Alert archive / Oklahoma / Flash Flood Warnings in 2004
Flash Flood Warning 29, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this flash flood warning at Jul 2, 2004, 5:58 AM CDT for Tulsa County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 3 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
- Jul 2, 2004, 5:58 AM CDT (10:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 2, 2004, 9:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Tulsa County, OK
The radar
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 34 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:01 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
Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 164 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1127 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -94 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1398 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 60 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 166 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 3.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS54 KTSA 021059 FFWTUL OKC143-021400- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 558 AM CDT FRI JUL 2 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR TULSA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA * UNTIL 900 AM CDT * AT 558 AM CDT RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF JENKS...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. RADAR INDICATES THAT UP TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN OVER THE WARNED AREA. ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 900 AM CDT. * SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY THE HEAVY RAIN INCLUDE TULSA...BIXBY...JENKS...GLENPOOL AND BROKEN ARROW. 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 3621 9601 3588 9604 3592 9577 3621 9581 $$
3 follow-up statements
000
WGUS74 KTSA 021216
FFSTUL
OKC143-021400-
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
715 AM CDT FRI JUL 2 2004
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR TULSA COUNTY UNTIL 900 AM CDT...
AT 715 AM CDT...RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY
MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH OVER PORTIONS OF NORTHERN TULSA COUNTY.
ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND MOVE
EAST ACROSS TULSA COUNTY THROUGH 900 AM CDT.
RADAR INDICATES THAT 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN OVER
WESTERN AND SOUTHERN TULSA COUNTY. ANOTHER INCH OR RAINFALL WILL BE
POSSIBLE THROUGH 900 AM CDT.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY THE HEAVY RAIN
INCLUDE LIBERTY...GRAY...TULSA...SAND SPRINGS...LEONARD...BIXBY...
JENKS...OWASSO...GLENPOOL...SPERRY...COLLINSVILLE AND BROKEN ARROW.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD TO
UNKNOWN DEPTHS. IT ONLY TAKES TWO FEET OF RUSHING WATER TO CARRY AWAY
MOST SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES AND PICKUPS. TAKE A DIFFERENT ROUTE TO
REACH YOUR DESTINATION OR WAIT UNTIL THE WATER RECEDES. REMEMBER...
MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.
LAT...LON 3617 9601 3631 9600 3638 9582 3617 9583
3617 9578 3589 9576 3586 9604 3609 9603
3609 9627 3617 9630
$$000
WGUS74 KTSA 021330
FFSTUL
OKC143-021400-
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
830 AM CDT FRI JUL 2 2004
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR TULSA COUNTY UNTIL 900 AM CDT...
AT 822 AM CDT...RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY
RAIN 4 MILES NORTHEAST OF LIBERTY...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
RAIN GAGE READINGS INDICATE THAT 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN
OVER PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND SOUTHERN TULSA COUNTY. A FEW ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE THROUGH 900 AM...HOWEVER MOST
AREAS WILL NOT RECEIVE ADDITIONAL SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL. THIS WILL
ALLOW FOR ANY WATER ON FLOODED ROADWAYS TO RECEDED.
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 3601 9599 3597 9582 3591 9577 3591 9583
3586 9583 3586 9603 3594 9603
$$000 WGUS74 KTSA 021409 FFSTUL OKC143-021415- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 903 AM CDT FRI JUL 2 2004 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR TULSA COUNTY... RAIN GAGE READINGS INDICATE THAT 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND SOUTHERN TULSA COUNTY. A FEW ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE ACROSS FAR SOUTHEAST TULSA COUNTY ...HOWEVER THE SIGNIFICANT HEAVY RAINFALL THREAT HAS ENDED. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD TO UNKNOWN DEPTHS. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2, 12:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Sequoyah | 43 min |
| Jul 2, 12:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage | 61 min |
| Jul 2, 3:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Tulsa | 53 min |
| Jul 2, 10:16 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | LeFlore, Sequoyah | 4 hr |
| Jul 2, 6:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Craig, Nowata | 40 min |
| Jul 2, 6:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Craig | 49 min |
| Jul 2, 6:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Delaware, Ottawa | 55 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Oklahoma, 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.