Flash Flood Warning 53, NWS Tulsa, OK

Issued

Oct 5, 1998, 7:55 AM CDT (12:55 UTC)

Expired

Oct 5, 1998, 10:45 AM CDT

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Tulsa, OK

Area

Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Creek County, OK, Okfuskee County, OK

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 36 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:58 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.

000 
TTAA00 KTUL 051255
FFWTUL
ARC007-OKC001-021-035-037-041-097-101-107-111-115-131-143-145-051545-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR
     OKFUSKEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
     CHEROKEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
     ADAIR COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
     MUSKOGEE 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
     OTTAWA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
     CREEK COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
     OKMULGEE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
     DELAWARE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
     BENTON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS

* UNTIL 1045 AM CDT

* AT 745 AM CDT RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUING ACROSS A 
LARGE PART OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF ARKANSAS. 
RAINFALL AMOUNTS THROUGH 700 AM HAVE TOTALLED 5 TO 6 INCHES OR MORE 
ACROSS MUCH OF NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA...INCLUDING THE TULSA AREA. 
SERIOUS FLOODING HAS ALREADY BEEN REPORTED IN MANY URBAN AREAS...AND 
ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINS THIS MORNING WILL LEAD TO ADDITIONAL FLOODING 
PROBLEMS.

THE AREA OF RAIN WAS SHIFTING SLOWLY TO THE SOUTHEAST...AND THE 
HEAVY RAINS WILL GRADUALLY END FROM NORTH TO SOUTH ACROSS THE 
MIAMI...TULSA...AND BRISTOW AREAS AFTER 900 AM. 

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.

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

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.

LAT...LON 3548 9642 3535 9625 3559 9575 3573 9497
          3583 9461 3621 9457 3632 9411 3694 9483
          3574 9663

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.