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Flash Flood Warning 49, NWS Tulsa, OK

June 29, 1995Rogers County, Tulsa County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this flash flood warning at Jun 29, 1995, 6:42 AM CDT for Rogers County, Tulsa County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 29, 1995, 6:42 AM CDT (11:42 UTC)
Expired
Jun 29, 1995, 9:30 AM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Whole counties

Counties Rogers County, OK, Tulsa County, OK

The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 186 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 1995-06-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2769 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 1995-06-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 15 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
2769 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-4 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1752 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
15 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
137 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 291144
FFWTUL
OKC131-143-291430-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
642 AM CDT THU JUN 29 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  930 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
 
   ...SOUTHERN ROGERS COUNTY...TULSA COUNTY
 
RAINFALL ESTIMATES OF UP TO 3 INCHES WERE OBSERVED BY DOPPLER RADAR
ACROSS SOUTHERN ROGERS COUNTY. ALSO...SHOWERS AND THNDERSTORMS WERE
PRODUCING RAINFALL RATES OF UP TO 2 INCHES AN HOUR ACROSS PARTS
OF TULSA COUNTY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO ACROSS
THE AREA FOR THE NEXT 1 TO 2 HOURS AND WILL LIKELY PRODUCE AN
ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES. THIS WILL LIKLEY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING
ESPECIALLY ACROSS 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 IMP^ORTANT 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
Jun 29, 5:07 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSAPawnee3 hr
Jun 29, 6:19 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage, Tulsa26 min
Jun 29, 6:48 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSATulsa, Wagoner27 min
Jun 29, 7:41 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMuskogee30 min
Jun 29, 8:35 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSACherokee115 min
Jun 29, 5:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAPittsburg41 min
Jun 29, 5:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAPittsburg46 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.