Flash Flood Warning 33, NWS Tulsa, OK

Issued

Sep 14, 1998, 3:18 AM CDT (08:18 UTC)

Expired

Sep 14, 1998, 6:15 AM CDT

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Tulsa, OK

Area

Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Ottawa County, OK

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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000 
TTAA00 KTUL 140822
FFWTUL
OKC115-141115-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
318 AM CDT MON SEP 14 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR
     OTTAWA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA

* UNTIL 615 AM CDT

* AT 318 AM CDT RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUING TO
FALL OVER MUCH OF OTTAWA COUNTY. RAIN HAS BEEN FALLING AT
RATES UP TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR IN THIS AREA WITH UP TO 6 INCHES
OF RAIN IN SOME LOCATIONS SINCE SUNDAY MORNING. THE RUNOFF WILL
CAUSE RAPID RISES ON CREEKS IN THE WARNING AREA WITH FLOODING
OF LOW LYING AREAS. LOW WATER CROSSINGS WILL BE VERY
DANGEROUS.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE... PICHER...CARDIN...QUAPAW...
  OTTAWA...WYANDOTTE...COMMERCE AND MIAMI

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT
QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOTOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY
IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.

LAT...LON 3691 9500 3676 9480 3665 9463 3685 9463
          3696 9480 3711 9500

NWS Tulsa, OK wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Sep 13, 8:30 PM CDT, 6 hours 48 minutes earlier.

EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
830 PM CDT SUN SEP 13 1998

FLASH FLOOD WATCH WILL BE CONTINUED THROUGH TONIGHT.

REMNANT OF FRANCES STUBBORNLY EDGING ACROSS RED RIVER THIS EVENING
AND WILL CONTINUE TO SHEAR OUT ALONG A N/S AXIS ACROSS CENTRAL OK.
MOST IMPORTANT FEATURE WILL BE THE STRONG LOW LEVEL JET TO THE EAST
OF THE LOW PUMPING MORE TROPICAL MOISTURE NORTHWARD.  PROFILERS SHOW
SOUTHERLY 850 MB WINDS 30-40 KT ALREADY WHICH MESOETA INCREASES TO
50 KT OVERNIGHT.  NORTHWARD MOVING TROPICAL SHRA WILL TRAIN ACROSS
OK/AR BORDER ZONES THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT.  THUS...LOOKING FOR AMOUNTS
NEAR FFG VALUES IN EASTERN OK AND WESTERN AR BY MONDAY MORNING.
WITH APPROACHING S/WV IN CO/WY...BELIEVE EX-FRANCES MAY GET DRAWN
BACK WEST A BIT AND PULL HEAVIER PRECIP ALONG WITH IT.  PRECIP WILL
BE ENHANCED BY CONVERGENCE ALONG THE SFC SHEAR ZONE IN CENTRAL OK.
THEREFORE I'VE PUT GREATEST QPF AMOUNTS TO THE WEST OF OK/AR
BORDER...BUT FSM AND FYV SHOULD GET THEIR FAIR SHARE OF HEAVY RAIN
TONIGHT...AS WELL.

LOW SHOULD BE SWEPT TO THE NE WITH APPROACHING S/WV ON MONDAY
AFTERNOON...SO IF WE CAN MAKE IT THROUGH TONIGHT WITH NO
FLOODING...WE SHOULD BE IN GOOD SHAPE ON MONDAY.  STILL THE CHANCE FOR
LINGERING SHOWERS ON MONDAY...BUT PRECIP AMOUNTS WILL BE TOLERABLE.

TEMPS AND POPS FROM PREVIOUS PKG LOOK GOOD.  SEE NO REASON TO UPDATE
FORECAST.  WILL ISSUE FFS AROUND 9 DPM.

FCSTID = 27

.TUL...
OK...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR TONIGHT FOR ZONES OKZ049...OKZ053>077.

AR...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR TONIGHT FOR ZONES ARZ001>002...
ARZ010>011...ARZ019>020...ARZ029.

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

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.