Flash Flood Warning 15, NWS Tulsa, OK

Issued

Jun 5, 2003, 11:03 PM CDT (04:03 UTC)

Expired

Jun 6, 2003, 2:00 AM CDT

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Tulsa, OK

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Osage County, OK

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000 
WGUS54 KTSA 060404
FFWTUL
OKC113-060700-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1103 PM CDT THU JUN 5 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR
  OSAGE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA

* UNTIL 200 AM CDT

* AT 1103 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN
  ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 4 MILES WEST OF HULAH TO 12 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF FAIRFAX...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. RADAR INDICATES THAT 
  2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN OVER NORTHWEST OSAGE      
  COUNTY.  ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 200 AM CDT.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY THE HEAVY RAIN
  INCLUDE PAWHUSKA...SHIDLER...AVANT...WYNONA...FAIRFAX...
  BARNSDALL...BURBANK...OKESA...PEARSONIA...BIGHEART...FORAKER...
  HULAH AND GRAINOLA.

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 3701 9682 3646 9700 3643 9604 3698 9601

000 
WGUS74 KTSA 060556
FFSTUL
OKC113-060645-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1252 AM CDT FRI JUN 6 2003

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR OSAGE COUNTY UNTIL 200 AM CDT...

AT 1255 AM CDT...RADAR INDICATED THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAD SHIFTED EAST 
OF OSAGE COUNTY WITH ONLY SCATTERED LIGHT SHOWERS LINGERING ACROSS 
PORTIONS OF THE COUNTY.

RADAR INDICATES THAT UP TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS 
NORTHERN PORTIONS OF OSAGE COUNTY WITHIN THE PAST 2 HOURS.  FLOODING 
OF LOW LYING AREAS IN NORTHERN OSAGE COUNTY IS LIKELY...AND 
SECONDARY ROADS MAY BE DIFFICULT TO TRAVEL DUE TO THE HEAVY RAIN.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODS. IT IS VERY DIFFICULT AT NIGHT TO TELL HOW
MUCH WATER IS ON THE ROADS. IT ONLY TAKES TWO FEET OF RUSHING WATER
TO CARRY AWAY MOST SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES AND PICKUPS. MOTORISTS
SHOULD NOT DRIVE THROUGH WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH. TAKE A DIFFERENT
ROUTE TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION OR WAIT UNTIL THE WATER RECEDES.

LAT...LON 3701 9670 3665 9691 3664 9603 3698 9603

000 
WGUS74 KTSA 060633
FFSTUL
OKC113-060645-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
130 AM CDT FRI JUN 6 2003

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR OSAGE COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED...

AT 130 AM CDT...RADAR INDICATED THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS 
RESPONSIBLE FOR THE HEAVY RAINS ACROSS NORTHERN OSAGE COUNTY HAD 
MOVED EAST OF THE AREA AND WEAKENED.  ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN IS NOT 
EXPECTED THEREFORE THE THREAT FOR FLASH FLOODING HAS 
DIMINISHED...AND THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. 

LAT...LON 3696 9666 3657 9682 3666 9603 3698 9603

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.