Flash Flood Warning 12, NWS Tulsa, OK

Issued

Jun 2, 2003, 2:28 AM CDT (07:28 UTC)

Expired

Jun 2, 2003, 6:30 AM CDT

In force

4 hr

Issued by

NWS Tulsa, OK

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Osage County, OK, Rogers County, OK, Tulsa County, OK

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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000 
WGUS54 KTSA 020732
FFWTUL
OKC113-131-143-021130-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
228 AM CDT MON JUN 2 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR
  OSAGE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
  ROGERS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
  NORTHERN TULSA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA

* UNTIL 630 AM CDT

* AT 228 AM CDT RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUE
  TO MOVE ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RADAR ESTIMATES AND SURFACE        
  OBSERVATIONS INDICATE THAT 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN
  ACROSS PARTS OF THE WARNED AREA AND ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN
  MAY FALL BETWEEN NOW AND 630 AM. THIS ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL LIKELY
  RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING.   
  
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD TO 
UNKNOWN DEPTHS. IT ONLY TAKES TWO FEET OF RUSHING WATER TO CARRY AWAY
MOST SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES AND PICKUPS. TAKE A DIFFERENT ROUTE TO 
REACH YOUR DESTINATION OR WAIT UNTIL THE WATER RECEDES. 
REMEMBER...MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.

LAT...LON 3700 9651 3700 9612 3659 9601 3644 9601
          3644 9582 3659 9582 3660 9538 3620 9546
          3617 9557 3617 9576 3612 9577 3606 9597
          3672 9666 3700 9672

000 
WGUS74 KTSA 020904
FFSTUL
OKC113-131-143-021130-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
404 AM CDT MON JUN 2 2003

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR OSAGE...ROGERS AND NORTHERN 
TULSA COUNTIES UNTIL 630 AM CDT...

AT 400 AM LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN WAS FALLING ACROSS MOST OF THE 
WARNED AREA.  RADAR AND SURFACE REPORTS INDICATE THAT 1 TO 3 INCHES 
OF RAIN FELL ACROSS PARTS OF CENTRAL OSAGE COUNTY AND FROM THE NORTH 
SIDE OF THE TULSA METRO AREA TO AROUND CLAREMORE.

THE RAIN IS EXPECTED TO STEADILY DIMINISH IN THE WARNED AREA THROUGH 
THE PREDAWN HOURS AND THIS WILL ALLOW WATER LEVELS TO RECEDE.  
HOWEVER UNTIL THE RAIN COMPLETELY ENDS THERE IS THE THREAT THAT 
WATER WILL COVER LOW-LYING AREAS.  THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL REMAIN 
IN EFFECT.

MOTORISTS SHOULD CONTINUE TO BE ALERT FOR WATER ON ROADWAYS.

LAT...LON 3698 9669 3674 9668 3608 9598 3623 9546
          3661 9540 3660 9581 3644 9583 3647 9599
          3699 9612

000 
WGUS74 KTSA 021046
FFSTUL
OKC113-131-143-021100-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
545 AM CDT MON JUN 2 2003

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR OSAGE...ROGERS AND     
   NORTHERN TULSA COUNTIES...

THE LARGE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE HEAVY RAINS 
ACROSS OSAGE...ROGERS...AND NORTHERN TULSA COUNTIES HAS MOVED EAST 
OF THE AREA.  MINOR FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS MAY CONTINUE THROUGH 
THE EARLY MORNING HOURS...HOWEVER ADDITIONAL SIGNIFICANT FLOOD 
PROBLEMS ARE NOT ANTICIPATED.  THEREFORE...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS 
FOR THESE COUNTIES HAS BEEN CANCELLED.


LAT...LON 3701 9612 3701 9672 3673 9667 3607 9598
          3613 9576 3618 9577 3617 9557 3621 9546
          3661 9538 3659 9582 3644 9582 3644 9602
          3661 9602

Flash Flood Warnings in Oklahoma, 2003Every flash flood warning in 2003

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.