Alert archive / Oklahoma / Flash Flood Warnings in 2002
Flash Flood Warning 38, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this flash flood warning at May 17, 2002, 6:10 AM CDT for Benton County, Arkansas; 8 counties in Oklahoma. It was in force for 6 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 17, 2002, 6:10 AM CDT (11:10 UTC)
- Expired
- May 17, 2002, 12:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Benton County, AR, Cherokee County, OK, Creek County, OK, Delaware County, OK, Mayes County, OK, Muskogee County, OK, Okmulgee County, OK, Tulsa County, OK, Wagoner County, OK
The radar
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 19 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 180 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
- 1170 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -29 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 560 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 166 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 235 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.5
- Supercell composite
- 9.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WGUS54 KTSA 171110
FFWTUL
ARC007-OKC021-037-041-097-101-111-143-145-171700-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
610 AM CDT FRI MAY 17 2002
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
CREEK COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
DELAWARE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
MAYES COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
OKMULGEE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
SOUTHERN TULSA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
WAGONER COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
BENTON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS
* UNTIL NOON CDT
* AT 610 AM CDT RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH MODERATE TO HEAVY
RAIN CONTINUING ACROSS THE WARNING AREA. RADAR INDICATES THAT 2 TO 5
INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS THE WARNING AREA...WITH ADDITIONAL
AMOUNTS OF UP TO AN INCH POSSIBLE BEFORE THE RAIN ENDS THIS MORNING.
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.
LAT...LON 3600 9661 3543 9604 3589 9484 3617 9471
3648 9407 3612 95501 follow-up statement
000 WGUS74 KTSA 171510 FFSTUL ARC007-OKC021-037-041-097-101-111-143-145-171615- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 1008 AM CDT FRI MAY 17 2002 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR BENTON...DELAWARE...MAYES... SOUTHERN TULSA...CHEROKEE...CREEK...WAGONER...MUSKOGEE AND OKMULGEE COUNTIES... HEAVY RAINFALL HAS MOVED WELL EAST OF THE AREA AND THE THREAT OF ADDITIONAL RAINFALL HAS ENDED. THEREFORE...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 17, 12:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Franklin, Madison | 62 min |
| May 17, 4:46 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Benton | 3 hr |
| May 17, 5:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Crawford, Sebastian | 49 min |
| May 16, 8:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Choctaw, Pushmataha | 55 min |
| May 16, 9:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Pawnee | 55 min |
| May 16, 9:55 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Osage, Pawnee | 2 hr |
| May 16, 11:03 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Washington | 3 hr |
| May 16, 11:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Pawnee | 48 min |
| May 16, 11:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage | 40 min |
| May 16, 11:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Washington | 41 min |
| May 16, 11:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek, Tulsa | 62 min |
| May 17, 12:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Tulsa | 49 min |
| May 17, 12:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek | 61 min |
| May 17, 1:04 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Okmulgee | 56 min |
| May 17, 1:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Rogers, Tulsa, Wagoner | 50 min |
| May 17, 1:18 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Creek, Tulsa | 3 hr |
| May 17, 1:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Cherokee | 41 min |
| May 17, 1:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Tulsa, Wagoner | 47 min |
| May 17, 2:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek | 63 min |
| May 17, 2:21 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Wagoner | 3 hr |
| May 17, 2:34 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Okmulgee | 2 hr |
| May 17, 2:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Muskogee, Wagoner | 67 min |
| May 17, 3:03 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Cherokee | 57 min |
| May 17, 3:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek, Okfuskee | 63 min |
| May 17, 3:15 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Cherokee, Creek, Delaware, Mayes, Muskogee, Okmulgee and 2 more | 3 hr |
| May 17, 3:37 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Okmulgee | 53 min |
| May 17, 4:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | McIntosh | 40 min |
| May 17, 4:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Haskell, Muskogee, Pittsburg | 51 min |
| May 17, 5:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Sequoyah | 44 min |
| May 17, 5:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Latimer | 40 min |
| May 17, 5:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Pushmataha | 43 min |
| May 17, 5:23 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | LeFlore | 52 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Oklahoma, 2002Flash Flood Warnings in Arkansas, 2002Every flash flood warning in 2002
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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.