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Flash Flood Warning 23, NWS Tulsa, OK

June 18, 1998Latimer County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this flash flood warning at Jun 18, 1998, 11:50 PM CDT for Latimer County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 100 min. 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 18, 1998, 11:50 PM CDT (04:50 UTC)
Expired
Jun 19, 1998, 1:30 AM CDT
In force
100 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Whole counties

County Latimer County, OK

The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 4.8 hours before the alert went out and 199 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 1998-06-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 1998-06-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 21 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
3904 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
21 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
224 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KTUL 190451
FFWTUL
OKC077-190630-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1150 PM CDT THU JUN 18 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  LATIMER COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA

* UNTIL 130 AM CDT

* AT 1148 PM...NWS RADAR HAS ESTIMATED OVER 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAS
FALLEN OVER SOUTHERN AND WESTERN PARTS OF LATIMER COUNTY. ADDITIONAL
STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 1230 AM
PRODUCING ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN. PERSONS IN LATIMER COUNTY
SHOULD REFRAIN FROM TRAVELING UNTIL THE RAIN AND WATERS SUBSIDE.


BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGER OF FLOODING.

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO
CROSS SAFELY AND THE ROAD BENEATH MAY NOT BE INTACT. VEHICLES
CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. IT ONLY. TAKES
A FOOT OR TWO OF FLOWING WATER TO WASH MOST CARS AWAY. REMEMBER...
MOST DEATHS IN FLASH FLOODING 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 Jun 18, 8:00 PM CDT, 3 hours 50 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 18, 8:00 PM CDT, 3 hours 50 minutes before
FPUS3 KTUL 190057
AFDTUL

EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
800 PM CDT THU JUN 18 1998

WILL UPDATE ZONES SHORTLY TO ADJUST 1ST PERIOD POPS FOR CURRENT
TRENDS. COLD FRONT/DRYLINE NOW STARTING TO RETREAT SLIGHTLY BACK TO
THE WEST SO WILL ALSO ADJUST WINDS AND MIN TEMPS TONIGHT FOR THESE
TRENDS. ALSO ADDED SOME CLOUDS WHERE POPS ARE MENTIONED FRIDAY NIGHT.
HAVE NOT LOOKED AT MUCH ELSE SO WILL SAVE ANY OTHER CHANGES UNTIL
LATER.

.TUL...
OK...NONE.
AR...NONE.

PLATE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 18, 7:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACherokee64 min
Jun 18, 7:15 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAMuskogee, Wagoner30 min
Jun 18, 7:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOttawa37 min
Jun 18, 7:33 PM CDTTornado WarningTSACherokee42 min
Jun 18, 7:36 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAMcIntosh, Okmulgee39 min
Jun 18, 7:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMuskogee61 min
Jun 18, 7:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAPittsburg56 min
Jun 18, 7:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOkfuskee51 min
Jun 18, 8:14 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAMcIntosh46 min
Jun 18, 8:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALatimer56 min
Jun 18, 8:40 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAHaskell, Pittsburg50 min
Jun 18, 8:53 PM CDTTornado WarningTSALatimer37 min
Jun 18, 9:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAHaskell, Pittsburg55 min
Jun 18, 9:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSASequoyah37 min
Jun 18, 9:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALeFlore, Pushmataha63 min
Jun 18, 9:31 PM CDTTornado WarningTSALatimer44 min
Jun 18, 9:34 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSALatimer2 hr
Jun 18, 9:42 PM CDTTornado WarningTSASequoyah48 min
Jun 18, 10:07 PM CDTTornado WarningTSALeFlore38 min
Jun 18, 10:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAPushmataha61 min
Jun 18, 10:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAPittsburg40 min
Jun 18, 10:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALatimer38 min
Jun 18, 10:25 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAPittsburg50 min
Jun 18, 10:56 PM CDTTornado WarningTSALatimer49 min
Jun 18, 11:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAPittsburg43 min
Jun 18, 11:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOkmulgee37 min
Jun 18, 11:24 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAPushmataha51 min
Jun 18, 11:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMcIntosh49 min
Jun 18, 11:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALeFlore64 min
Jun 18, 11:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALatimer35 min
Jun 19, 12:07 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAHaskell53 min
Jun 19, 12:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALeFlore46 min
Jun 19, 1:06 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAHaskell54 min
Jun 19, 1:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALatimer, Pittsburg61 min
Jun 19, 1:59 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAHaskell31 min
Jun 19, 2:11 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALeFlore64 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Oklahoma, 1998Every flash flood warning in 1998

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.