Flash Flood Warning 35, NWS Tulsa, OK

Issued

Sep 8, 2001, 6:14 PM CDT (23:14 UTC)

Expired

Sep 8, 2001, 9:15 PM CDT

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Tulsa, OK

Area

Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Latimer County, OK

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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000 
WGUS54 KTSA 082316
FFWTUL
OKC077-090215-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
614 PM CDT SAT SEP 8 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR
  LATIMER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA

* UNTIL 915 PM CDT

* AT 614 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN 
OVER MUCH OF LATIMER COUNTY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

  RADAR INDICATES THAT 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN OVER 
THE WARNED AREA. ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 915 
PM CDT.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY THE HEAVY RAIN
  INCLUDE RED OAK...DAMON...BENGAL...HIGGINS...YANUSH...WILBURTON AND
  VETERANS COLONY.

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 HIGHER GROUND.

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.

LAT...LON 3502 9550 3470 9549 3470 9507 3505 9507

Flash Flood Warnings in Oklahoma, 2001Every flash flood warning in 2001

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.