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Flash Flood Warning 31, NWS Tulsa, OK

June 8, 1995Osage County, Pawnee County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this flash flood warning at Jun 8, 1995, 11:39 PM CDT for Osage County, Pawnee County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 8, 1995, 11:39 PM CDT (04:39 UTC)
Expired
Jun 9, 1995, 1:55 AM CDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Whole counties

Counties Osage County, OK, Pawnee County, OK

The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 159 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, Norman, OK at 00:00Z on 1995-06-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3862 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Norman, OK at 00:00Z on 1995-06-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 21 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
3862 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-15 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1006 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
21 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
73 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.3
Supercell composite
7.0

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The text

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

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TTAA00 KTUL 090440
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OKC113-117-090800-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1139 PM CDT THU JUN 8 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  300 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
 
   ...SOUTHERN OSAGE COUNTY...PAWNEE COUNTY
 
AT 1138 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWS A LINE OF HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS
BECOMING MOVING VERY SLOWLY ACROSS PAWNEE AND SOUTHERN OSAGE
COUNTIES.  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES 1 TO 2 INCHES HAS FALLEN DURING
THE PAST HOUR.  ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS EXPECTED...AND WILL PRODUCE
FLOODING.
 
 
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS LIKELY OR HAS BEENl
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.

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 8, 9:17 PM CDT, 2 hours 22 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 8, 9:17 PM CDT, 2 hours 22 minutes before
EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
900 PM CDT THU JUN 8 1995

OUTFLOW BNDRY HAS CONTD MOVG SWRD ACRS AREA THIS EVNG AND HAS NOW
BCM NEARLY STNRY ACRS FA FRM NEAR FORT SMITH TO NORTH OF MLC.
RW/TRW CONTG VCNTY OF BNDRY FRM E-CNTL OK INTO NW AR...BUT GENRL
TREND HAS SEEN AVTVTY WEAKENING.  FOCUS FOR FA NOW TURNING TO THE
WEST WHERE COMPLEX OF STMS MOVG FRM NW OK INTO N-CNTL OK.  STMS
SHOWING MORE OF AN E-ENE MVMNT TWRD NRNMOST ZNS...SO FFA ACRS
NRN ZNS LOOKS GOOD AND WL LEAVE IN PLACE AS SERLY SFC WNDS PROVIDE
GOOD INFLOW INTO STMS AS THEY CONT TWRD AREA.  WL LV HIGHEST
POPS ACRS THE NORTH TAPERING OFF TWRD THE SOUTH.  WL ADJST THE
TEMPS AND WNDS A LTL BASED ON CURRENT TRENDS...OTHRWS PREV FCST
LOOKS FINE.

...04...

.TUL...FFA TONIGHT ZNS 54>58.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 8, 5:53 PM CDT, 5 hours 46 minutes before
OKZ054>061-064-082330-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
553 PM CDT THU JUN 8 1995

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 581 CANCELLED NORTHWEST OF I-44 IN
NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA...

AS THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE SOUTH AND EAST...THE AIR OVER
NORTHWEST PORTIONS OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 581 HAS BECOME COOLER
AND MUCH MORE STABLE.  THEREFORE...THE WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR
THOSE AREAS OF NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA GENERALLY NORTHWEST OF INTERSTATE 44.

COUNTIES CANCELLED FROM THE WATCH INCLUDE...OSAGE...PAWNEE...
WASHINGTON...NOWATA...CRAIG...AND OTTAWA.   SOUTHEAST PORTIONS OF
CREEK...TULSA...AND ROGERS COUNTIES WILL CONTINUE IN THE WATCH AREA
...ALTHOUGH NORTHWEST PORTIONS OF THOSE COUNTIES ARE NOT LIKELY TO
EXPERIENCE ANY SEVERE WEATHER.
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 5:56 PM CDT, 5 hours 43 minutes before
OKZ054>061-064-082330-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
553 PM CDT THU JUN 8 1995

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 581 CANCELLED NORTHWEST OF I-44 IN
NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA...

AS THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE SOUTH AND EAST...THE AIR OVER
NORTHWEST PORTIONS OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 581 HAS BECOME COOLER
AND MUCH MORE STABLE.  THEREFORE...THE WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR
THOSE AREAS OF NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA GENERALLY NORTHWEST OF INTERSTATE 44.

COUNTIES CANCELLED FROM THE WATCH INCLUDE...OSAGE...PAWNEE...
WASHINGTON...NOWATA...CRAIG...AND OTTAWA.   SOUTHEAST PORTIONS OF
CREEK...TULSA...AND ROGERS COUNTIES WILL CONTINUE IN THE WATCH AREA
...ALTHOUGH NORTHWEST PORpTIONS OF THOSE COUNTIES ARE NOT LIKELY TO
EXPERIENCE ANY SEVERE WEATHER.
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 9:42 PM CDT, 1 hour 57 minutes before
OKZ054-059-090315-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
942 PM CDT THU JUN 8 1995

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL OKLAHOMA...

AT 935 PM...A LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING
ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL OKLAHOMA.  SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE A
HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.

THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING INTO WESTERN OSAGE COUNTY AND
WESTERN PAWNEE COUNTY SOON AFTER 10 PM.  PEOPLE IN THESE COUNTIES SHOULD
MONITOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS FOR THIS
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Special weather statement, Jun 8, 9:43 PM CDT, 1 hour 56 minutes before
OKZ054-059-090315-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
942 PM CDT THU JUN 8 1995

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL OKLAHOMA...

AT 935 PM...A LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING
ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL OKLAHOMA.  SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE A
HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.

THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING INTO WESTERN OSAGE COUNTY AND
WESTERN PAWNEE COUNTY SOON AFTER 10 PM.  PEOPLE IN THESE COUNTIES SHOULD
MONITOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS FOR THIS
LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 8, 7:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACherokee, Delaware28 min
Jun 8, 11:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSANowata, Washington48 min
Jun 8, 11:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSARogers, Tulsa54 min
Jun 8, 11:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACraig43 min
Jun 9, 7:17 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek43 min
Jun 9, 7:25 AM CDTTornado WarningTSACreek50 min
Jun 9, 8:00 AM CDTTornado WarningTSATulsa45 min
Jun 9, 8:55 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek50 min
Jun 9, 9:31 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSACreek4 hr
Jun 9, 9:38 AM CDTTornado WarningTSACreek, Tulsa52 min
Jun 9, 10:12 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSAOsage, Pawnee, Tulsa4 hr
Jun 9, 11:48 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSANowata, Rogers, Washington4 hr
Jun 9, 12:44 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSATulsa4 hr
Jun 9, 1:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMayes49 min
Jun 9, 1:19 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSACreek2 hr
Jun 9, 1:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSADelaware44 min
Jun 9, 2:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACherokee, Muskogee51 min
Jun 9, 2:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAAdair66 min
Jun 9, 3:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAAdair48 min
Jun 9, 6:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOkfuskee54 min
Jun 9, 6:15 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAOkfuskee45 min
Jun 9, 6:55 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAOkfuskee, Okmulgee65 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.