Alert archive / Oklahoma / Flash Flood Warnings in 2004
Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Tulsa, OK
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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 4, 7:40 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Osage | 2 hr |
| Mar 4, 8:25 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Nowata, Washington | 4 hr |
| Mar 4, 2:34 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Nowata, Osage, Pawnee, Washington | 4 hr |
| Mar 4, 3:31 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Choctaw, Latimer, McIntosh, Pittsburg, Pushmataha | 74 min |
| Mar 4, 4:05 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Haskell, Muskogee | 55 min |
| Mar 4, 4:42 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, LeFlore, Sequoyah | 78 min |
| Mar 4, 4:51 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Latimer, Pushmataha | 39 min |
| Mar 4, 4:57 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Haskell | 33 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.