Alert archive / Oklahoma / Flash Flood Warnings in 1995
Flash Flood Warning 51, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this flash flood warning at Jul 3, 1995, 3:08 AM CDT for Osage County, Washington County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 3, 1995, 3:08 AM CDT (08:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 3, 1995, 6:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Osage County, OK, Washington County, OK
The nearest sounding before it
Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 197 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 2902 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 895 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 27 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 131 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.8
- Supercell composite
- 8.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KTUL 030810 FFWTUL OKC113-147-031100- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 308 AM CDT MON JUL 3 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 600 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA ...CENTRAL AND NORTHERN OSAGE COUNTY...WASHINGTON COUNTY WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IS ESTIMATING THAT RAINFALL IN EXCESS OF 4 INCHES HAS FALLEN ACROSS NORTHERN OSAGE AND NORTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTIES...WITH 2 TO 3 INCHES ACROSS EASTCENTRAL OSAGE AND NORTHCENTRAL WASHINGTON COUNTIES. DOPPLER RADAR SHOWS MORE HEAVY RAIN MOVING OVER THIS AREA. THIS ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL WILL LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS LIKELY OR HAS BEEN REPORTED. STAY ALERT AND WATCH FOR RAPIDLY RISING WATER. REMEMBER...IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE TO THE NEAREST STREAM...CREEK OR RIVER WHICPH CAN BECOME A KILLER DURING PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN.
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 Jul 2, 9:11 PM CDT, 5 hours 57 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 2, 9:11 PM CDT, 5 hours 57 minutes before
EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 910 PM CDT SUN JUL 2 1995 BATCH OF TSTRMS BETWEEN OKC AND MLC APPARENTLY HV FORMED ALG NW-SE BAROCLINIC ZN ANALYZED FM SW KS INTO SE OK. 00Z H85 ANALYSIS/AREA PROFILERS SHOW 20-30 KNOTS OF SLY LLV INFLOW WITH +14C DWPTS ADVECTING INTO THE AREA. THESE STORMS HV SHOWN SOME SIGNS OF BECOMING A LTL BETTER ORGANIZED...SO THIS CLUSTER SHUD PERSIST FOR THE NEXT SVRL HRS. ISOLD SUPERCELLS OVR SE KS HV FORMED IN ADVANCE OF SUBTLE MID LVL SHRTWV EVIDENT ON HI RES WATER VAPOR IMAGERY. AFOREMENTIONED LLVL JET AND MOISTURE INFLOW SHUD HELP THIS ACTIVITY BECOME BETTER ORGANIZED OVERNIGHT. 00Z ETA DROPS WK SHR:TWV INTO WRN AR BY MRNG...SO MAY SEE ACTIVITY SLIDE SE ACRS NE OK/NW AR OVERNIGHT. NO MAJOR CHANGES EXPECTED TO ZNS. WL TINKER WITH POPS A BIT BASED ON CURRENT 88D. .TUL...NONE. HODGES
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 3, 12:38 AM CDT, 2 hours 30 minutes before
ARZ001-002-010-011-019-029-OKZ054>077-031200- EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 1240 AM CDT MON JUL 3 1993 THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE NIGHT IN MUCH OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. THE RISK AREA IS ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM MCALESTER TO FORT SMITH TO KINGSTON IN MADISON COUNTY ARKANSAS. THE ATMOSPHERE OVER THE AREA WILL REMAIN MODERATELY UNSTABLE THROUGH THE NIGHT AND WITH A SOUTHWESTERLY LOW-LEVEL JET INCREASING JUST ABOVE THE SURFACE...THE THUNDERSTORMS NEAR THE SOUTHEAST KANSAS/NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA BORDER WILL LIKELY CONTINUE THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. THE STORMS HAVE BEEN MOVING ERRATICALLY...BUT SHOULD SOON BEGIN A SOUTHEAST MOVEMENT THAT WILL TAKE THEM INTO THE RISK AREA. THE AMOUNT OF INSTABILITY AND FAVORABLE LOW-LEVEL INFLOW SUGGESTS A FEW OF THE STORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND STRONG WINDS. IN ADDITION...A FEW THUNDERSTORMS COULD DEVELOP IN PARTS OF SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA LATE TONIGHT IN THE VICINITY OF A WARM FRONT THAT IS SLOWLY LIFTING NORTH INTO THE AREA. IF THESE STORMS DEVELOP...THEY TOO WOULD HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE SEVERE WEATHER. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS AND STORM SPOTTERS ACROSS EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS...SHOULD MONITOR WEATHER CONDITIONS CLOSELY AND BE READY FOR ACTIVATION IF STORMS APPROACH YOUR AREA.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 3, 12:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage | 65 min |
| Jul 3, 1:07 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Osage | 28 min |
| Jul 3, 1:20 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Washington | 40 min |
| Jul 3, 2:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Nowata | 40 min |
| Jul 3, 2:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Nowata | 31 min |
| Jul 3, 6:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Cherokee | 47 min |
| Jul 3, 6:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Adair | 50 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.