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Flash Flood Warning 23, NWS Tulsa, OK

June 21, 20005 counties in Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this flash flood warning at Jun 21, 2000, 7:39 AM CDT for 5 counties in 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, 7:39 AM CDT (12:39 UTC)
Expired
Jun 21, 2000, 11:00 AM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Whole counties

Counties Cherokee County, OK, Haskell County, OK, LeFlore County, OK, Muskogee County, OK, Sequoyah County, OK

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 195 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 12:00Z on 2000-06-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2000-06-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -169 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1116 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-169 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-226 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WGUS54 KTSA 211240
FFWTSA
OKC021-061-079-101-135-211600-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR
  CHEROKEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
  MUSKOGEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
  SEQUOYAH COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
  HASKELL COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
  LE FLORE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA

* UNTIL 1100 AM CDT

* AT 735 AM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUING OVER MUCH OF THE
  WARNED AREA. ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY
  RAINFALL WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA THROUGH MID MORNING.

  RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATE THAT 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS
  ALREADY FALLEN IN PORTIONS OF THE WARNED AREA. ANOTHER 1 TO 3
  INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 1100 AM CDT.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY THE HEAVY RAIN
  INCLUDE WEBBERS FALLS...HASKELL...FORT GIBSON...TAFT...BRAGGS...
  BOYNTON...KEEFETON...OKTAHA...WARNER...PORUM...BRIARTOWN...
  MUSKOGEE...POCOLA...SPIRO...BOKOSHE...PANAMA...CAMERON...WISTER...
  HOWE...FANSHAWE...HEAVENER...WHITESBORO...MUSE...BIG CEDAR...
  POTEAU...SCRAPER...PEGGS...ELDON...HULBERT...COOKSON...TAHLEQUAH...
  MARBLE CITY...SHORT...BRUSHY...GORE...VIAN...ROLAND...MULDROW...
  GANS...SALLISAW...TAMAHA...KEOTA...WHITEFIELD...ENTERPRISE...MC
  CURTAIN AND STIGLER.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION! TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION TO PROTECT LIFE
AND PROPERTY IN THE WARNED AREA.

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

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

$$

LAT...LON 3516 9542 3507 9495 3455 9490 3454 9447
          3564 9447 3568 9481 3616 9479 3616 9506
          3583 9525 3582 9576 3557 9570 3555 9535

DRM

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, 2:35 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSAAdair, Delaware3 hr
Jun 21, 5:58 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSAAdair4 hr
Jun 21, 6:50 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSACreek, Osage, Pawnee3 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

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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.