Alert archive / Oklahoma / Flash Flood Warnings in 1995
Flash Flood Warning 52, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this flash flood warning at Sep 7, 1995, 2:04 AM CDT for Osage County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 7, 1995, 2:04 AM CDT (07:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 7, 1995, 5:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Whole counties
County Osage County, OK
The nearest sounding before it
Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 181 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
- 2000 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -131 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1940 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 85 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 305 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 3.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KTUL 070705 FFWTUL OKC113-071000- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 204 AM CDT THU SEP 7 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 500 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA ...NORTHERN AND EASTERN OSAGE COUNTY INTENSE RAINFALL CONTINUES ACROSS NORTHERN AND EASTERN PARTS OF OSAGE COUNTY. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALLS THROUGH 200 AM HAVE OCCURRED IN THE PAWHUSKA AND BLUESTEM LAKE AREAS. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINS WILL CONTINUE MOVING SOUTHEAST FROM KANSAS THROUGH 400 AM. SOME AREAS IN THE WARNED AREA MAY RECEIVE UP TO A TOTAL OF 5 INCHES OF RAIN WHICH WILL CAUSE FLOODING PROBLEMS. THE WARNING AREAS GENERALLY INCLUDE THAT PART OF OSAGE COUNTY NORTHEAST OF A LINE FROM BURBANK TO AVANT. 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. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER MAY BE TOO DEEP TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. IF YOUR VEHICLE GETS CAUGHT IN RISING WATER...ABANDONED IT QUICKLY. THEN MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
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 Sep 6, 9:12 PM CDT, 4 hours 52 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 6, 9:12 PM CDT, 4 hours 52 minutes before
EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
909 PM CDT WED SEP 6 1995
SFC ANAL HAS TWO MAIN BNDRYS AT 01Z WHICH WILL AFFECT ERN OK WX
TONITE/THURS. A SFC TROF/WK FRONT SNAKED FROM IA INTO CNTRL KS
AND NW OK. THIS TROF WAS MOVG SLOWLY SE. THE LONG-AWAITED CANADIAN
COLD FRONT WAS MOVG THRU CNTRL NEBRASKA. XPCT FRONT TO CATCH UP
TO THE TROF IN KS TONITE AND MOVE INTO NE OK THURS MORN. AFTN
PKG HAS GUD HANDLE ON FRONTAL TIMING AND WSHFT.
BIG QUESTION IS WHETHER OR NOT WIDESPRD PCPN WILL ACCOMPANY THIS
SYSM. STG CAP EVIDENT ON OUN SNDG THIS EVE HAS PROHIBITED DVLPMENT
OVR NW OK SO FAR DESPITE PERSISTENT AND STRONG MSTR FLUX CONVERGENCE.
EVE UA DATA SUGGESTS THE CAP WILL NOT BE BROKEN BEFORE COOLER H7
TEMPS ARRIVE SOMETIME TOWARD 12Z THURS. SGF SNDG HAD MUCH WEAKER
CAP BUT LESS LO LVL MSTR. SO PROSPECTS FOR TRW WITH UPDRAFTS ROOTED
IN BLYR LOOK LOW UNTIL LATE TONITE OR EARLY THURS MORN.
DESPITE THE ABOVE NEGATIVE FACTORS FOR PRECIP...HAVE OPTED TO NOT
MAKE ANY BIG CHGS TO 1ST PD POPS. 700 MB UPR AIR MAP AND PROFILER
WINDS INDICATE A MID LVL TROF OVR CNTRL KS AND THE TX PANHANDLE
ASSD WITH THE SFC TROF. PLENTY OF MID LVL CLDINESS HAS DVLPD THIS
EVE ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE TROF OVR ERN KS AND OK. AS THE FRONTAL
SYSM MOVES INTO KS TONITE...EXPCT SCTD ELEVATED CONVECTION TO
DVLP IN THE BAROCLINIC ZN AND SPRD SEWD. SCTD SHOWERS AND TRW
SHUD BECOME MORE NMRS IN NE OK TOWARD MORNING AS FRONTAL SYSM AND
COOLER AIR ALF MOVE SEWD. PSBL BEGINNINGS TO THE MID LVL CONVECTION
HAVE SHOWN UP ON 88D BETWEEN ICT AND CNU AT 0207Z.
NO CHGS TO LATER PDS OF FCST.
