Alert archive / Oklahoma / Flash Flood Warnings in 2004
Flash Flood Warning 37, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this flash flood warning at Jul 7, 2004, 8:42 AM CDT for Latimer 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 7, 2004, 8:42 AM CDT (13:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 7, 2004, 11:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Latimer County, OK
The radar
The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:43 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 12:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 194 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
- 15 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -509 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2025 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 10 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -8 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 80 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS54 KTSA 071346 FFWTUL OKC077-071645- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 842 AM CDT WED JUL 7 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR LATIMER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA * UNTIL 1145 AM CDT * AT 842 AM CDT RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN COVERING MUCH OF LATIMER COUNTY...DRIFTING EAST AT 15 MPH. RADAR INDICATES THAT AROUND 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN OVER EASTERN LATIMER COUNTY...WITH ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES POSSIBLE THROUGH 10 AM CDT. THE HEAVIEST RAIN IS EXPECTED TO BE OVER SOUTHEAST AND EASTERN LATIMER COUNTY. * SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY THE HEAVY RAIN INCLUDE VETERANS COLONY...WILBURTON...YANUSH...HIGGINS...BENGAL... DAMON AND RED OAK. 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. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. LAT...LON 3499 9550 3469 9551 3470 9504 3495 9501 $$
3 follow-up statements
000 WGUS74 KTSA 071519 FFSTUL OKC077-071645- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 1017 AM CDT WED JUL 7 2004 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR LATIMER COUNTY UNTIL 1145 AM CDT... AT 1015 AM CDT...RADAR SHOWED ONLY LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN OVER LATIMER COUNTY. THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAS MOVED OUT OF THE COUNTY. RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES WERE LOCATED OVER EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE COUNTY MAINLY FROM RED OAK TO BENGAL AND SOUTH TO NEAR THE PUSHMATAHA COUNTY LINE. ALTHOUGH NO REPORTS OF FLASH FLOODING HAVE BEEN RECEIVED...THE WARNING WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL ANY HIGH WATER HAS HAD TIME TO RECEDE. LAT...LON 3490 9549 3470 9551 3470 9507 3500 9497 $$
000
WGUS74 KTSA 071628
FFSTUL
OKC077-071645-
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1127 AM CDT WED JUL 7 2004
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR EASTERN LATIMER COUNTY UNTIL
1145 AM CDT...
AT 1125 AM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THAT
ONLY LIGHT RAIN REMAINED IN THE WARNED AREA OF EASTERN LATIMER
COUNTY...HOWEVER WATERS FROM PREVIOUS RAINS COULD STILL BE CAUSING
FLOODING IN SOME LOCATIONS. THE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT REPORTED THAT
HIGHWAY 82 FROM TALIHINA TO RED OAK WAS PASSABLE AND THAT ANY MINOR
FLOODING FROM EARLIER IN THE MORNING HAD RECEDED.
PEOPLE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN EASTERN LATIMER COUNTY...ESPECIALLY IN
THE BENGAL AREA...SHOULD WATCH AHEAD FOR ANY WATERS RUNNING ACROSS
THE ROADWAY.
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 3495 9516 3475 9514 3475 9506 3486 9505
3487 9500 3495 9499
$$000
WGUS74 KTSA 071649
FFSTUL
OKC077-071700-
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1145 AM CDT WED JUL 7 2004
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR EASTERN LATIMER COUNTY HAS EXPIRED...
AT 1140 AM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED MOST OF
THE RAINS HAD MOVED OUT OF LATIMER COUNTY...AND WATERS HAD
RECEDED...THEREFORE THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR EASTERN LATIMER
COUNTY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
PEOPLE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN EASTERN LATIMER COUNTY...ESPECIALLY IN
THE BENGAL AREA...SHOULD STILL BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR WATERS IN LOW
SPOTS THIS AFTERNOON...AND KEEP UPDATED WITH ANY FURTHER STORM
DEVELOPMENT LATER TODAY.
LAT...LON 3495 9516 3475 9514 3475 9506 3486 9505
3487 9500 3495 9499
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 7, 5:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Okfuskee, Okmulgee | 43 min |
| Jul 7, 5:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | McIntosh | 51 min |
| Jul 7, 6:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | LeFlore | 51 min |
| Jul 7, 7:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Latimer, LeFlore | 47 min |
| Jul 7, 7:54 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | LeFlore | 2 hr |
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.