Alert archive / Oklahoma / Flash Flood Warnings in 1997
Flash Flood Warning 14, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this flash flood warning at Jun 16, 1997, 10:23 PM CDT for Latimer County, LeFlore County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 4 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
- Jun 16, 1997, 10:23 PM CDT (03:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 17, 1997, 2:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Latimer County, OK, LeFlore County, OK
The nearest sounding before it
Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 224 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
- 3446 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1173 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 23 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 116 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.4
- Supercell composite
- 6.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KTUL 170323 FFWTUL ARC131-OKC091-101-061-077-079-121-170730- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 1023 PM CDT MON JUN 16 1997 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 230 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS ...SEBASTIAN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA ...MCINTOSH COUNTY...MUSKOGEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA ...HASKELL COUNTY...LATIMER COUNTY...LE FLORE COUNTY ...PITTSBURG COUNTY A LARGE AREA OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES TO DEVELOP AND MOVE ACROSS EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS. AT 1020 PM... VERY HEAVY RAINS WERE OCCURRING ACROSS MOST OF THE WARNED AREA. THE HEAVY RAINS WILL CONTINUE UNTIL AT LEAST MIDNIGHT BEFORE THE RAIN BEGINS TO DIMINISH. RADAR ESTIMATES OF 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN IN AN AREA EXTENDINFROM MCALESTER TO NEAR FORT SMITH. THE HEAVIEST RAINS HAVE FALLEN ACROSS NORTHERN PITTSBURG...NORTHERN LATIMER...AND SOUTHERN HASKELL COUNTIES. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN COULD FALL IN THE WARNED AREA TONIGHT. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL QUICKLY RUNOFF AND CAUSE 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'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. 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 16, 3:38 PM CDT, 6 hours 45 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 16, 3:38 PM CDT, 6 hours 45 minutes before
EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 333 PM CDT MON JUN 16 1997 LOOKS LIKE ITS GONNA GET VERY BUSY AROUND HERE OVER NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. SWRN UPR LOW LIFTING OUT...BUT NOT BEFORE GIVING FCSTRS ACROSS THE REGION A FEW HEADACHES. MODELS IN FAIR AGREEMENT IN A WET OVERNIGHT ON INTO TUESDAY ACROSS THE FCST AREA. WL ISSUE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR ERN OK/NWRN AR TONIGHT AND WL MENTION POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE TSRA MOST IF NOT ALL OF THE ZONES. 90 KT UPR JETMAX WL CONTINUE MOVG OUT OF SERN QUAD OF FILLING UPR CIRCULATION...MOVG ACRS FCST AREA OVERNIGHT. FAVORABLE RR QUAD OF UPR JET POSND SUCH THAT SRN 2/3 OF FCST AREA EXPECTED TO SEE HEAVY RAINFALL THRU 12Z. HOWEVER...RAINS FROM LAST NIGHT SATURATED THE GROUND ACRS NRN FCST AREA...SUCH THAT NWRN ZONE FLASH FLOOD GUIDANCES ARE NOW VERY LOW. WL THEREFORE PUT FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR EVERYBODY. AS FAR AS OTHER SVR POTNL...EXTREME INSTABILITY COUPLED WITH MODERATELY STRONG UPR DYNAMICS AND FVBL MID LVL WNDS SUGGEST POTNL OF NMRS SVR TSTMS LATE THIS AFTN AND INTO THE EVENING HRS. WINDS MAY GET BACKED JUST ENOUGH NEAR THE SFC BNDRY POSND FROM SPS TO BVO TO SUGGEST THAT HELICITIES MAY FAVOR TORNADIC TENDENCIES WITH SOME CELLS. WL MENTION POTNL OF SVR ALL ZONES TONIGHT. BUSY LATE AFTN AND NIGHT IN STORE ON THE RADAR. WL KEEP LIKELY POPS IN THRU TOMORROW AS SFC BNDRY AND REFLECTION SLOWLY INCHES EWD AND UPR DYNAMICS MOVE OUT TO E. POPS MORE FAVORED THRU MID DAY ERN OK AND THRU EARLY AFTN WRN AR. WL LEAVE IN A CHC POP FAR SERN ZONES TUE NIGHT FOR LINGERING BNDRY AND LLVL MSTR...BUT MAINLY FOR EARLY. TEMPWISE...WL JUST ADJUST FWC GUIDANCES FOR LOCAL TRENDS AND FOR CLOUDCOVER TOMORROW. OTHER THAN THAT...GENLY ACCEPTED. IN THE EXTENDED...MEDIUM RANGE GUIDANCES SUGGESTING THAT WE WILL BE TRENDING BACK INTO A MORE SUMMERLIKE PATTERN AFTER TUE. HIGHS WL MOVE INTO LWR 90S WITH AMPLE DRY RIDGING IN PLACE TO SUGGEST WARM AND SUNNY DAYS...CLEAR COOL NIGHTS. COORD WITH NWSFO OUN...NWSFO LIT...NWSO SHV. THANKS. /14 PRELIM NUMBERS... TUL 68/83/64/88 87-0 FYV 66/79/60/85 972- FSM 69/83/65/90 972- IDB 70/85/65/88 973- ML"C 70/84/65/91 972- BYV 66/79/60/85 972- BVO 68/83/64/88 77-0 .TUL... OK...FLASH FLOOD WATCH TONIGHT ZONES 054>077. AR...FLASH FLOOD WATCH TONIGHT ZONES 001/002/010/011/019/029.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 16, 4:50 PM CDT, 5 hours 33 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
