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Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this flash flood warning at May 26, 2000, 3:51 AM CDT for Osage County, Pawnee County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 2 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
- May 26, 2000, 3:51 AM CDT (08:51 UTC)
- Expired
- May 26, 2000, 6:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Osage County, OK, Pawnee County, OK
The radar
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:55 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
Lamont, OK (KLMN), launched 00:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 85 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1965 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -73 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 633 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 109 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 168 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.2
- Supercell composite
- 8.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WGUS54 KTSA 260852
FFWTSA
OKC113-117-261100-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
351 AM CDT FRI MAY 26 2000
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR
OSAGE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
PAWNEE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
* UNTIL 600 AM CDT
* AT 351 AM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30
MPH OVER OSAGE AND PAWNEE COUNTIES. THESE SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE TORRENTIAL RAINFALL.
RADAR ESTIMATES THAT AROUND 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER THE
WARNING AREA. ANOTHER 2 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 600
AM CDT.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY THE HEAVY RAIN
INCLUDE RALSTON...CLEVELAND...SKEDEE...BLACKBURN...MARAMEC...
HALLETT...PAWNEE...GRAINOLA...FORAKER...BIGHEART...PEARSONIA...
OKESA...BURBANK...BARNSDALL...FAIRFAX...WYNONA...HOMINY...OSAGE...
SHIDLER AND PAWHUSKA
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. DON'T DRIVE
VEHICLES INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY!
CALL 1-800-722-2778 TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
$$
LAT...LON 3703 9659 3645 9702 3628 9695 3620 9681
3624 9612 3660 9605 3700 9604
DRMThe office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 1:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage, Pawnee | 68 min |
| May 26, 2:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage, Pawnee | 64 min |
| May 26, 3:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Washington | 57 min |
| May 26, 6:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Mayes | 43 min |
| May 26, 10:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Adair, Delaware | 66 min |
| May 26, 10:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Sequoyah | 66 min |
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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.