Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS Tulsa, OK

Issued

May 16, 2003, 6:09 PM CDT (23:09 UTC)

Expired

May 16, 2003, 10:00 PM CDT

In force

4 hr

Issued by

NWS Tulsa, OK

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Washington County, OK

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000 
WGUS54 KTSA 162310
FFWTUL
OKC147-170300-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
609 PM CDT FRI MAY 16 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR
  WASHINGTON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA

* UNTIL 1000 PM CDT

* AT 609 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN   
  OVER WASHINGTON COUNTY...NEARLY STATIONARY. RADAR INDICATES THAT 3 
  INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN OVER THE WARNED AREA.            
  ANOTHER 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 1000 PM CDT.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY THE HEAVY RAIN
  INCLUDE RAMONA...OCHELATA...DEWEY...COPAN AND BARTLESVILLE.

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 3644 9601 3645 9585 3696 9582 3694 9596

000 
WGUS74 KTSA 170038
FFSTUL
OKC147-170300-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
737 PM CDT FRI MAY 16 2003

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR WASHINGTON COUNTY UNTIL 1000 PM
   CDT...

AT 737 PM CDT...RADAR SHOWED THAT THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAS ENDED IN 
WASHINGTON COUNTY. HOWEVER...LIGHT RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO REMAIN 
POSSIBLE THROUGH THE EVENING SO WATER WILL BE SLOW TO RECEDE ACROSS 
THE COUNTY. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL GENERALLY BE LESS THAN 
1/4 INCH.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY POSSIBLE 
FLOODING INCLUDE RAMONA...OCHELATA...DEWEY...COPAN...OWEN AND 
BARTLESVILLE.

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 3656 9605 3646 9586 3697 9580 3701 9600

000 
WGUS74 KTSA 170219
FFSTUL
OKC037-143-147-170245-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
916 PM CDT FRI MAY 16 2003

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELED FOR WASHINGTON...TULSA AND 
   CREEK COUNTIES...

AT 916 PM CDT...THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER WASHINGTON... 
TULSA AND CREEK COUNTIES HAD SHIFTED EAST OF THE AREA...ENDING THE 
THREAT FOR FLASH FLOODING.  SIGNIFICANT FLOODING WAS REPORTED 
EARLIER IN ASSOCIATION WITH THESE STORMS.     


LAT...LON 3673 9592 3602 9582 3593 9606 3587 9627
          3605 9627 3617 9622 3617 9601 3658 9600

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.