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Flash Flood Warning 26, NWS Tulsa, OK

May 30, 2004LeFlore County, Oklahoma; Sebastian County, Arkansas

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this flash flood warning at May 30, 2004, 4:50 PM CDT for LeFlore County, Oklahoma; Sebastian County, Arkansas. 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 30, 2004, 4:50 PM CDT (21:50 UTC)
Expired
May 30, 2004, 8:45 PM CDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Sebastian County, AR, LeFlore County, OK

The radar

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 24 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:53 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, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 200 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, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2004-05-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1630 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, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2004-05-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 279 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1630 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-63 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
849 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
279 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
303 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
2.8
Supercell composite
17.8

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The text

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

000 
WGUS54 KTSA 302151
FFWTUL
ARC131-OKC079-310145-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
450 PM CDT SUN MAY 30 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR
  NORTHERN LE FLORE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
  SEBASTIAN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS

* UNTIL 845 PM CDT

* AT 450 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN   
ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM JENNY LIND TO ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTHWEST 
OF BOKOSHE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. RADAR   INDICATES THAT ONE
TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN OVER THE WARNED AREA. 
ANOTHER ONE TO TWO INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 845 PM   CDT.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY THE HEAVY RAIN
  INCLUDE CAMERON...PANAMA...BOKOSHE...SPIRO...POCOLA...ARKOMA...FORT
  SMITH...HACKETT...GREENWOOD...BARLING...EXCELSIOR...BONANZA...JENNY
  LIND AND BLOOMER.

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 3526 9486 3497 9497 3524 9403 3543 9438

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WGUS74 KTSA 310055
FFSTUL
ARC131-OKC079-310145-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
755 PM CDT SUN MAY 30 2004

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHERN LE FLORE AND SEBASTIAN           
   COUNTIES HAS BEEN CANCELLED.....

THE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PRODUCED THE FLASH FLOOD THREAT HAVE MOVED 
WELL TO THE EAST OF THE AREA.  NO ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOODING IS 
EXPECTED.  THUS...THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.



$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 29, 10:42 PM CDTTornado WarningTSACreek63 min
May 29, 11:30 PM CDTTornado WarningTSACreek60 min
May 30, 12:08 AM CDTTornado WarningTSACreek, Tulsa52 min
May 30, 12:52 AM CDTTornado WarningTSATulsa, Wagoner53 min
May 30, 1:18 AM CDTTornado WarningTSAMayes, Rogers57 min
May 30, 1:44 AM CDTTornado WarningTSAWagoner46 min
May 30, 2:04 AM CDTTornado WarningTSACherokee, Delaware71 min
May 30, 2:13 AM CDTTornado WarningTSAMayes32 min
May 30, 12:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSADelaware80 min
May 30, 12:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACherokee26 min
May 30, 12:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMayes24 min
May 30, 12:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMcIntosh58 min
May 30, 12:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACherokee63 min
May 30, 1:12 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAMcIntosh33 min
May 30, 1:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMuskogee59 min
May 30, 1:26 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAMuskogee49 min
May 30, 1:43 PM CDTTornado WarningTSASequoyah62 min
May 30, 1:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACherokee78 min
May 30, 2:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAAdair74 min
May 30, 2:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAPittsburg71 min
May 30, 2:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAHaskell59 min
May 30, 2:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALatimer81 min
May 30, 2:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMuskogee78 min
May 30, 2:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALeFlore70 min
May 30, 2:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAChoctaw, Pushmataha89 min
May 30, 2:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSASequoyah81 min
May 30, 3:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALeFlore78 min
May 30, 3:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAHaskell47 min
May 30, 3:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAPushmataha61 min
May 30, 3:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALatimer56 min
May 30, 5:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALeFlore57 min
May 30, 1:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSABenton72 min
May 30, 2:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACrawford, Madison, Washington67 min
May 30, 2:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSABenton62 min
May 30, 2:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACarroll63 min
May 30, 3:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACrawford, Sebastian72 min
May 30, 3:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMadison, Washington63 min
May 30, 3:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAFranklin84 min

Nearby

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

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.