Alert archive / Oklahoma / Flash Flood Warnings in 1995
Flash Flood Warning 34, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this flash flood warning at Jun 9, 1995, 11:48 AM CDT for Nowata County, Rogers County, Washington County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 9, 1995, 11:48 AM CDT (16:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 9, 1995, 3:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Nowata County, OK, Rogers County, OK, Washington County, OK
The nearest sounding before it
Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 12:00Z, 4.8 hours before the alert went out and 218 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 538 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 69 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 201 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 601 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KTUL 091650 RRA FFWTUL OKC105-131-147-092045- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 1148 AM CDT FRI JUN 9 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 345 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA ...SOUTHEAST NOWATA COUNTY...ROGERS COUNTY...SOUTHERN WASHINGTON COUN STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OVER PORTIONS OF WASHINGTON...ROGERS...AND NOWATA COUNTIES. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WORSENING ANY FLOODING THAT MAY BE OCCURRING. ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORMING FROM NEAR OKLAHOMA CITY TO STILLWATER. CURRENT STORM MOVEMENTS INDICATED THESE STORMS WILL MOVE OVETHE WARNED AREA. SIGNIFICANT FLOODING OF LOW-LYING AREAS AND AREAS IN ANNEAR SMALL CREEKS AND RIVERS IS LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON. 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 9, 10:05 AM CDT, 1 hour 43 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 9, 10:05 AM CDT, 1 hour 43 minutes before
EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 955 AM CDT FRI JUN 9 1995 SATL PICS INDCT MCS WHICH MOVG ACRS NWRN PTNS OF FA FINALLY BEGINNING TO WKN AS TOPS SLOLY WRM OVR NERN OK. NEW COLDER TOPS HV BEEN RDVLPG NORTH OF FA. 12Z H5 ANALYS INDCTS UPR SYS OVR NRN ROCKIES WITH SHARP NEG TILT VORT LOBE XTNDG SEWD. AGAIN SATL PICS INDCT THIS WELL WITH BACK EDGE XNTDG NCNTL OK AT MID MRNG. NEW ETA LIFTS THIS VORT LOBE RPDLY NEWD DURG THE AFTN. BLV ACTVTY OVR NERN OK SHUD CONT TO WKN WITH SUBSDNC BHND VORT LOBE. HWVR..AM CONCERNED ABT A BNDRY BEING LEFT IN ECNTL/SERN OK IN A VERY UNSTBL AMS. ERY MRNG FCST HAS A GOOD TREND WITH PRESENT CONVCTN DMNSHG WITH A CHC OF NEW CONVCTN ERY THIS EVE. WITH CONVCTN XPCTD TO DMSNH...WL NOT GO WITH A FFA THIS AFTN. HWVR...MAY HV TO ISSUE ONE FOR TNGT...BUT WL WAIT TIL AFTN PCKG. ..11.. .TUL..NONE.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 5:58 AM CDT, 5 hours 50 minutes before
OKZ065-066-068-069-070-071-072-073-074-075-076-091115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 558 AM CDT FRI JUN 9 1995 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 591 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR ALL OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DIMINISHED IN INTENSITY AND COVERAGE ACROSS EASTERN OKLAHOMA OVER THE PAST FEW HOUR ENDING THE THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER THIS MORNING. AS A RESULT SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 591 HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 5:59 AM CDT, 5 hours 49 minutes before
OKZ065-066-068-069-070-071-072-073-074-075-076-091115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 558 AM CDT FRI JUN 9 1995 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 591 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR ALL OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DIMINISHED IN INTENSITY AND COVERAGE ACROSS EASTERN OKLAHOMA OVER THE PAST FEW HOUR ENDING THE THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER THIS MORNING. AS A RESULT SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 59R1 HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 6:00 AM CDT, 5 hours 48 minutes before
