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Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Tulsa, OK

April 10, 1995Cherokee County, Mayes County, Wagoner County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this flash flood warning at Apr 10, 1995, 4:55 PM CDT for Cherokee County, Mayes County, Wagoner County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 10, 1995, 4:55 PM CDT (21:55 UTC)
Expired
Apr 10, 1995, 8:00 PM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Whole counties

Counties Cherokee County, OK, Mayes County, OK, Wagoner County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 31 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KUMN), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 160 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, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 1995-04-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 326 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 1995-04-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 431 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
326 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-582 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1243 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
431 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
460 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KTUL 102202
FFWTUL
OKC021-097-145-110100-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
455 PM CDT MON APR 10 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  800 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONSS...
 
IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
 
   ...CHEROKEE COUNTY
 
IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
 
   ...MAYES COUNTY...WAGONER COUNTY
 
AT 452 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF
THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM SILOAM SPRINGS TO WEBBERS FALLS. RADAR
ESTIMATES 2-3 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN IN THE PAST HOUR.
AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE ACROSS MUCH OF CHEROKEE COUNTY
DURING NEXT 1 TO 2 HOURS.
 
FLOODING WAS ALSO REPORTED ALONG HIGHWAY 51A NEAR HASKELL.
 
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 YOU
R 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.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 10, 8:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage31 min
Apr 10, 12:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAPittsburg51 min
Apr 10, 12:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALatimer45 min
Apr 10, 2:36 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSAMuskogee, Okmulgee3 hr
Apr 10, 4:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACherokee, Sequoyah51 min
Apr 10, 4:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAHaskell, LeFlore44 min
Apr 10, 5:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAAdair53 min

Nearby

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.