Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS Tulsa, OK

Issued

Aug 3, 2003, 6:19 AM CDT (11:19 UTC)

Expired

Aug 3, 2003, 10:15 AM CDT

In force

4 hr

Issued by

NWS Tulsa, OK

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Creek County, OK, Osage County, OK, Pawnee County, OK

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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000 
WGUS54 KTSA 031120
FFWTUL
OKC037-113-117-031515-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
619 AM CDT SUN AUG 3 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR
  CREEK COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
  OSAGE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
  PAWNEE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA

* UNTIL 1015 AM CDT

* AT 619 AM CDT RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN
  ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BURBANK TO        
  SAPULPA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. RADAR INDICATES THAT 2 TO    
  3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN OVER THE WARNED AREA. ANOTHER  
  1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 1015 AM CDT.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY THE HEAVY RAIN
  INCLUDE MANNFORD...OSAGE...HOMINY...WYNONA...FAIRFAX...BURBANK...
  JENNINGS...TERLTON...HALLETT...BLACKBURN...SKEDEE...CLEVELAND...
  RALSTON...WESTPORT...KIEFER...KELLYVILLE AND SAPULPA.

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 3655 9627 3617 9613 3613 9628 3603 9607
          3591 9603 3586 9644 3681 9695

$$

000 
WGUS74 KTSA 031326
FFSTUL
OKC037-113-117-031515-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
830 AM CDT SUN AUG 3 2003

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR OSAGE...PAWNEE AND CREEK
   COUNTIES UNTIL 1015 AM CDT...

AT 815 AM CDT...RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY
RAIN ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 3 MILES NORTH OF FAIRFAX TO 
KELLYVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. RADAR INDICATES THAT 2 TO 3 
INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN OVER THE WARNED AREA. ADDITIONAL 
STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND MOVE OVER THE SAME AREA...WITH 
ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAINFALL POSSIBLE THROUGH 1015 AM CDT.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY THE HEAVY RAIN 
INCLUDE MANNFORD...HOMINY...FAIRFAX...BURBANK...APPERSON...WEBB 
CITY...JENNINGS...TERLTON...HALLETT...BLACKBURN...SKEDEE...CLEVELAND 
...RALSTON...WESTPORT...BRISTOW...DRUMRIGHT...OILTON...SLICK...SILVER
CITY AND KELLYVILLE.

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 3682 9723 3567 9660 3567 9621 3589 9605
          3700 9676

$$

000 
WGUS74 KTSA 031523
FFSTUL
OKC037-113-117-031540-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1023 AM CDT SUN AUG 3 2003

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR OSAGE...PAWNEE AND CREEK COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...

THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DECREASE ACROSS OSAGE...PAWNEE AND CREEK 
COUNTIES THIS MORNING. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE 
THROUGH ABOUT NOON...BUT ADDITIONAL SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL IS NOT 
EXPECTED. 

$$

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.