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Flash Flood Warning 19, NWS Tulsa, OK

June 21, 2000Adair County, Delaware County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this flash flood warning at Jun 21, 2000, 2:35 AM CDT for Adair County, Delaware County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 3 hr. 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 21, 2000, 2:35 AM CDT (07:35 UTC)
Expired
Jun 21, 2000, 6:00 AM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Whole counties

Counties Adair County, OK, Delaware County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 118 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, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2000-06-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1026 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2000-06-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 107 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1026 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-12 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1192 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
107 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
148 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.4
Supercell composite
7.5

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The text

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

000 
WGUS54 KTSA 210735
FFWTSA
OKC001-041-211100-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
235 AM CDT WED JUN 21 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR
  ADAIR COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
  DELAWARE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA

* UNTIL 600 AM CDT

* AT 232 AM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN ACROSS MUCH OF DELAWARE AND
  ADAIR COUNTIES MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

  RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATE THAT 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY
  FALLEN OVER THE WARNING AREA. ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE
  POSSIBLE THROUGH 600 AM CDT.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY THE HEAVY RAIN
  INCLUDE WEST SILOAM SPRINGS...BERNICE...GROVE...COLCORD...KANSAS...
  TWIN OAKS...JAY...WATTS...WESTVILLE...PROCTOR...CHRISTIE...BARON
  AND STILWELL.

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.&

CALL 1-800-722-2778 TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 20, 11:25 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSAOttawa3 hr
Jun 21, 12:58 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSAOsage3 hr
Jun 21, 1:21 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSACraig, Nowata3 hr
Jun 21, 5:58 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSAAdair4 hr
Jun 21, 6:50 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSACreek, Osage, Pawnee3 hr
Jun 21, 7:39 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSACherokee, Haskell, LeFlore, Muskogee, Sequoyah3 hr
Jun 21, 9:58 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSAAdair3 hr
Jun 21, 10:49 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSACherokee, Muskogee, Sequoyah3 hr
Jun 21, 12:43 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSAAdair77 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Oklahoma, 2000Every flash flood warning in 2000

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.