Flash Flood Warning 50, NWS Tulsa, OK

Issued

Oct 5, 1998, 4:35 AM CDT (09:35 UTC)

Expired

Oct 5, 1998, 8:00 AM CDT

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Tulsa, OK

Area

Whole counties

Counties Nowata County, OK, Rogers County, OK, Washington County, OK

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

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TTAA00 KTUL 050942
FFWTUL
ARC007-OKC021-035-037-041-097-105-113-115-117-131-143-145-147-051300-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR
     CHEROKEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
     CRAIG COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
     TULSA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
     WAGONER COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
     ROGERS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
     MAYES COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
     WASHINGTON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
     OTTAWA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
     CREEK COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
     NOWATA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
     PAWNEE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
     OSAGE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
     DELAWARE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
     BENTON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS

* UNTIL 800 AM CDT

* VERY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES TO SOAK PARTS OF NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND 
NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. RADAR ESTIMATES AND RAINFALL REPORTS INDICATE 
THAT AS MUCH AS SIX TO SEVEN INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN SOME 
LOCATIONS. AS THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND MOVE OVER THE 
SAME AREAS...ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN WILL OCCUR AND LEAD TO FLASH 
FLOODING.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY
ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER
LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS
IMMINENT. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT
ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS
THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL
ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGER GROUND.

NWS Tulsa, OK wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Oct 5, 3:55 AM CDT, 40 minutes earlier.

EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1010 AM CDT MON OCT 5 1998

HEAVY RAIN HAS SHIFTED SOUTHEAST AND IS STILL MAKING PROGRESS
EASTWARD. HOWEVER BIG PIECE OF ENERGY STILL TO ROUND BASE OF
UPPER TROF AND MOVE ACROSS SOUTHERN PLAINS THIS AFTERNOON AND
TONIGHT. SURFACE COLD FRONT WAS EXTENDED FROM NEAR MIAMI TO
OKEMAH BUT 850 MB TROF IS STILL NORTHWEST OF THE FORECAST
AREA. SCATTERED SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND MOVE
NORTHEAST OVER NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA WITH MAIN AREAS OF
THUNDERSTORMS AND HEAVY RAINS SOUTHEAST OF CURRENT POSITION
OF SURFACE COLD FRONT. DUE TO CURRENT RUNOFF AND FLASH FLOOD
WARNINGS IN EFFECT WON'T CANCEL  ANY OF THE FFA AT THIS
TIME...BUT THREAT WILL HAVE SHIFTED INTO SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS THIS AFTERNOON...SO PLAN ON SHAVING
OFF NORTHWEST PART OF WATCH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON.

WILL UPDATE ZONES TO LOWER MAXES BEHIND COLD FRONT WHERE CLOUDS
SCATTERED SHOWERS WILL KEEP TEMPERATURES FROM RISING MUCH.
TEMPERATURES SHOULD BE STEADY OR FALL WITH PRECIP OVER THE
REST OF THE AREA...EXCEPT NEAR RED RIVER WHERE SUNSHINE
COULD LET TEMPS WARM INTO MID 80S. THREAT FOR SEVERE SHOULD
BE LIMITED TO THAT AREA...BUT WILL HAVE TO MONITOR LEADING
EDGE OF STORMS FOR POSSIBLE INTENSIFICATION. UPDATED ZONES
SHOULD BE OUT BY 11AM.

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

AR...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR TODAY 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.