450 PM CDT TUE JUN 17 1997
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0705 PM HARTFORD AR WIND DAMAGE
06/16/97 SEBASTIAN AT LEAST ONE TREE AND SEVERAL
TREE LIMBS DOWN NEAR HARTFORD
0900 PM 5 W NOWATA OK WIND DAMAGE
06/16/97 NOWATA SEVERAL LARGE TREE LIMBS
BLOWN DOWN DOWN
0905 PM 10 N TALALA OK WIND DAMAGE
06/16/97 ROGERS | TREE BLOWN OVER INTO TRAILERLocal storm report, Jun 16, 5:25 PM CDT, 4 hours 58 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
525 PM CDT TUE JUN 17 1997
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0700 PM WHITEFIELD OK 1.75 INCH HAIL
06/16/97 HASKELL WIND UP TO 60 MPH AROUND
700 TO 715 PM...POWER
OUTAGELocal storm report, Jun 16, 5:35 PM CDT, 4 hours 48 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
535 PM CDT TUE JUN 17 1997
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0855 PM 2 8 S BRISTOW OK .75 INCH HAIL
06/16/97 CREEKLocal storm report, Jun 16, 8:00 PM CDT, 2 hours 23 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
800 PM CDT MON JUN 16 1997
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0745 PM 7 SW BURBANK OK 62 MPH TSTM GUST
06/16/97 OSAGE MEASURED BY OKLAHOMA
MESONET STATIONLocal storm report, Jun 16, 8:04 PM CDT, 2 hours 19 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
800 PM CDT MON JUN 16 1997
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0745 PM 7 SW BURBANK OK 62 MPH TSTM GUST
06/16/97 OSAGE MEASURED BY OKLAHOMA
MESONET STATIONThe office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 7:09 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Haskell, LeFlore | 2 hr |
| Jun 16, 7:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage, Pawnee | 60 min |
| Jun 16, 7:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | LeFlore | 57 min |
| Jun 16, 7:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Sequoyah | 54 min |
| Jun 16, 7:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | LeFlore | 45 min |
| Jun 16, 8:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage | 65 min |
| Jun 16, 8:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Latimer, Pittsburg | 43 min |
| Jun 16, 8:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Nowata, Rogers, Washington | 64 min |
| Jun 16, 8:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek | 45 min |
| Jun 16, 8:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | LeFlore | 52 min |
| Jun 16, 8:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Creek, Okfuskee | 51 min |
| Jun 16, 8:44 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Pittsburg | 2 hr |
| Jun 16, 8:56 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore | 109 min |
| Jun 16, 8:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Pittsburg | 46 min |
| Jun 16, 9:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Okmulgee | 50 min |
| Jun 16, 9:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Okfuskee | 41 min |
| Jun 16, 9:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Craig, Nowata, Washington | 52 min |
| Jun 16, 9:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | McIntosh | 48 min |
| Jun 16, 9:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Pittsburg | 61 min |
| Jun 16, 9:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Muskogee | 44 min |
| Jun 16, 9:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | LeFlore | 41 min |
| Jun 16, 9:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Okfuskee | 40 min |
| Jun 16, 10:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Cherokee, Wagoner | 59 min |
| Jun 16, 10:23 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Haskell, McIntosh, Muskogee, Pittsburg | 4 hr |
| Jun 16, 10:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | McIntosh | 48 min |
| Jun 16, 10:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Adair, Cherokee | 62 min |
| Jun 16, 11:36 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Cherokee | 2 hr |
Nearby
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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.