Alert archive / Oklahoma / Flash Flood Warnings in 2003
Flash Flood Warning 16, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this flash flood warning at Jun 14, 2003, 3:28 PM CDT for Pittsburg County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 3 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 14, 2003, 3:28 PM CDT (20:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 14, 2003, 6:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Pittsburg County, OK
The radar
The Norman radar (KTLX), 127 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:29 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
Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 134 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
- 1222 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -40 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 861 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -29 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -14 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS54 KTSA 142029 FFWTUL OKC121-142330- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 328 PM CDT SAT JUN 14 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR WESTERN PITTSBURG COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA * UNTIL 630 PM CDT * AT 328 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER MUCH OF WESTERN PITTSBURG COUNTY. THESE STORMS WERE NEARLY STATIONARY OR DRIFTING SLOWLY WEST. RADAR INDICATES THAT OVER 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN OVER THE WARNED AREA. ANOTHER 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 630 PM CDT. * SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY THE HEAVY RAIN INCLUDE KIOWA...ASHLAND...SAVANNA...HAYWOOD AND SCIPIO. 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 3471 9610 3470 9584 3519 9582 3512 9608 $$
3 follow-up statements
000
WGUS74 KTSA 142130
FFSTUL
OKC121-142330-
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
428 PM CDT SAT JUN 14 2003
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR WESTERN PITTSBURG COUNTY UNTIL
630 PM CDT...
AT 428 PM CDT...RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY
RAIN OVER MUCH OF WESTERN PITTSBURG COUNTY...DRIFTING SLOWLY WEST.
RADAR INDICATES THAT 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN OVER
PARTS OF THE WARNED AREA. ANOTHER 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH
630 PM CDT.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY THE HEAVY RAIN
INCLUDE KIOWA...PITTSBURG...ASHLAND...SAVANNA...HAYWOOD...ARPELAR...
SCIPIO AND INDIANOLA.
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR IS
OCCURRING. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS...CREEKS AND DRAINAGE
DITCHES SHOULD BE READY TO TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION IF FLOODING IS
OBSERVED. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER BY FOOT OR BY
AUTO...YOU MAY BE SWEPT AWAY BY THE STRONG CURRENT. IT ONLY TAKES TWO
FEET OF RUSHING WATER TO CARRY AWAY MOST SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES AND
PICKUPS. TAKE A DIFFERENT ROUTE TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION OR WAIT
UNTIL THE WATER RECEDES.
LAT...LON 3463 9579 3519 9577 3510 9605 3469 9608
3469 9589
$$000 WGUS74 KTSA 142239 FFSTUL OKC121-142345- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 538 PM CDT SAT JUN 14 2003 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR PITTSBURG COUNTY UNTIL 630 PM CDT... AT 538 PM CDT...RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN OVER MOST OF WESTERN PITTSBURG COUNTY...DRIFTING SLOWLY WEST. RADAR INDICATES THAT 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN OVER THE WARNED AREA. RAINFALL INTENSITY HAS DECREASED OVER THE PAST HOUR...BUT ANOTHER INCH OF RAIN POSSIBLE THROUGH 630 PM CDT. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY THE HEAVY RAIN INCLUDE KIOWA...PITTSBURG...ASHLAND...SAVANNA...HAYWOOD...ARPELAR AND SCIPIO. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR IS OCCURRING. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS...CREEKS AND DRAINAGE DITCHES SHOULD BE READY TO TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER BY FOOT OR BY AUTO...YOU MAY BE SWEPT AWAY BY THE STRONG CURRENT. 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. LAT...LON 3471 9609 3466 9585 3519 9579 3510 9606 $$
000 WGUS74 KTSA 142329 FFSTUL OKC121-150000- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 627 PM CDT SAT JUN 14 2003 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR WESTERN PITTSBURG COUNTY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 630 PM CDT... LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN WILL CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 30 MINUTES TO A HOUR OVER WESTERN PITTSBURG COUNTY...BUT THE THREAT OF ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOODING HAS ENDED. LAT...LON 3473 9610 3465 9582 3517 9573 3510 9605 $$
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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.