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Flash Flood Warning 36, NWS Tulsa, OK

June 9, 1995Creek County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this flash flood warning at Jun 9, 1995, 1:19 PM CDT for Creek County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 9, 1995, 1:19 PM CDT (18:19 UTC)
Expired: Jun 9, 1995, 3:30 PM CDT
In force: 2 hr
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK
Area: Whole counties

County Creek County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 12:00Z, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 120 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 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

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KTUL 091820
FFWTUL
OKC037-092015-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
119 PM CDT FRI JUN 9 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  330 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
 
   ...CREEK COUNTY
 
...FLOODING CONTINUES OVER CREEK COUNTY...
 
WIDESPREAD FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED MAINLY ACROSS NORTHERN AND WESTERN
PORTIONS OF CREEK COUNTY.  ALTHOUGH PRECIPITATION HAS DIMINISHED OVER ALBUT SOUTHERN CREEK COUNTY...FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVER MUCH
OF THE COUNTY FOR THROUGH MID AFTERNOON...OR UNTIL STREAMS ARE ABLE TO
RECEDE.
 
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, 3 hours 14 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 9, 10:05 AM CDT, 3 hours 14 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

Local storm report, Jun 9, 9:50 AM CDT, 3 hours 29 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 CO

Local storm report, Jun 9, 11:30 AM CDT, 1 hour 49 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   CREEK

Local storm report, Jun 9, 11:56 AM CDT, 1 hour 23 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   CREEK

Special weather statement, Jun 9, 1:00 PM CDT, 19 minutes before

OKZ054>077-ARZ001-002-010-011-019-029-101200-

EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
100 PM CDT FRI JUN 9 1995

THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH TONIGHT
ACROSS NORTHWEST ARKANSAS AND A LARGE PART OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA. THE
MODERATE RISK AREA IS ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM PAWNEE OKLAHOMA
TO GROVE. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO THE NORTH
OF THIS LINE.

TULSA...MCALESTER...FORT SMITH AND FAYETTEVILLE ARE ALL IN THE
MODERATE RISK AREA. BARTLESVILLE IS IN THE SLIGHT RISK AREA.

A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA HAS ALLOWED
A WELL DEFINED SURFACE BOUNDARY TO DEVELOP OVER EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. THIS BOUNDARY EXTENDED FROM NEAR HENRYETTA
OKLAHOMA TO FAYETTEVILLE ARKANSAS EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...AND IS
EXPECTED TO REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY. CLOUDINESS SOUTH OF THIS
BOUNDARY HAS ALLOWED THE AIRMASS OVER NORTHWEST ARKANSAS AND
SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA TO BECOME EXTREMELY UNSTABLE.

AN ENERGETIC JET STREAM PATTERN WILL CONTINUE OVER THE AREA THROUGH
TONIGHT. STRONG AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BY
MID TO LATE AFTERNOON NEAR THE SURFACE BOUNDARY. VERY LARGE HAIL WILL
RESULT FROM SOME OF THE STORMS. WIND FIELDS NEAR THE BOUNDARY WILL BE
FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES THROUGH THIS EVENING. THE BIGGEST THREAT FOR
A TORNADO WILL BE IN AN AREA ABOUT 30 MILES EITHER SIDE OF INTERSTATE
40.

THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT.  VERY
HEAVY RAINS AND LOCALIZED FLOODING ARE ALSO LIKELY THROUGH
TONIGHT.

SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCIES ARE URGED TO
MAINTAIN A HIGH STATE OF READINESS THROUGH TONIGHT.

The 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, 11:48 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Nowata, Rogers, Washington	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, 1:46 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, 1995 Every 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.