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Flash Flood Warning 8, NWS Tulsa, OK

May 16, 2003Creek County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this flash flood warning at May 16, 2003, 6:11 PM CDT for Creek 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 16, 2003, 6:11 PM CDT (23:11 UTC)
Expired
May 16, 2003, 9:45 PM CDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Creek County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 122 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Norman, OK at 12:00Z on 2003-05-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 75 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Norman, OK at 12:00Z on 2003-05-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 299 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
75 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-328 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
789 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
56 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
299 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
204 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.1

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WGUS54 KTSA 162313
FFWTUL
OKC037-170245-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR
  CREEK COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA

* UNTIL 945 PM CDT

* AT 611 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN 
  OVER NORTHERN CREEK COUNTY. RADAR INDICATES THAT 2 INCHES OF RAIN  
  HAS ALREADY FALLEN OVER THE WARNED AREA. ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES     
  WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 915 PM CDT.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY THE HEAVY RAIN
  INCLUDE MANNFORD...BRISTOW...DEPEW...SHAMROCK AND KELLYVILLE.

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 3616 9634 3589 9661 3564 9659 3592 9607
2 follow-up statements
000 
WGUS74 KTSA 170042
FFSTUL
OKC037-143-170245-

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

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR TULSA AND CREEK COUNTIES UNTIL
   945 PM CDT...

AT 740 PM CDT...RADAR SHOWED THAT THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAS ENDED IN 
CREEK AND TULSA COUNTIES. 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 MANNFORD...TULSA...SAND SPRINGS...JENKS...
OWASSO...GLENPOOL...BROKEN ARROW...BRISTOW...DEPEW...MOUNDS...
KIEFER...OILTON...SILVER CITY...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 3608 9661 3617 9636 3617 9601 3629 9600
          3634 9582 3617 9583 3600 9577 3587 9608
          3587 9618 3582 9619 3570 9649
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

The office that day

Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 16, 2:22 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek, Osage, Pawnee98 min
May 16, 3:26 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSATulsa34 min
May 16, 3:36 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMcIntosh, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Pittsburg69 min
May 16, 3:52 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek, Nowata, Osage, Rogers, Tulsa, Washington68 min
May 16, 4:20 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMuskogee, Wagoner55 min
May 16, 4:28 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACraig, Delaware, Mayes, Ottawa77 min
May 16, 4:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAAdair, Cherokee, Haskell, LeFlore, McIntosh, Muskogee and 1 more91 min
May 16, 5:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAWagoner30 min
May 16, 5:19 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAChoctaw, Latimer, Pittsburg, Pushmataha56 min
May 16, 5:43 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSADelaware32 min
May 16, 6:13 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAChoctaw, Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore, McIntosh, Muskogee and 2 more62 min
May 16, 7:16 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAChoctaw, Pushmataha44 min
May 16, 9:02 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALeFlore, Pushmataha73 min
May 16, 1:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOkfuskee59 min
May 16, 1:05 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAOkfuskee55 min
May 16, 1:26 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAOkmulgee64 min
May 16, 1:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAPittsburg55 min
May 16, 1:51 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAMcIntosh, Muskogee54 min
May 16, 1:54 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAPittsburg66 min
May 16, 2:10 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAMcIntosh65 min
May 16, 2:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALatimer, Pushmataha59 min
May 16, 2:26 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAOkmulgee34 min
May 16, 2:29 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAHaskell, Muskogee61 min
May 16, 2:35 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAMuskogee55 min
May 16, 2:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAWagoner52 min
May 16, 2:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMuskogee48 min
May 16, 3:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALatimer, LeFlore, Pushmataha73 min
May 16, 3:18 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAMuskogee42 min
May 16, 3:21 PM CDTTornado WarningTSALatimer39 min
May 16, 3:22 PM CDTTornado WarningTSACherokee68 min
May 16, 3:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAHaskell, Sequoyah64 min
May 16, 3:34 PM CDTTornado WarningTSALeFlore56 min
May 16, 3:58 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAAdair62 min
May 16, 4:04 PM CDTTornado WarningTSASequoyah56 min
May 16, 4:31 PM CDTTornado WarningTSALeFlore59 min
May 16, 4:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek46 min
May 16, 5:41 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSATulsa4 hr
May 16, 6:09 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSAWashington4 hr

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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.