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Flash Flood Warning 41, NWS Tulsa, OK

June 5, 2002Haskell County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this flash flood warning at Jun 5, 2002, 2:01 AM CDT for Haskell 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 outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 5, 2002, 2:01 AM CDT (07:01 UTC)
Expired
Jun 5, 2002, 6:00 AM CDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Haskell County, OK

The radar

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 193 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Norman, OK at 00:00Z on 2002-06-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 290 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Norman, OK at 00:00Z on 2002-06-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -49 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
290 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-89 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
763 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-49 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-15 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WGUS54 KTSA 050701
FFWTUL
OKC061-051100-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
200 AM CDT WED JUN 5 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR
  HASKELL COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA

* UNTIL 600 AM CDT

* AT 200 AM CDT RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY        
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH OVER A LARGE PORTION OF HASKELL COUNTY. 
  THESE STORMS WILL LIKELY CONTINUE MOVING OVER THE SAME AREAS 
  FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS. RADAR INDICATES THAT 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN 
  HAS ALREADY FALLEN OVER THE WARNED AREA. ANOTHER 2 INCHES WILL BE  
  POSSIBLE THROUGH 600 AM CDT.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY THE HEAVY RAIN
  INCLUDE STIGLER...LEQUIRE...KINTA...MC CURTAIN...ENTERPRISE AND
  WHITEFIELD.

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 3529 9547 3507 9541 3511 9495 3542 9508
2 follow-up statements
000 
WGUS74 KTSA 050831
FFSTUL
OKC061-077-121-051100-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
330 AM CDT WED JUN 5 2002

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR HASKELL...PITTSBURG AND LATIMER
   COUNTIES UNTIL 600 AM CDT...

AT 324 AM CDT...RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY 
RAIN MOVING ACROSS PORTIONS OF HASKELL...PITTSBURG AND LATIMER 
COUNTIES. RADAR INDICATES THAT 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN 
OVER SOUTHWEST HASKELL...NORTHEAST PITTSBURG AND FAR NORTHWEST 
LATIMER COUNTIES. ANOTHER 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 600 AM 
CDT.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY THE HEAVY RAIN
AND SIGNIFICANT FLOODING INCLUDE LEWISVILLE...KINTA...MCALESTER... 
SAVANNA...DOW...BACHE...ALDERSON...KREBS...BLOCKER...FEATHERSTON... 
CROWDER AND QUINTON.

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 3481 9590 3484 9561 3507 9521 3524 9527
          3512 9577
000 
WGUS74 KTSA 051059
FFSTUL
OKC061-077-121-051130-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
600 AM CDT WED JUN 5 2002

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 600 AM FOR  
HASKELL...PITTSBURG AND LATIMER COUNTIES...

HEAVY RAINFALL HAS MOVED EAST OF THE AREA INTO WEST CENTRAL 
ARKANSAS. WHILE LIGHT TO OCCASIONALLY MODERATE RAIN WILL CONTINUE 
FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS...ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS WILL BE INSUFFICIENT TO 
PRODUCE FLOODING.

LAT...LON 3513 9602 3473 9605 3470 9507 3536 9484

The office that day

Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 5, 12:58 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSAPittsburg5 hr
Jun 5, 2:45 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSALatimer3 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Oklahoma, 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.