Alert archive / Oklahoma / Flash Flood Warnings in 2001
Flash Flood Warning 39, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this flash flood warning at Dec 16, 2001, 12:39 AM CST for Choctaw County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 4 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
- Dec 16, 2001, 12:39 AM CST (06:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 16, 2001, 4:30 AM CST
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Whole counties
County Choctaw County, OK
The nearest sounding before it
Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 209 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
- 4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 420 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 88 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 497 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 448 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS54 KTSA 160639 FFWTUL OKC023-161030- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 1239 AM CST SUN DEC 16 2001 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR CHOCTAW COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA * UNTIL 430 AM CST * AT 1239 AM CST...RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER MUCH OF CHOCTAW COUNTY MOVING SLOWLY TO THE NORTHEAST. FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED IN THE VICINITY OF HUGO. 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 430 AM CST. * SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY THE HEAVY RAIN INCLUDE HUGO...GOODLAND...SAWYER...FORT TOWSON...SOPER...MESSER AND KENT. DONT DRIVE VEHICLES INTO AREAS WHERE 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. 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. $$ MANNING LAT...LON 3391 9575 3391 9521 3415 9515 3416 9574
2 follow-up statements
000 WGUS74 KTSA 160836 FFSTUL OKC023-161030- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 234 AM CST SUN DEC 16 2001 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR CHOCTAW COUNTY UNTIL 430 AM CST... AT 234 AM CST...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER MUCH OF CHOCTAW COUNTY MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST. ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN OVER NORTHEAST TEXAS WERE ALSO MOVING NORTHEAST TOWARD THE AREA...ADDING ADDITIONAL RAINFALL ON ALREADY SATURATED SOIL. FLOODING WAS REPORTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS EAST OF HUGO AROUND 120 AM. RADAR INDICATES THAT 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN OVER THE WARNED AREA. ANOTHER INCH OF RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 430 AM CST. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY THE HEAVY RAIN INCLUDE HUGO...FROGVILLE...GRANT...GAY...GOODLAND...SAWYER...FORT TOWSON...SWINK...BOSWELL...UNGER...SOPER...MESSER...KENT...SOBOL... HUSKEY...FALLON...SPEER AND APPLE. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT. IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS SHOULD AVOID CAMPING ALONG STREAMS OR CREEKS DURING THREATENING RAINS. $$ MANNING
000 WGUS74 KTSA 160946 FFSTUL OKC023-161030- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 345 AM CST SUN DEC 16 2001 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR CHOCTAW COUNTY UNTIL 430 AM CST... AT 345 AM CST...RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER MUCH OF CHOCTAW COUNTY MOVING SLOWLY NORTHEAST. ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WERE LOCATED OVER NORTHEAST TEXAS MOVING TOWARD THE AREA. AT 310 AM CST...THE CHOCTAW COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED THAT HIGHWAY 109 NEAR FROGVILLE WAS IMPASSABLE DUE TO HIGH WATER. RADAR INDICATES THAT 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN OVER THE WARNED AREA. ANOTHER INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 430 AM CST. ADDITIONAL SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY OVER NORTH TEXAS WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA DURING THE MORNING HOURS...AND THIS WILL ONLY WORSEN EXISTING FLOODING CONDITIONS. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY THE HEAVY RAIN INCLUDE HUGO...ORD...FROGVILLE...GRANT...GAY...GOODLAND...SAWYER... FORT TOWSON...SWINK...BOSWELL...UNGER...SOPER...MESSER...KENT... SOBOL...HUSKEY...FALLON...SPEER AND APPLE. 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. 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. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT. IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS SHOULD AVOID CAMPING ALONG STREAMS OR CREEKS DURING THREATENING RAINS. $$ MANNING
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 16, 1:21 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Pushmataha | 4 hr |
| Dec 16, 4:26 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Choctaw, Latimer, Pushmataha | 3 hr |
| Dec 16, 3:40 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Choctaw, Latimer, LeFlore, Pushmataha | 4 hr |
Nearby
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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.