Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Tulsa, OK

EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
920 PM CDT SUN APR 21 1996

WATER VAPOR SHOWS A SHORTWAVE MOVING SLOWLY EAST ACROSS CENTRAL
KANSAS...WESTERN OKLAHOMA AND INTO WEST TEXAS.  MEANWHILE...SURFACE
MAPS SHOW A COLD FRONT FROM JUST WEST OF A TOP-ICT-GAG-DHT LINE
WITH DEW POINTS BETWEEN 60 TO 65 TO ITS SOUTHEAST ACROSS MUCH OF
OKLAHOMA AND INTO NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.  MOISTURE AT 8H SHOULD ALSO
BE PLENTIFUL WITH 12C DEW POINTS AT FTW AND SHV.  KTLX AND KINX 88-
D'S SHOW SCT STRONG TRW ACROSS THE REGION AND EXPECT THIS WILL
CONTINUE UNTIL THE COLD FRONT PASSES LATER TONIGHT AND TOMORROW
MORNING.  THINK FLASH FLOOD THREAT IS MARGINAL BUT WILL KEEP IT
WITH ALL THE STORMS AROUND AND SOME STORMS HAVING THE POTENTIAL TO
PRODUCE A QUICK INCH AND A HALF OR TWO INCHES ON TOP OF PLACES
WHICH MAY HAVE ALREADY HAD STORMS.  THE THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING
WILL END AS THE COLD FRONT PASSES WITH ONLY LINGERING PATCHES OF
LIGHT RAIN REMAINING.  RAIN SHOULD END FROM THE NORTHWEST TOMORROW
AS THE COLD FRONT PUSHES FURTHER SOUTH AND EAST AWAY FROM THE AREA.

.TUL...
OK...FLASH FLOOD WATCH ZNS 54>76 TONIGHT.
AR...FLASH FLOOD WATCH ZNS 1/2/10/11/19/29 TONIGHT.

ABBAS

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
950 PM CDT SUN APR 21 1996

...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF EASTERN
   OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS TONIGHT...

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING EASTERN
OKLAHOMA COUNTIES TONIGHT...

OSAGE...WASHINGTON...PAWNEE...NOWATA...CRAIG...OTTAWA...
DELAWARE...MAYES...ROGERS...TULSA...CREEK....OKFUSKEE....
OKMULGEE...MUSKOGEE...MCINTOSH...WAGONER...ADAIR...CHEROKEE...
HASKELL...LATIMER...LE FLORE...PITTSBURG AND SEQUOYAH.

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH ALSO INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING NORTHWEST
ARKANSAS COUNTIES...

BENTON...CARROLL...CRAWFORD...MADISON...SEBASTIAN AND WASHINGTON.

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR FLASH
FLOODING.  SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS HAVE OCCURRED OVER PARTS OF
EASTERN OKLAHOMA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AND SHOULD SPREAD INTO
NORTHWEST ARKANSAS DURING THE NIGHT.  WITH AN UPPER ATMOSPHERIC
DISTURBANCE MOVING INTO THE AREA FROM THE WEST AND A COLD FRONT
APPROACHING THE AREA FROM THE NORTHWEST...THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD
CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER AND MOVE ACROSS EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND
NORTHWEST ARKANSAS TONIGHT.  THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL FEED UPON AIR
THAT IS RICH IN MOISTURE AND WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LOCALLY
HEAVY RAINS.  THUS...FLASH FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY
IN AREAS WHICH HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED HEAVY RAINS EARLIER IN THE
DAY.

PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA NEED TO MAKE PLANS FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF
FLASH FLOODING TONIGHT...PARTICULARLY IF YOU LIVE IN A FLOOD PRONE
AREA.   IF YOU SHOULD ENCOUNTER FLOODED ROADWAYS...PLEASE DO NOT
DRIVE INTO THE WATER AS THE ROAD UNDERNEAT(H MAY HAVE BEEN WASHED
OUT.  KEEP TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR THE LOCAL MEDIA FOR
POSSIBLE FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS.

OKZ054>056-059-220415-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1050 PM CDT SUN APR 21 1996

...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 218 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING
NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA COUNTIE0S...

PAWNEE...OSAGE...WASHINGTON...AND NOWATA.

THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS SHIFTED TO THE SOUTH AND EAST
OF THESE COUNTIES.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE REST OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA
UNTIL 3 AM.

OKZ057-058-060>062-064-067-220900-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
130 AM CDT MON APR 22 1996

...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 218 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING
NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA COUNTIES...

CREEK...TULSA...WAGONER...ROGERS...CRAIG...MAYES AND OTTAWA.

THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS SHIFTED TO THE SOUTH AND EAST
OF THESE COUNTIES.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE REST OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA
SOUTH AND EAST 4OF THESE COUNTIES UNTIL 300 AM CDT.