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Flash Flood Warning 30, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this flash flood warning at Nov 6, 1996, 1:58 PM CST for Creek County, Tulsa County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 6, 1996, 1:58 PM CST (19:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 6, 1996, 5:00 PM CST
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Creek County, OK, Tulsa County, OK
The radar
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 143 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
- 627 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -25 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 521 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 62 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 312 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 347 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.2
- Supercell composite
- 5.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KTUL 062001 FFWTUL OKC037-131-143-062300- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 158 PM CST WED NOV 6 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 500 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA ...CREEK COUNTY...ROGERS COUNTY...TULSA COUNTY TWO TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN OVER PARTS OF TULSA...CREEK...AND ROGERS COUNTIES DURING THE PAST SEVERAL HOURS. SOME STREETS IN NORTHERN TULSA HAVE COVERED WITH WATER AND HAVE BECOME IMPASSABLE. MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED IN SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA...AND WILL MOVE TO THE NORTHEAST THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON. RESIDENTS IN THE WARNED COUNTIES SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO THE POSSIBILITY OF RISING FLOOD WATERS...AND SHOULD BE PREPARED TO SEEK SAFETY IMMEDIATELY IF FLOOD WATERS APPROACH. 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. KEEP TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR THE LATElST 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 Nov 6, 10:23 AM CST, 3 hours 35 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Nov 6, 10:23 AM CST, 3 hours 35 minutes before
EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 1020 AM CST WED NOV 6 1996 TSRA/SHRA HAVE DEVELOPED THIS MORNING OVER NE OK IN AREA OF WARM MOIST ADVECTION IN THE LOW LEVELS. AT THIS TIME THE COLD FRONT HAS ENTERED OSAGE COUNTY AND IS PROGRESSING QUICKLY TO THE SOUTHEAST... HOWEVER THE BAND OF HEAVIEST RAINFALL IS BEHIND THE FRONT. FROPA IS MOVING A LITTLE FASTER THAN CURRENT FORECAST SO WILL UPDATE ZONES THIS MORNING TO BETTER TIME WINDSHIFT AND TWEAK TEMPS SOME. TEMPERATURES HAVE FALLEN INTO THE MID 50S IN OSAGE COUNTY BEHIND THE FRONT SO WILL INDICATE FALLING TEMPS WITH FROPA. POPS AND HEAVY RAINFALL CURRENTLY IN FORECAST SEEM REASONABLE...AND HAVE BEEN PONDERING FFA FOR THE AREA. AT THIS TIME BELIEVE...AS NATIONAL GUIDANCE SUGGESTS...THAT GREATEST FLASH FLOOD POTENTIAL WILL BE IN THE SOUTHEAST WHERE LOW-LEVEL WAA WILL COUPLE WITH BETTER UPPER DYNAMICS. HOWEVER...DON'T FEEL THAT THE BIG RAINS WILL OCCUR MUCH BEFORE ISSUANCE OF AFTERNOON PACKAGE...SO WILL HOLD OFF ON FFA NOW...AND WILL GET MORE THOROUGH LOOK AT MORNING MODELS. ...19... .TUL... OK...NONE. AR...NONE.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Nov 6, 12:30 PM CST, 1 hour 28 minutes before
ARZ001-002-010-011-019-029-OKZ054>077-071200- EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 1230 PM CST WED NOV 6 1996 A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY TONIGHT OVER NORTHWEST ARKANSAS AND PARTS OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA. THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE CONFINED TO NORTHWEST ARKANSAS AND THAT PART OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM GROVE TO HENRYETTA. FORT SMITH...FAYETTEVILLE...AND MCALESTER COULD BE AFFECTED BY STRONG OR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH EARLY TONIGHT. EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...A COLD FRONT EXTENDED WAS MOVING SOUTHWARD ACROSS NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA. THE FRONT WAS MOVING THROUGH TULSA AND EXTENDED FROM NORTHWEST OF VINITA TO NEAR BRISTOW AT NOON. THE FRONT WILL MOVE SLOWLY TO THE SOUTH THIS AFTERNOON AND MAY BE THE FOCUS FOR STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LATER TODAY. THE COLD FRONT SHOULD MOVE INTO THE MCALESTER AREA AROUND 400 PM...FAYETTEVILLE AROUND 7 OR 8 PM...AND FORT SMITH AROUND 9 OR 10 PM. THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WILL BE RELATED TO HOW MUCH WARMING CAN OCCUR AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT THIS AFTERNOON. EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...BREAKS IN THE LOW CLOUDS WERE DEVELOPING ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. IF SURFACE TEMPERATURES CAN WARM INTO THE MID AND UPPER 70S OVER A LARGE PART OF SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS...THERE WILL BE ENOUGH INSTABILITY FOR A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. LARGE HAIL AND STRONG WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH ANY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH EARLY TONIGHT. IN ADDITION...THE JET STREAM WINDS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THUNDERSTORMS TO REPEATEDLY DEVELOP AND MOVE OVER THE SAME AREAS...WITH FLASH FLOODING A POSSIBILITY. THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL END OVER NORTHWEST ARKANSAS BEFORE MIDNIGHT...BUT THE HEAVY RAIN THREAT WILL CONTINUE OVER MUCH OF THE AREA THROUGH THE NIGHT. STORM SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCIES IN EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS SHOULD MONITOR THE LATEST STATEMENTS AND FORECASTS CONCERNING THIS WEATHER SITUATION. THEY ALSO SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR ACTIVATION THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY TONIGHT. THIS IS A SPECIAL ISSUANCE OF THE EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK. THESE OUTLOOKS ARE ISSUED ROUTINELY DURING THE SPRING...AND AT OTHER TIMES OF THE YEAR AS NEEDED.
