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Flash Flood Warning 47, NWS Tulsa, OK

June 23, 1995Tulsa County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this flash flood warning at Jun 23, 1995, 2:50 PM CDT for Tulsa County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 23, 1995, 2:50 PM CDT (19:50 UTC)
Expired
Jun 23, 1995, 5:30 PM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Whole counties

County Tulsa County, OK

The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 166 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 12:00Z on 1995-06-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 673 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 12:00Z on 1995-06-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 1 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
673 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-86 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1512 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
8 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
1 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
55 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 231953
FFWTUL
OKC143-232230-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
250 PM CDT FRI JUN 23 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  530 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
 
   ...TULSA COUNTY
 
RADAR ESTIMATES OF UP TO 2 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAVE OCCURED DURING THE
PAST HOUR. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY TO SPREAD INTO THE TULSA
AREA AND COULD PRODUCE AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN WILL LIKELY
LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING ESPECIALLY IN THE TULSA METROPOLITAN AREA.
 
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 23, 10:00 AM CDT, 4 hours 50 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 23, 10:00 AM CDT, 4 hours 50 minutes before
FPUS3 KTUL 231459
AFDTUL

EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1000 AM CDT FRI JUN 23 1995

VSBL SAT LOOP SHOWS WELL DEFINED OUTFLOW BNDRY MVG S ACRS KS THIS
MRNG. BIG QUESTION IS WHERE WL IT STOP. THERE ALSO APR TO BE
NUMEROUS OTHER BNDRYS ACRS FA. 12Z SNDGS MODIFIED FOR XPCTD AFTN
CONDS SHOW A GOOD DEAL OF INSTABILITY AND LITTLE IF ANY CAP. BUT
THERE IS STILL NOT MUCH FLOW SO CELLS SHLD BE SLOW MVG.

NEW ECHOES HV FORMED ALNG BNDRY NEAR ICT DURG THE PAST 1/2 HR OR SO.
WL BUMP UP POPS IN NW ZNS FOR NOW AND LET 20 POPS RIDE ELSEWHERE. IF
BNDRY CONTS MVG SWD INTO FA MAY HV TO UPDATE ZNS TO INCRS CHC OF TRW
FURTHER S. OTRW GOING FCST LOOKS FINE FOR NOW.

07

.TUL...NONE.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 23, 1:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSATulsa, Wagoner48 min
Jun 23, 2:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSATulsa48 min
Jun 23, 3:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSARogers32 min
Jun 23, 3:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMuskogee48 min
Jun 23, 3:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACraig, Ottawa43 min
Jun 23, 4:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALatimer, Pittsburg46 min
Jun 23, 4:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAAdair27 min
Jun 23, 5:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSASequoyah67 min
Jun 23, 5:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALeFlore39 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.