OKZ054>077-ARZ001-002-010-011-019-029-101200- EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 600 AM CDT FRI JUN 9 1995 THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND TONIGHT ACROSS MUCH OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. THE MODERATE RISK AREA IS ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM FORT SMITH TO MCALESTER. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO THE SOUTH OF THIS LINE. THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT HAVE LEFT A STRONG OUTFLOW BOUNDARY WHICH EXTENDED FROM SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA INTO THE NORTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE AT 6 AM. THE AIRMASS SOUTH OF THIS OUTFLOW BOUNDARY REMAINS EXTREMELY UNSTABLE WITH EARLY MORNING TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 70S AND DEWPOINTS IN THE LOW TO MID 70S. THE OUTFLOW BOUNDARY IS EXPECTED TO MOVE NORTH DURING THE DAY TODAY AND BY MID AFTERNOON THIS BOUNDARY SHOULD BE SOMEWHERE IN SOUTHERN KANSAS OR NORTHERN OKLAHOMA. A DRYLINE IN THE EXTREME WESTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE THIS MORNING WILL MOVE EAST INTO WESTERN OKLAHOMA THIS AFTERNOON. AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE FROM THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS THIS AFTERNOON. RAPID THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS LIKELY BY MID AFTERNOON ALONG BOTH THE OUTFLOW BOUNDARY AND THE DRYLINE WITH THE STORMS BECOMING SEVERE SOON AFTER THEY FORM. THUNDERSTORMS WHICH FORM THIS AFTERNOON ARE LIKELY TO ORGANIZE INTO A LARGE COMPLEX OF STORMS THIS EVENING AND TRACK ACROSS MUCH OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE LIKELY WITH THE STORMS AND A FEW TORNADOES MAY ALSO OCCUR LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...ESPECIALLY IF THE OUTFLOW BOUNDARY REMAINS ACROSS NORTHERN OKLAHOMA AND ENHANCES THE VERTICAL WIND PROFILE IN ITS VICINITY. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCIES AND STORM SPOTTER GROUPS SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER CONDITIONS TODAY AND BE PREPARED FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. AN UPDATED THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 1 PM TODAY.
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 6:21 AM CDT, 5 hours 27 minutes before
OKZ054>077-ARZ001-002-010-011-019-029-101200- EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 600 AM CDT FRI JUN 9 1995 THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND TONIGHT ACROSS MUCH OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. THE MODERATE RISK AREA IS ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM FORT SMITH TO MCALESTER. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO THE SOUTH OF THIS LINE. THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT HAVE LEFT A STRONG OUTFLOW BOUNDARY WHICH EXTENDED FROM SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA INTO THE NORTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE AT 6 AM. THE AIRMASS SOUTH OF THIS OUTFLOW BOUNDARY REMAINS EXTREMELY UNSTABLE WITH EARLY MORNING TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 70S AND DEWPOINTS IN THE LOW TO MID 70S. THE OUTFLOW BOUNDARY IS EXPECTED TO MOVE NORTH DURING THE DAY TODAY AND BY MID AFTERNOON THIS BOUNDARY SHOULD BE SOMEWHERE IN SOUTHERN KANSAS OR NORTHERN OKLAHOMA. A DRYLINE IN THE EXTREME WESTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE THIS MORNING WILL MOVE EAST INTO WESTERN OKLAHOMA THIS AFTERNOON. AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE FROM THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS THIS AFTERNOON. RAPID THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS LIKELY BY MID AFTERNOON ALONG BOTH THE OUTFLOW BOUNDARY AND THE DRYLINE WITH THE STORMS BECOMING SEVERE SOON AFTER THEY FORM. THUNDERSTORMS WHICH FORM THIS AFTERNOON ARE LIKELY TO ORGANIZE INTO A LARGE COMPLEX OF STORMS THIS EVENING AND TRACK ACROSS MUCH OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE LIKELY WITH THE STORMS AND A FEW TORNADOES MAY ALSO OCCUR LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...ESPECIALLY IF THE OUTFLOW BOUNDARY REMAINS ACROSS NORTHERN OKLAHOMA AND ENHANCES THE VERTICAL WIND PROFILE IN ITS VICINITY. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCIES AND STORM SPOTTER GROUPS SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER CONDITIONS TODAY AND BE PREPARED FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. AN UPDATED THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 1 PM TODAY.
Local storm report, Jun 9, 9:50 AM CDT, 1 hour 58 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
950 AM CDT FRI JUN 9 1995
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... ST EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
720 AM NEAR SHAMROCK OK WIND DAMAGE
06/09/95 CREEK CO EXTENSIVE DAMAGE
REPORTED. BUILDINGS
DAMAGED AND TREES
UPROOTED
725 AM 3 SE SHAMROCK OK WIND DAMAGE
06/09/95 CREEK CO BARN DESTROYED AND
TREES DOWNED
730 AM JUST S OF OLIVE OK POSSIBLE TORNADO
06/09/95 CREEK CO REPORTED BY OKLAHOMA
HIGHWAY PATROL
805 AM 6 NW SAPULPA OK 1.00 INCH HAIL
06/09/95 CREEK CO
810 AM x 2 S SAND SPRINGS OK 1.00 INCH HAIL
06/09/95 TULSA COLocal storm report, Jun 9, 11:30 AM CDT, 18 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1130 AM CDT FRI JUN 9 1995
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... ST EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0215 PM JUST SOUTH OF NOWATA OK WIND DAMAGE
06/08/95 NOWATA SEVERAL TREES UPROOTED.