Special weather statement, Nov 6, 12:30 PM CST, 1 hour 28 minutes before
ARZ001-002-010-011-019-029-OKZ054>077-071200- EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...COR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 3RD PARA... 1230 PM CST WED NOV 6 1996 A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY TONIGHT OVER NORTHWEST ARKANSAS AND PARTS OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA. THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE CONFINED TO NORTHWEST ARKANSAS AND THAT PART OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM GROVE TO HENRYETTA. FORT SMITH...FAYETTEVILLE...AND MCALESTER COULD BE AFFECTED BY STRONG OR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH EARLY TONIGHT. EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...A COLD FRONT WAS MOVING SOUTHWARD ACROSS NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA. THE FRONT HAD MOVED THROUGH TULSA AND EXTENDED FROM NORTHWEST OF VINITA TO NEAR BRISTOW AT NOON. THE FRONT WILL MOVE SLOWLY TO THE SOUTH THIS AFTERNOON AND MAY BE THE FOCUS FOR STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY. THE COLD FRONT SHOULD MOVE INTO THE MCALESTER AREA AROUND 400 PM...FAYETTEVILLE AROUND 7 OR 8 PM...AND FORT SMITH AROUND 9 OR 10 PM. THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WILL BE RELATED TO HOW MUCH WARMING CAN OCCUR AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT THIS AFTERNOON. EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...BREAKS IN THE LOW CLOUDS WERE DEVELOPING ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. IF SURFACE TEMPERATURES CAN WARM INTO THE MID AND UPPER 70S OVER A LARGE PART OF SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS...THERE WILL BE ENOUGH INSTABILITY FOR A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. LARGE HAIL AND STRONG WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH ANY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH EARLY TONIGHT. IN ADDITION...THE JET STREAM WINDS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THUNDERSTORMS TO REPEATEDLY DEVELOP AND MOVE OVER THE SAME AREAS...WITH FLASH FLOODING A POSSIBILITY. THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL END OVER NORTHWEST ARKANSAS BEFORE MIDNIGHT...BUT THE HEAVY RAIN THREAT WILL CONTINUE OVER MUCH OF THE AREA THROUGH THE NIGHT. STORM SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCIES IN EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS SHOULD MONITOR THE LATEST STATEMENTS AND FORECASTS CONCERNING THIS WEATHER SITUATION. THEY ALSO SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR ACTIVATION THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY TONIGHT. THIS IS A SPECIAL ISSUANCE OF THE EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK. THESE OUTLOOKS ARE ISSUED ROUTINELY DURING THE SPRING...AND AT OTHER TIMES OF THE YEAR AS NEEDED.
