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Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Tulsa, OK

March 4, 2004Rogers County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this flash flood warning at Mar 4, 2004, 4:39 PM CST for Rogers County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 111 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Mar 4, 2004, 4:39 PM CST (22:39 UTC)
Expired
Mar 4, 2004, 6:30 PM CST
In force
111 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Rogers County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 21 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:38 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, 10.7 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2004-03-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2004-03-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 148 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
546 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
148 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-9 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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

000 
WGUS54 KTSA 042239
FFWTUL
OKC131-050030-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
439 PM CST THU MAR 4 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR
  ROGERS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA

* UNTIL 630 PM CST

* AT 436 PM CST...RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY 
HEAVY RAIN MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH ACROSS ROGERS COUNTY. RADAR 
INDICATES THAT 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN OVER THE 
WARNED AREA. ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 630 PM 
CST.

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.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR IS
OCCURRING. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS...CREEKS AND DRAINAGE
DITCHES SHOULD BE READY TO TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION IF FLOODING IS
OBSERVED. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER BY FOOT OR BY
AUTO...YOU MAY BE SWEPT AWAY BY THE STRONG CURRENT. 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.

LAT...LON 3652 9533 3652 9543 3609 9544 3609 9555
          3617 9561 3617 9581 3660 9582 3660 9533

$$
2 follow-up statements
000 
WGUS74 KTSA 042307
FFSTUL
OKC105-113-117-131-147-050030-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
504 PM CST THU MAR 4 2004

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR OSAGE...WASHINGTON...NOWATA...
   ROGERS AND PAWNEE COUNTIES UNTIL 630 PM CST...

AT 504 PM CST...RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS 
WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED AREA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 
50 MPH. THE BACK EDGE OF THE HEAVIEST RAIN WAS LOCATED NEAR A PONCA 
CITY TO BRISTOW LINE. THIS HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED TO END ACROSS THE 
WARNED AREA BY 600 PM. 

RADAR INDICATES THAT 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN OVER 
THE WARNED AREA. ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 630 
PM CST.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR IS 
OCCURRING. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS...CREEKS AND DRAINAGE 
DITCHES SHOULD BE READY TO TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION IF FLOODING IS 
OBSERVED. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER BY FOOT OR BY
AUTO...YOU MAY BE SWEPT AWAY BY THE STRONG CURRENT. 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.

LAT...LON 3699 9542 3611 9544 3617 9582 3638 9580
          3643 9601 3618 9601 3617 9690 3667 9697
          3677 9682 3699 9674

$$
000 
WGUS74 KTSA 050035
FFSTUL
OKC105-113-117-131-147-050045-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
635 PM CST THU MAR 4 2004

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR OSAGE...WASHINGTON 
...NOWATA...ROGERS AND PAWNEE COUNTIES.

HEAVY RAIN HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE...THE FLASH 
FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. 


$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 4, 7:40 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningTSAOsage2 hr
Mar 4, 8:25 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningTSANowata, Washington4 hr
Mar 4, 2:34 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningTSANowata, Osage, Pawnee, Washington4 hr
Mar 4, 3:31 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAChoctaw, Latimer, McIntosh, Pittsburg, Pushmataha74 min
Mar 4, 4:05 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAHaskell, Muskogee55 min
Mar 4, 4:42 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAAdair, Cherokee, LeFlore, Sequoyah78 min
Mar 4, 4:51 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALatimer, Pushmataha39 min
Mar 4, 4:57 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAHaskell33 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.