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Flash Flood Warning 50, NWS Tulsa, OK

June 29, 1995Cherokee County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this flash flood warning at Jun 29, 1995, 8:35 AM CDT for Cherokee County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 115 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 29, 1995, 8:35 AM CDT (13:35 UTC)
Expired
Jun 29, 1995, 10:30 AM CDT
In force
115 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Whole counties

County Cherokee County, OK

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 154 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 12:00Z on 1995-06-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 65 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 12:00Z on 1995-06-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 13 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
65 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-96 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1163 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
9 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
13 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
65 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 291337
FFWTUL
OKC021-291530-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
835 AM CDT THU JUN 29 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1030 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
 
   ...SOUTHERN CHEROKEE COUNTY
 
DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES OF OVER 2 INCHES AN HOUR HAVE BEEN OCCURING OVER
SOUTHERN CHEROKEE COUNTY. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED
TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 1 TO 2 HOURS AND MAY PRODUCE AN ADDITIONAL
1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN. FLOODING ALONG HIGHWAY 100 NEAR BARBER AND
ALONG HIGHWAY 82 THROUGH COOKSON WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH MID MORNING.
 
 
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 29, 4:02 AM CDT, 4 hours 33 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 29, 4:02 AM CDT, 4 hours 33 minutes before
EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
400 AM CDT THU JUN 29 1995

88D CONTS TO SHOW SCT/NUM STRMS ACROSS N CENT OK/SE KS IN VCNTY OF
OUTFLOW BDRY OVR EXTREME N OK. AMS QUITE UNSTABLE WITH ADAP LIS
-4 TO -6 AT 08Z. EXPECT SCT STRMS TO DEVELOP DURING DAY ALONG BDRY
TDY MAINLY ACROSS N AND CENT ZNS. ALTHO MDLS NOT HANDLING
INDIVIDUAL FEATURES TOO WELL...THEY ARE DEPICTING RIPPLES IN WK ZNL
FLOW. THIS COMBINED WITH OROGRAPHICS AND WK MCON SHUD AID IN
DEVELOPING STRM ACROSS REMAINDER OF FA AS WELL. WL KEEP POPS IN THE
30-40 PCT RANGE TDY. FWC TEMPS APR REASONABLE.

FNT EXPECTED TO SAG S TONIGHT AND FRI (MUCH IN LINE WITH AVN) WITH
STRONG UPSLOPE PROGGED W OF FA. UPR RDG BEGINNING TO BUILD ACROSS
TX BUT STILL WL HV TO CONT IMPUSLES FROM WK UPR TROF OUT W. WL CONT
CHC POPS ACROSS AREA WITH HIGHEST POPS ACROSS S. TEMPS WL BE TRICKY
AS WELL. WL ACCEPT FWC TEMPS WITH SOME MINOR TWEAKS.

TUL 086/070 083/063 083 4432
FSM 090/068 085/065 085 3432
MLC 090/068 085/064 085 4442
BVO 086/066 081/060 XXX 4432
FYV 087/067 081/060 XXX 3432
IDB 092/069 088/066 XXX 3342
BYV 087/064 082/061 XXX 3432

...10...

.TUL...NONE.

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, 6:42 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSARogers, Tulsa3 hr
Jun 29, 6:48 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSATulsa, Wagoner27 min
Jun 29, 7:41 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMuskogee30 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.