0545 PM BARBER OK 3/4 INCH HAIL.
06/08/95 ADAIR
0600 PM 7 SE OF PROCTOR OK 3/4 INCH HAIL.
06/08/95 CHEROKEE
0715 PM 8 NE OF MOODYS OK 3/4 INCH HAIL.
06/08/95 CHEROKEE
0720 PM 2 N OF OAKS OK 3/4 INCH HAIL.
06/08/95 DELAWARE
0820 PM 1 S OF BOSTON AR 3/4 INCH HAIL
06/08/95 MADISON 60 MPH WINDS.
1030 PM 3 E OF SHIDLER OK 60 TO 70 MPH WINDS.
06/08/95 OSAGE
1128 PM BARTLESVILLE OK 3/4 INCH HAIL.
06/08/95 WASHINGTON
1140 PM 5 S OF SOUTH COFFEVILLE OK 3/4 INCH HAIL.
06/08/95 NOWATA
1210 AM 4 SW OF OOLAGAH OK 3/4 INCH HAIL.
06/09/95 ROGERS
1211 AM PYRAMID CORNERS OK 3/4 INCH HAIL.
06/09/95 CRAIG
1215 AM HOMINY OK STREET FLOODING.
06/09/95 OSAGE
0100 AM BLACKBURN OK SEVERAL COUNTY ROADS FLOODED.
06/09/95 PAWNEE
0755 AM 4 N BRISTOW OK WIND DAMAGE
06/09/95 CREEK SEVERAL ROOFS...2 BARNS DAMAGED
CATTLE FEEDERS BLOWN OVER ROAD.
0820 AM NEAR HOMINY OK WIND DAMAGE
06/09/95 OSAGE LARGE TREE LIMBS BLOWN ON TO
POWER LINES.
0940 AM 6 S KELLYVILLE OK 3/4 INCH HAIL AND 60 MPH WINDS.
06/09/95 CREEK
0945 AM CHARLES PAGE BLVD TULSA OK WIND DAMGE...TREES BLOWN DOWN.
BETWEEN 61ST-81ST WEST
06/09/95 TULSA
1050 AM SHAMROCK AREA OK BRIDGES WASHED OUT.
06/09/95 CREEK
1050 AM DRUMWRIGHT OK MAJOR FLOODING IN TOWN.
06/09/95 CREEK
1055 AM BRISTOW TO MANN OK COUNTY ROADS FLOODED.
06/09/95 CREEKThe office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 7:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Cherokee, Delaware | 28 min |
| Jun 8, 11:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Nowata, Washington | 48 min |
| Jun 8, 11:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Rogers, Tulsa | 54 min |
| Jun 8, 11:39 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Osage, Pawnee | 2 hr |
| Jun 8, 11:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Craig | 43 min |
| Jun 9, 7:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek | 43 min |
| Jun 9, 7:25 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Creek | 50 min |
| Jun 9, 8:00 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Tulsa | 45 min |
| Jun 9, 8:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek | 50 min |
| Jun 9, 9:31 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Creek | 4 hr |
| Jun 9, 9:38 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Creek, Tulsa | 52 min |
| Jun 9, 10:12 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Osage, Pawnee, Tulsa | 4 hr |
| Jun 9, 12:44 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Tulsa | 4 hr |
| Jun 9, 1:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Mayes | 49 min |
| Jun 9, 1:19 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Creek | 2 hr |
| Jun 9, 1:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Delaware | 44 min |
| Jun 9, 2:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Cherokee, Muskogee | 51 min |
| Jun 9, 2:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Adair | 66 min |
| Jun 9, 3:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Adair | 48 min |
| Jun 9, 6:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Okfuskee | 54 min |
| Jun 9, 6:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Okfuskee | 45 min |
| Jun 9, 6:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Okfuskee, Okmulgee | 65 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.