Flash Flood Warning 41, NWS Tulsa, OK

Issued

Oct 5, 1998, 12:11 AM CDT (05:11 UTC)

Expired

Oct 5, 1998, 2:15 AM CDT

In force

2 hr

Issued by

NWS Tulsa, OK

Area

Whole counties

Counties Nowata County, OK, Washington County, OK

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TTAA00 KTUL 050515
FFWTUL
OKC105-143-147-050715-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1211 AM CDT MON OCT 5 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR
     NORTHERN TULSA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
     WASHINGTON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
     NOWATA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA

* UNTIL 215 AM CDT

* DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES THAT VERY HEAVY RAINS HAVE FALLEN OVER 
NORTHERN TULSA...WASHINGTON AND NOWATA COUNTIES DURING THE EVENING. 
REPORTS SHOW THAT OVER FOUR INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN OVER 
PARTS OF THIS AREA. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THIS 
SAME GENERAL AREA AND THESE ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINS WILL CAUSE FLASH 
FLOODING.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...NORMALLY DRY WASHES...AS WELL AS
FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.

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 FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY
IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.

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.