/9
.TUL...NONE.In the hours before
Special weather statement, Sep 6, 11:15 PM CDT, 2 hours 49 minutes before
ARZ001-002-010-011-019-029-OKZ054>071-070600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED DATE... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 1115 PM CDT WED SEP 6 1995 ...COOLER WEATHER AND A CHANCE OF RAIN COMING... SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND PARTS OF NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA TONIGHT. AT 1115 PM...THE SHOWERS AND STORMS WERE CONFINED TO THE EXTREME NORTHERN PARTS OF OSAGE AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES. AREAS NORTH OF BARTLESVILLE AND PAWHUSKA WERE RECEIVING RAIN. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE BRIEF GUSTY WINDS...AS WELL AS FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAIN. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN EXTREME NORTHERN OKLAHOMA WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THE SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WAS DEVELOPING AHEAD OF A STRONG FRONTAL SYSTEM. AT 11 PM...THE COLD FRONT WAS MOVING INTO EXTREME NORTHERN KANSAS. TEMPERATURES BEHIND THE FRONT WERE FALLING INTO THE 50S AND 60S. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL GRADUALLY SPREAD SOUTHWARD ACROSS NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS TONIGHT. SCATTERED SHOWERS WILL MOVE INTO THE TULSA AREA AROUND 300 AM...AND INTO THE FAYETTEVILLE ARKANSAS AREA AFTER 500 AM. THE COLD FRONT WILL BRING NORTH WINDS AND COOLER AIR TO EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS ON THURSDAY. THE FRONT WILL MOVE INTO NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA THURSDAY MORNING...AND THROUGH MOST OF SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS THURSDAY AFTERNOON. IF IT RAINS IN TULSA TONIGHT OR THURSDAY...IT WILL BE THE FIRST DAY SINCE AUGUST 6 THAT MEASURABLE RAIN HAS FALLEN.
Special weather statement, Sep 6, 11:17 PM CDT, 2 hours 47 minutes before
ARZ001-002-010-011-019-029-OKZ054>071-070600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 1115 PM CDT WED SEP 6 1993 ...COOLER WEATHER AND A CHANCE OF RAIN COMING... SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND PARTS OF NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA TONIGHT. AT 1115 PM...THE SHOWERS AND STORMS WERE CONFINED TO THE EXTREME NORTHERN PARTS OF OSAGE AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES. AREAS NORTH OF BARTLESVILLE AND PAWHUSKA WERE RECEIVING RAIN. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE BRIEF GUSTY WINDS...AS WELL AS FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAIN. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN EXTREME NORTHERN OKLAHOMA WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THE SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WAS DEVELOPING AHEAD OF A STRONG FRONTAL SYSTEM. AT 11 PM...THE COLD FRONT WAS MOVING INTO EXTREME NORTHERN KANSAS. TEMPERATURES BEHIND THE FRONT WERE FALLING INTO THE 50S AND 60S. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL GRADUALLY SPREAD SOUTHWARD ACROSS NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS TONIGHT. SCATTERED SHOWERS WILL MOVE INTO THE TULSA AREA AROUND 300 AM...AND INTO THE FAYETTEVILLE ARKANSAS AREA AFTER 500 AM. THE COLD FRONT WILL BRING NORTH WINDS AND COOLER AIR TO EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS ON THURSDAY. THE FRONT WILL MOVE INTO NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA THURSDAY MORNING...AND THROUGH MOST OF SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS THURSDAY AFTERNOON. IF IT RAINS IN TULSA TONIGHT OR TrHURSDAY...IT WILL BE THE FIRST DAY SINCE AUGUST 6 THAT MEASURABLE RAIN HAS FALLEN.
Special weather statement, Sep 6, 11:19 PM CDT, 2 hours 45 minutes before
ARZ001-002-010-011-019-029-OKZ054>071-070600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED DATE... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 1115 PM CDT WED SEP 6 1995 ...COOLER WEATHER AND A CHANCE OF RAIN COMING... SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND PARTS OF NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA TONIGHT. AT 1115 PM...THE SHOWERS AND STORMS WERE CONFINED TO THE EXTREME NORTHERN PARTS OF OSAGE AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES. AREAS NORTH OF BARTLESVILLE AND PAWHUSKA WERE RECEIVING RAIN. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE BRIEF GUSTY WINDS...AS WELL AS FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAIN. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN EXTREME NORTHERN OKLAHOMA WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THE SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WAS DEVELOPING AHEAD OF A STRONG FRONTAL SYSTEM. AT 11 PM...THE COLD FRONT WAS MOVING INTO EXTREME NORTHERN KANSAS. TEMPERATURES BEHIND THE FRONT WERE FALLING INTO THE 50S AND 60S. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL GRADUALLY SPREAD SOUTHWARD ACROSS NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS TONIGHT. SCATTERED SHOWERS WILL MOVE INTO THE TULSA AREA AROUND 300 AM...AND INTO THE FAYETTEVILLE ARKANSAS AREA AFTER 500 AM. THE COLD FRONT WILL BRING NORTH WINDS AND COOLER AIR TO EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS ON THURSDAY. THE FRONT WILL MOVE INTO NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA THURSDAY MORNING...AND THROUGH MOST OF SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS THURSDAY AFTERNOON. IF IT RAINvS IN TULSA TONIGHT OR THURSDAY...IT WILL BE THE FIRST DAY SINCE AUGUST 6 THAT MEASURABLE RAIN HAS FALLEN.
Local storm report, Sep 7, 1:11 AM CDT, 53 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
108 AM CDT THU SEP 7 1995
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1248 AM 2 NW OF PAWHUSKA v OK 0.88 INCH HAIL
09/07/95 OSAGEThe office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 6, 11:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage | 41 min |
| Sep 7, 12:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage | 40 min |
| Sep 7, 12:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage | 51 min |
| Sep 7, 1:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage | 49 min |
| Sep 7, 3:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek, Pawnee | 44 min |
| Sep 7, 3:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Tulsa | 49 min |
| Sep 7, 3:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek | 31 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.