Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Tulsa, OK

Issued

Apr 23, 2004, 4:21 PM CDT (21:21 UTC)

Expired

Apr 23, 2004, 8:15 PM CDT

In force

4 hr

Issued by

NWS Tulsa, OK

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Adair County, OK, Cherokee County, OK

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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000 
WGUS54 KTSA 232125
FFWTUL
OKC001-021-240115-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
421 PM CDT FRI APR 23 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR
  CHEROKEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
  ADAIR COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA

* UNTIL 815 PM CDT

* AT 421 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN 
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH ACROSS NORTHERN CHEROKEE AND ADAIR 
COUNTIES. RADAR INDICATES THAT 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY 
FALLEN OVER THE WARNED AREA. ANOTHER 1 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE 
THROUGH 815 PM CDT AS SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN MOVE 
ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. .

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 9509 3567 9511 3568 9451 3617 9460

$$

000 
WGUS74 KTSA 232317
FFSTUL
OKC001-021-240115-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
616 PM CDT FRI APR 23 2004

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR CHEROKEE AND ADAIR COUNTIES
   UNTIL 815 PM CDT...

AT 616 PM CDT...RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY
RAIN 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF TAHLEQUAH...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. 
THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING UPWARDS OF 2 INCHES OF RAIN 
PER HOUR. THIS WILL LIKELY CAUSE FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS AND 
SOME SMALL STREAMS. 

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY THE HEAVY RAIN 
INCLUDE WOODALL...BARON...CHRISTIE...PROCTOR...WESTVILLE...BALLARD...
TAHLEQUAH...ELDON...PEGGS AND SCRAPER.

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 3616 9511 3564 9512 3595 9452 3614 9459

$$

000 
WGUS74 KTSA 240120
FFSTUL
OKC001-021-240145-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
819 PM CDT FRI APR 23 2004

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR CHEROKEE AND ADAIR COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...

RAIN HAS MOVED OUT OF CHEROKEE AND ADAIR COUNTIES FOR THE TIME BEING 
SO THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. 
HOWEVER...ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA BY 9 PM AND 
THE FLOODING POTENTIAL MAY INCREASE AGAIN OVERNIGHT.

$$

Flash Flood Warnings in Oklahoma, 2004Every flash flood warning in 2004

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.