Flash Flood Warning 43, NWS Tulsa, OK

Issued

Dec 16, 2001, 4:26 AM CST (10:26 UTC)

Expired

Dec 16, 2001, 7:00 AM CST

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Tulsa, OK

Area

Whole counties

Counties Choctaw County, OK, Latimer County, OK, Pushmataha County, OK

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000 
WGUS54 KTSA 161029
FFWTUL
OKC023-077-127-161300-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
426 AM CST SUN DEC 16 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR
  CHOCTAW COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
  LATIMER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
  PUSHMATAHA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA

* UNTIL 700 AM CST

* AT 426 AM CST...RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF VERY HEAVY RAIN WITH 
  EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING ACROSS MUCH OF FAR SOUTHEAST 
  OKLAHOMA. THIS AREA OF RAIN IS MOVING SLOWLY TO THE NORTHEAST. 
  ADDITIONAL SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY OVER NORTH TEXAS CONTINUES 
  TO DEVELOP AND MOVE INTO SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA. THIS WILL CAUSE ADDITIONAL 
  HEAVY RAINFALL ON GROUND THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN SATURATED. THESE SHOWERS 
  AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING...AND ANY 
  ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL ONLY AGGRAVATE ANY FLOODING PROBLEMS THAT 
  ARE ALREADY OCCURRING. 

  RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES WERE COMMON ACROSS 
  THE AREA...WHICH IS SUFFICIENT TO CAUSE FLASH FLOODING. ANOTHER 1 TO 2
  INCHES OF RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 700 AM. 

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY THE HEAVY RAIN
  INCLUDE VETERANS COLONY...WILBURTON...YANUSH...HIGGINS...BENGAL...
  DAMON...RED OAK...HUGO...GOODLAND...SAWYER...FORT TOWSON...SOPER...
  MESSER...KENT...ANTLERS...CLAYTON...RATTAN...CLOUDY...MOYERS...
  KOSOMA...SNOW...NASHOBA...STANLEY...TUSKAHOMA...KIAMICHI...
  ALBION...OLETA...KELLOND AND DUNBAR.

THE HEAVY RAINS HAVE ALREADY CAUSED SOME ROADS TO BECOME IMPASSABLE 
IN PARTS OF CHOCTAW COUNTY THIS MORNING.

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.

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

LAT...LON 3393 9592 3391 9521 3508 9492 3506 9540

000 
WGUS74 KTSA 161304
FFSTUL
OKC023-077-127-161400-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
700 AM CST SUN DEC 16 2001

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR LATIMER...PUSHMATAHA AND CHOCTAW HAS BEEN 
   ALLOWED TO EXPIRE...

AT 700 AM CST...RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW AREAS OF LIGHT RAIN MOVING 
ACROSS SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA.   THE RAIN ACTIVITY HAS WEAKENED OVER THE 
LAST FEW HOURS...THEREFORE THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED 
TO EXPIRE.  

MINOR FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS WILL CONTINUE TO BE POSSIBLE. 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. 

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA.  
ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN WILL LIKELY REDEVELOP OVER THE WATCH AREA 
LATER TODAY.  RESIDENTS SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST 
WEATHER CONDITIONS IN CASE ADDITIONAL WARNINGS ARE ISSUED.

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.