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Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Tulsa, OK

April 16, 1995Rogers County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this flash flood warning at Apr 16, 1995, 7:53 PM CDT for Rogers County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 16, 1995, 7:53 PM CDT (00:53 UTC)
Expired
Apr 16, 1995, 11:00 PM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Whole counties

County Rogers County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 22 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:55 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 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 171 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 00:00Z on 1995-04-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 434 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, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 1995-04-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 85 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
434 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-12 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1250 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
57 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
85 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
71 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KTUL 170055
FFWTUL
OKC131-170400-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
753 PM CDT SUN APR 16 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1100 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
 
   ...NORTHERN ROGERS COUNTY
 
RADAR DATA INDICATES THAT ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN FELL ACROSS NORTHERN
ROGERS FROM PREVIOUS STORMS AND ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS
MOVING ACROSS NORTHERN ROGERS COUNTY. SEVERAL DITCHES WERE REPORTED
BANKFULL FROM THE PREVIOUS STORMS AND THE ADDITIONAL RAINS WILL CAUSE
FLASH FLOODING ALONG DITCHES AND SMALL CREEKS.
 
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.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 16, 7:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage45 min
Apr 16, 8:07 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSAOsage, Tulsa3 hr
Apr 16, 8:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSATulsa40 min
Apr 16, 8:51 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSAPawnee3 hr
Apr 16, 9:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek48 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.