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Flash Flood Warning 25, NWS Tulsa, OK

May 23, 2004Creek County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this flash flood warning at May 23, 2004, 10:21 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 23, 2004, 10:21 PM CDT (03:21 UTC)
Expired: May 24, 2004, 2:00 AM 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), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:23 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

Lamont, OK (KLMN), launched 00:00Z, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 109 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 2861 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 27 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 216 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: -0.0

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The text

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

000 
WGUS54 KTSA 240323
FFWTUL
OKC037-240700-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1021 PM CDT SUN MAY 23 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR
  WESTERN CREEK COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA

* UNTIL 200 AM CDT

* AT 1021 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN
  HAVE PRODUCED IN EXCESS OF 2 INCHES OF RAIN OVER WESTERN CREEK    
  COUNTY.  THE HEAVIEST RAINS HAVE FALLEN BETWEEN DRUMRIGHT AND      
  SHAMROCK.  ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE AS            
  THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER THE AREA THIS EVENING.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY THE HEAVY RAIN
  INCLUDE SHAMROCK AND DRUMRIGHT.

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 3605 9668 3588 9665 3584 9638 3609 9636

$$

2 follow-up statements

000 
WGUS74 KTSA 240433
FFSTUL
OKC037-240700-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT...CORRECTION 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1130 PM CDT SUN MAY 23 2004

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR WESTERN CREEK COUNTY UNTIL 
   200 AM CDT...

AT 1130 PM CDT RADAR INDICATES THAT THUNDERSTORMS HAD MOVED OUT OF 
WESTERN CREEK COUNTY.  HOWEVER...LOW LYING AREAS AND POOR DRAINAGE 
AREAS WILL CONTINUE TO EXPERIENCE HIGH WATER AND STANDING WATER 
PROBLEMS UNTIL THE FLOOD WATERS RECEDE.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 
DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODS. IT IS VERY DIFFICULT AT NIGHT TO TELL HOW 
MUCH WATER IS ON THE ROADS. IT ONLY TAKES TWO FEET OF RUSHING WATER 
TO CARRY AWAY MOST SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES AND PICKUPS. MOTORISTS 
SHOULD NOT DRIVE THROUGH WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH. TAKE A DIFFERENT 
ROUTE TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION OR WAIT UNTIL THE WATER RECEDES.

LAT...LON 3595 9669 3582 9653 3613 9610 3630 9631

$$

000 
WGUS74 KTSA 240607
FFSTUL
OKC037-240700-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
105 AM CDT MON MAY 24 2004

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CANCELLED FOR WESTERN CREEK COUNTY...

AT 1 AM CDT RADAR INDICATES THAT RAIN OVER OVER WESTERN CREEK COUNTY 
HAD ENDED AND THERE WERE NO ADDITIONAL REPORTS OF FLOODING.  
HOWEVER...LOW LYING AREAS AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS MAY STILL 
EXPERIENCE STANDING WATER PROBLEMS THE REMAINDER OF THE NIGHT.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 
DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODS. IT IS VERY DIFFICULT AT NIGHT TO TELL HOW 
MUCH WATER IS ON THE ROADS. DRIVING INTO STANDING WATER AT HIGH 
SPEED MAY CAUSE LOSS OF CONTROL. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE THROUGH 
WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH. TAKE A DIFFERENT ROUTE TO REACH YOUR 
DESTINATION OR WAIT UNTIL THE WATER RECEDES.

LAT...LON 3595 9669 3582 9653 3613 9610 3630 9631

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 23, 7:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Osage, Tulsa	38 min
May 23, 7:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Creek	52 min
May 23, 7:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Tulsa	47 min
May 23, 8:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Creek	50 min
May 23, 9:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Creek	89 min
May 23, 9:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Ottawa	77 min
May 23, 10:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Creek	78 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.