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Flash Flood Warning 15, NWS Tulsa, OK

May 25, 1998Osage County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this flash flood warning at May 25, 1998, 12:13 AM CDT for Osage County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 2 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
May 25, 1998, 12:13 AM CDT (05:13 UTC)
Expired
May 25, 1998, 2:15 AM CDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Whole counties

County Osage County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:16 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 00:00Z, 5.2 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Norman, OK at 00:00Z on 1998-05-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3427 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Norman, OK at 00:00Z on 1998-05-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 75 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
3427 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-40 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1455 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
75 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
162 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.4
Supercell composite
16.4

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KTUL 250515
FFWTUL
OKC113-250715-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1213 AM CDT MON MAY 25 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN OSAGE COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA

* UNTIL 215 AM CDT

* AT 1210 AM... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN NEAR BURBANK... MOVING EAST AT
  25 MPH.

* NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL HAVE MOVED ACROSS
  NORTHERN OSAGE COUNTY TONIGHT.  RADAR ESTIMATES OF 2
  TO 4 INCHES HAVE ALREADY FALLEN.  ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WITH
  VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL MOVE OVER THE SAME AREAS PRODUCING AN
  ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES THROUGH 200 AM.

DON'T DRIVE ACROSS FLOODED ROADS! MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN
AUTOMOBILES.

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 May 24, 11:11 PM CDT, 1 hour 2 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 24, 11:11 PM CDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before
FPUS3 KTUL 250415
AFDTUL

EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1111 PM CDT SUN MAY 24 1998

UPDATED ZNS TO ISSUE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR NE OK OVERNIGHT.
SLOW MVNG TSRA EXPECTED TO CONT TO TRAIN OVER SAME AREAS N
OF SFC FNT. ZNS ALREADY ISSUED. FFA OUT SOON.
FCSTID = 13

.TUL...
OK...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR TONIGHT FOR ZONES OKZ054>063...OKZ067>069.

AR...NONE.

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 24, 10:52 PM CDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA, OK
1052 PM CDT SUN MAY 24 1998

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0935 PM    SOUTH COFFEYVILLE         OK   0.88 INCH HAIL
05/24/98   NOWATA
Local storm report, May 24, 10:52 PM CDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA, OK
1052 PM CDT SUN MAY 24 1998

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0935 PM    SOUTH COFFEYVILLE         OK   0.88 INCH HAIL
05/24/98   NOWATA
Local storm report, May 24, 10:55 PM CDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA, OK
1055 PM CDT SUN MAY 24 1998

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

1005 PM    FORAKER                   OK   1.00 INCH HAIL
05/24/98   NOWATA
Local storm report, May 24, 10:55 PM CDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA, OK
1055 PM CDT SUN MAY 24 1998

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

1005 PM    FORAKER                   OK   1.00 INCH HAIL
05/24/98   NOWATA
Local storm report, May 24, 11:21 PM CDT, 52 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA, OK
1120 PM CST SUN MAY 24 1998

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

1106 PM    5 NW PAWHUSKA     B        OK   70 MPH WIND GUST
05/24/98   OSAGE
Local storm report, May 24, 11:31 PM CDT, 42 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA, OK
1130 PM CST SUN MAY 24 1998

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

1125 PM    COPAN             l        OK   60 MPH WIND GUST
05/24/98   OSAGE

The office that day

Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 24, 8:53 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAOsage52 min
May 24, 9:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSANowata63 min
May 24, 9:34 PM CDTTornado WarningTSANowata41 min
May 24, 9:40 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAOsage65 min
May 24, 9:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACraig37 min
May 24, 10:43 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAOsage62 min
May 24, 10:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACraig48 min
May 24, 11:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSANowata, Washington50 min
May 24, 11:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage44 min
May 25, 12:19 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACraig41 min
May 25, 12:32 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage43 min
May 25, 12:43 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSADelaware, Ottawa47 min
May 25, 1:12 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage, Washington48 min
May 25, 1:31 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSANowata, Rogers44 min
May 25, 2:25 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMayes50 min
May 25, 2:54 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSADelaware36 min
May 25, 4:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage, Pawnee50 min
May 25, 4:59 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage, Pawnee46 min
May 25, 6:01 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSATulsa44 min

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.