Flash Flood Warning 28, NWS Tulsa, OK

Issued

Apr 16, 2002, 9:40 PM CDT (02:40 UTC)

Expired

Apr 16, 2002, 11:45 PM CDT

In force

2 hr

Issued by

NWS Tulsa, OK

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Pushmataha County, OK

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000 
WGUS54 KTSA 170240
FFWTUL
OKC127-170445-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
938 PM CDT TUE APR 16 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR
  NORTHERN PUSHMATAHA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA

* UNTIL 1145 PM CDT

* AT 938 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN 
ACROSS NORTHERN PUSHMATAHA COUNTY...EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES WEST OF 
DUNBAR TO ALBION. RADAR INDICATES THAT 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS 
ALREADY FALLEN OVER THE WARNED AREA. ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE 
POSSIBLE THROUGH 1145 PM CDT. 

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY THE HEAVY RAIN
  INCLUDE CLAYTON...STANLEY...TUSKAHOMA...KIAMICHI...ALBION AND
  DUNBAR.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS 
IMMINENT. 

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.

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.

LAT...LON 3451 9578 3440 9578 3459 9497 3470 9506

000 
WGUS74 KTSA 170340
FFSTUL
OKC127-170430-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1040 PM CDT TUE APR 16 2002

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR NORTHERN PUSHMATAHA COUNTY 
UNTIL 1130 PM CDT...

AT 1035 PM CDT...RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY
HEAVY RAIN 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ALBION...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

RADAR INDICATES THAT 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN OVER 
THE WARNED AREA. ANOTHER INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 1130 PM CDT.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY THE HEAVY RAIN 
INCLUDE ALBION AND RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEAST PUSHMATAHA COUNTY. 

ALTHOUGH HEAVY RAINS HAVE MOVED INTO THE FAR NORTHEAST PART 
PUSHMATAHA COUNTIES...RUNOFF PROBLEMS MAY CONTINUE THROUGH THE NEXT 
HOUR. 

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 3451 9579 3438 9578 3447 9505 3471 9502
          3466 9545

000 
WGUS74 KTSA 170447
FFSTUL
OKC127-170450-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1147 PM CDT TUE APR 16 2002

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHERN PUSHMATAHA COUNTY HAS EXPIRED...

THUNDERSTORMS AND THE ASSOCIATED HEAVY RAIN HAVE MOVED OUT OF 
PUSHMATAHA COUNTY.  ALTHOUGH THE RAIN THREAT HAS ENDED...LOW WATER 
CROSSINGS MAY CONTINUE TO BE FLOODED.  MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO 
EXERCISE CAUTION ESPECIALLY ON RURAL ROADWAYS.

LAT...LON 3451 9579 3438 9578 3447 9505 3471 9502
          3466 9545

Flash Flood Warnings in Oklahoma, 2002Every flash flood warning in 2002

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.