Alert archive / Oklahoma / Flash Flood Warnings in 2003
Flash Flood Warning 29, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this flash flood warning at Aug 31, 2003, 4:54 AM CDT for 4 counties in 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
- Aug 31, 2003, 4:54 AM CDT (09:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 31, 2003, 9:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Creek County, OK, Okmulgee County, OK, Rogers County, OK, Tulsa County, OK
The radar
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 26 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:54 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 00:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 177 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
- 1231 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 841 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 46 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 113 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WGUS54 KTSA 310954
FFWTUL
OKC037-111-131-143-311400-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
454 AM CDT SUN AUG 31 2003
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR
EASTERN CREEK COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
NORTHWESTERN OKMULGEE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
ROGERS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
TULSA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
* UNTIL 900 AM CDT
* AT 454 AM CDT RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN OVER
MUCH OF THE WARNED AREA...MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH. RADAR INDICATES
THAT BETWEEN 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVERNIGHT ON ALREADY
SATURATED GROUND. PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL WILL
CONTINUE THIS MORNING...WITH ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES POSSIBLE THROUGH
900 AM CDT.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY THE HEAVY RAIN
INCLUDE CLAREMORE...CATOOSA...VERDIGRIS...TIAWAH...FOYIL...
OOLOGAH...TALALA...CHELSEA...BEGGS...TULSA...SAND SPRINGS...
BIXBY...JENKS...OWASSO...GLENPOOL...SPERRY...SKIATOOK...
COLLINSVILLE...BROKEN ARROW...MOUNDS...KIEFER...KELLYVILLE AND
SAPULPA.
HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS AND LOW LYING AREAS RAPIDLY...SO DO NOT DRIVE
YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER OF AN UNKNOWN DEPTH COVERS THE
ROAD. 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 3617 9545 3617 9579 3589 9578 3563 9616
3588 9624 3618 9622 3618 9602 3645 9602
3644 9581 3660 9582 3661 9541
$$2 follow-up statements
000
WGUS74 KTSA 311146
FFSTUL
OKC037-111-131-143-311400-
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
641 AM CDT SUN AUG 31 2003
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR ROGERS...TULSA...EASTERN CREEK
AND NORTHWESTERN OKMULGEE COUNTIES UNTIL 900 AM CDT...
AT 641 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW SCATTERED SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED AREA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
RAINFALL INTENSITIES HAVE TEMPORARILY DECREASED...BUT ADDITIONAL
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA ARE EXPECTED TO
SPREAD INTO THE WARNED AREA THROUGH MID-MORNING. ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES
OF RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 900 AM CDT.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY THE HEAVY RAIN
INCLUDE LIBERTY...GRAY...CLAREMORE...CATOOSA...VERDIGRIS...TIAWAH...
FOYIL...OOLOGAH...BUSHYHEAD...TALALA...CHELSEA...BEGGS...
HECTORVILLE...TULSA...SAND SPRINGS...LEONARD...BIXBY...JENKS...
OWASSO...GLENPOOL...SPERRY...SKIATOOK...COLLINSVILLE...BROKEN
ARROW...MOUNDS...KIEFER...KELLYVILLE AND SAPULPA.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS...CREEKS AND DRAINAGE DITCHES SHOULD
BE READY TO TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED. DO NOT
ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER BY FOOT OR BY AUTO...YOU MAY
BE SWEPT AWAY BY THE STRONG CURRENT. IT ONLY TAKES TWO FEET OF
RUSHING WATER TO CARRY AWAY MOST SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES AND PICKUPS.
TAKE A DIFFERENT ROUTE TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION OR WAIT UNTIL THE
WATER RECEDES.
LAT...LON 3617 9545 3617 9579 3589 9578 3563 9616
3588 9624 3618 9622 3618 9602 3645 9602
3644 9581 3660 9582 3661 9541
$$000
WGUS74 KTSA 311345
FFSTUL
OKC037-111-131-143-311400-
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
843 AM CDT SUN AUG 31 2003
...CANCELLATION OF FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR ROGERS...TULSA...CREEK
AND OKMULGEE COUNTIES...
AT 842 AM CDT...RADAR SHOWED LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN OVER CREEK
COUNTY...WITH ONLY SCATTERED LIGHT RAIN OVER TULSA...OKMULGEE AND
ROGERS COUNTIES. RADAR TRENDS AND SATELLITE IMAGERY INDICATE THE
PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH IN INTENSITY. THEREFORE THE
FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR IS CANCELLED.
AREAS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE
THROUGH MIDDAY...GENERALLY ALONG AND NORTHWEST OF INTERSTATE 44.
LAT...LON 3618 9601 3661 9586 3656 9538 3610 9551
3617 9576 3555 9576 3538 9588 3538 9608
3564 9617 3564 9662 3617 9663
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 31, 1:02 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Creek, Tulsa | 4 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Oklahoma, 2003Every flash flood warning in 2003
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.