM CDT, 1 hour 58 minutes before
OKZ076-060015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 656 PM CDT MON JUN 5 1995 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHERN LE FLORE COUNTY WILL EXPIRED AT 700 PM... AT 655 PM WEATHER RADAR SHOWED SCATTERED SHOWERS CONTINUING OVER LE FLORE COUNTY IN EASTERN OKLAHOMA. A FEW SHOWERS WILL LINGER FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS...HOWEVER ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE LIGHT AND THE THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING HAS ENDED. THEREFORE THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHERN LE FLORE COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 700 PM AND WILL NOT BE EXTENDED.
Special weather statement, Jun 5, 7:01 PM CDT, 1 hour 53 minutes before
ARZ001-010-060015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 701 PM CDT MON JUN 5 1995 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS FOR BENTON AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES EXPIRED AT 700 PM... AT 700 PM WEATHER RADAR SHOWED THE THUNDERSTORMS OVER BENTON AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS HAD WEAKEN BELOW SEVERE LIMITS. HOWEVER...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM REMAINS JUST SOUTH OF GRAVETTE TO NEAR GENTRY. THIS STORM WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL OR BRIEF GUSTY WINDS TO 40 MILES AN HOUR AS IT MOVES TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. OTHER LESS INTENSE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED OVER WASHINGTON AND BENTON COUNTIES.
Special weather statement, Jun 5, 7:20 PM CDT, 1 hour 34 minutes before
OKZ068>076-060100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 720 PM CDT MON JUN 5 1995 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 551 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR PARTS OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 551 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN EASTERN OKLAHOMA... ADAIR CHEROKEE MCINTOSH MUSKOGEE SEQUOYAH HASKELL PITTSBURG LATIMER LE FLORE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 551 RElMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM FOR NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 7:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage | 44 min |
| Jun 5, 8:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage | 47 min |
| Jun 6, 12:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Tulsa | 53 min |
| Jun 6, 1:11 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Osage | 3 hr |
| Jun 6, 1:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Rogers, Wagoner | 46 min |
| Jun 6, 2:46 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Washington | 3 hr |
| Jun 6, 8:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek | 42 min |
| Jun 6, 8:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek | 47 min |
| Jun 6, 9:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage, Tulsa | 40 min |
| Jun 6, 9:36 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Tulsa | 54 min |
| Jun 6, 9:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek | 32 min |
| Jun 6, 10:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Tulsa | 38 min |
| Jun 6, 10:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Rogers | 51 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.