Special weather statement, Nov 6, 12:31 PM CST, 1 hour 27 minutes before
ARZ001-002-010-011-019-029-OKZ054>077-071200- EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 1230 PM CST WED NOV 6 1996 A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY TONIGHT OVER NORTHWEST ARKANSAS AND PARTS OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA. THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE CONFINED TO NORTHWEST ARKANSAS AND THAT PART OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM GROVE TO HENRYETTA. FORT SMITH...FAYETTEVILLE...AND MCALESTER COULD BE AFFECTED BY STRONG OR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH EARLY TONIGHT. EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...A COLD FRONT EXTENDED WAS MOVING SOUTHWARD ACROSS NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA. THE FRONT WAS MOVING THROUGH TULSA AND EXTENDED FROM NORTHWEST OF VINITA TO NEAR BRISTOW AT NOON. THE FRONT WILL MOVE SLOWLY TO THE SOUTH THIS AFTERNOON AND MAY BE THE FOCUS FOR STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LATER TODAY. THE COLD FRONT SHOULD MOVE INTO THE MCALESTER AREA AROUND 400 PM...FAYETTEVILLE AROUND 7 OR 8 PM...AND FORT SMITH AROUND 9 OR 10 PM. THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WILL BE RELATED TO HOW MUCH WARMING CAN OCCUR AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT THIS AFTERNOON. EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...BREAKS IN THE LOW CLOUDS WERE DEVELOPING ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. IF SURFACE TEMPERATURES CAN WARM INTO THE MID AND UPPER 70S OVER A LARGE PART OF SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS...THERE WILL BE ENOUGH INSTABILITY FOR A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. LARGE HAIL AND STRONG WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH ANY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH EARLY TONIGHT. IN ADDITION...THE JET STREAM WINDS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THUNDERSTORMS TO REPEATEDLY DEVELOP AND MOVE OVER THE SAME AREAS...WITH FLASH FLOODING A POSSIBILITY. THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL END OVER NORTHWEST ARKANSAS BEFORE MIDNIGHT...BUT THE HEAVY RAIN THREAT WILL CONTINUE OVER MUCH OF THE AREA THROUGH THE NIGHT. STORM SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCIES IN EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS SHOULD MONITOR THE LATEST STATEMENTS AND FORECASTS CONCERNING THIS WEATHER SITUATION. THEY ALSO SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR ACTIVATION THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY TONIGHT. THIS IS A SPECIAL ISSUANCE \OF THE EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK. THESE OUTLOOKS ARE ISSUED ROUTINELY DURING THE SPRING...AND AT OTHER TIMES OF THE YEAR AS NEEDED.
Special weather statement, Nov 6, 12:43 PM CST, 1 hour 15 minutes before
ARZ001-002-010-011-019-029-OKZ054>077-071200- EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...COR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 3RD PARA... 1230 PM CST WED NOV 6 1996 A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY TONIGHT OVER NORTHWEST ARKANSAS AND PARTS OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA. THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE CONFINED TO NORTHWEST ARKANSAS AND THAT PART OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM GROVE TO HENRYETTA. FORT SMITH...FAYETTEVILLE...AND MCALESTER COULD BE AFFECTED BY STRONG OR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH EARLY TONIGHT. EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...A COLD FRONT WAS MOVING SOUTHWARD ACROSS NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA. THE FRONT HAD MOVED THROUGH TULSA AND EXTENDED FROM NORTHWEST OF VINITA TO NEAR BRISTOW AT NOON. THE FRONT WILL MOVE SLOWLY TO THE SOUTH THIS AFTERNOON AND MAY BE THE FOCUS FOR STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY. THE COLD FRONT SHOULD MOVE INTO THE MCALESTER AREA AROUND 400 PM...FAYETTEVILLE AROUND 7 OR 8 PM...AND FORT SMITH AROUND 9 OR 10 PM. THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WILL BE RELATED TO HOW MUCH WARMING CAN OCCUR AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT THIS AFTERNOON. EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...BREAKS IN THE LOW CLOUDS WERE DEVELOPING ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. IF SURFACE TEMPERATURES CAN WARM INTO THE MID AND UPPER 70S OVER A LARGE PART OF SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS...THERE WILL BE ENOUGH INSTABILITY FOR A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. LARGE HAIL AND STRONG WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH ANY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH EARLY TONIGHT. IN ADDITION...THE JET STREAM WINDS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THUNDERSTORMS TO REPEATEDLY DEVELOP AND MOVE OVER THE SAME AREAS...WITH FLASH FLOODING A POSSIBILITY. THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL END OVER NORTHWEST ARKANSAS BEFORE MIDNIGHT...BUT THE HEAVY RAIN THREAT WILL CONTINUE OVER MUCH OF THE AREA THROUGH THE NIGHT. STORM SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCIES IN EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS SHOULD MONITOR THE LATEST STATEMENTS AND FORECASTS CONCERNING THIS WEATHER SITUATION. THEY ALSO SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR ACTIVATION THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY TONIGHT. T~HIS IS A SPECIAL ISSUANCE OF THE EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK. THESE OUTLOOKS ARE ISSUED ROUTINELY DURING THE SPRING...AND AT OTHER TIMES OF THE YEAR AS NEEDED.
Local storm report, Nov 6, 1:46 PM CST, 12 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
146 PM CST WED NOV 06 1996
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0143 PM OWASSO OK
11/06/96 TULSA TEST...TEST...Local storm report, Nov 6, 1:47 PM CST, 11 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
146 PM CST WED NOV 06 1996
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0143 PM F OWASSO OK
11/06/96 TULSA TEST...TEST...The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 6, 1:58 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Rogers | 3 hr |
| Nov 6, 3:31 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Delaware, Ottawa | 3 hr |
| Nov 6, 3:31 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Mayes | 3 hr |
| Nov 6, 4:38 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Rogers, Tulsa, Wagoner | 3 hr |
| Nov 6, 4:38 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Creek | 3 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Oklahoma, 1996Every flash flood warning in 1996
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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.