Alert archive / Oklahoma / Flash Flood Warnings in 2003
Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this flash flood warning at May 13, 2003, 3:11 PM CDT for Cherokee County, 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
- May 13, 2003, 3:11 PM CDT (20:11 UTC)
- Expired
- May 13, 2003, 7:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Cherokee County, OK
The radar
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:13 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
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 153 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1853 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 168 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 173 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WGUS54 KTSA 132013
FFWTUL
OKC021-140015-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
311 PM CDT TUE MAY 13 2003
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR
CHEROKEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
* UNTIL 715 PM CDT
* AT 311 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN
CONTINUING ACROSS CHEROKEE COUNTY. RAINFALL RATES ARE ESTIMATED
NEAR ONE INCH PER HOUR...WITH ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS POISED TO
MOVE ACROSS CHEROKEE COUNTY WITHIN THE NEXT TWO HOURS...POSSIBLY
PRODUCING ANOTHER 1-2 INCHES OF RAIN.
THE CITIES OF TAHLEQUAH...PEGGS...WELLING...PETTIT...AND BARBER WILL
BE AFFECT BY THESE HEAVY RAINS.
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 3614 9508 3585 9522 3567 9511 3569 9485
3617 94822 follow-up statements
000 WGUS74 KTSA 132218 FFSTUL OKC021-140015- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 516 PM CDT TUE MAY 13 2003 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR CHEROKEE COUNTY UNTIL 715 PM CDT... THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED SOUTH OF CHEROKEE COUNTY HOWEVER FLOODING MAY CONTINUE DUE TO THE HEAVY RAINFALL RECEIVED EARLIER. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS NOT EXPECTED THROUGH 715 PM BY WHICH TIME ANY FLOOD WATERS ARE EXPECTED TO HAVE RECEEDED. 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. 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 3601 9519 3570 9507 3573 9485 3615 9491
000 WGUS74 KTSA 132330 FFSTUL OKC021-140000- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 628 PM CDT TUE MAY 13 2003 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR CHEROKEE COUNTY... THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED WELL SOUTHEAST OF CHEROKEE COUNTY...AND FLOOD WATER HAVE RECEDED ACROSS THE AREA. NO ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS EXPECTED THIS EVENING. LAT...LON 3604 9523 3568 9510 3566 9483 3617 9481
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 13, 11:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Craig | 51 min |
| May 13, 11:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage, Ottawa | 49 min |
| May 13, 11:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Delaware | 51 min |
| May 13, 12:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Craig | 43 min |
| May 13, 1:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage, Washington | 42 min |
| May 13, 1:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Rogers, Tulsa | 66 min |
| May 13, 2:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Cherokee, Mayes | 49 min |
| May 13, 2:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Tulsa, Wagoner | 44 min |
| May 13, 2:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Cherokee | 40 min |
| May 13, 3:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Muskogee, Wagoner | 56 min |
| May 13, 3:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Adair, Sequoyah | 62 min |
| May 13, 3:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Cherokee | 57 min |
| May 13, 4:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Haskell, Muskogee, Sequoyah | 76 min |
| May 13, 4:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | LeFlore | 39 min |
| May 13, 5:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | LeFlore | 52 min |
| May 13, 5:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | LeFlore | 50 min |
Nearby
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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.