Alert archive / Oklahoma / Flash Flood Warnings in 2004
Flash Flood Warning 47, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this flash flood warning at Nov 1, 2004, 2:55 AM CST for 5 counties in Oklahoma. It was in force for 5 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
- Nov 1, 2004, 2:55 AM CST (08:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 1, 2004, 8:00 AM CST
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Adair County, OK, Cherokee County, OK, McIntosh County, OK, Muskogee County, OK, Sequoyah County, OK
The radar
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:56 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 00:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 185 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
- 1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 471 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 61 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 186 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 366 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 010856
FFWTUL
OKC001-021-091-101-135-011400-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
255 AM CST MON NOV 1 2004
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
CHEROKEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
MUSKOGEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
SEQUOYAH COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
ADAIR COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
MCINTOSH COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
* UNTIL 800 AM CST
* AT 255 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN 3 MILES WEST OF WEBBERS FALLS...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
* LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY HEAVY RAIN
INCLUDE...VIAN...TAFT...HASKELL...SALLISAW...BRAGGS...MUSKOGEE...
ROLAND...PUMPKIN CENTER...MARBLE CITY...BRUSHY...FORT GIBSON...
COOKSON...WOODALL...BUNCH...SHORT...HULBERT...TAHLEQUAH...
STILWELL...MARIETTA...ELDON...PEGGS...PROCTOR...BARON...CHRISTIE...
SCRAPER...WESTVILLE...OAKS AND WATTS.
RADAR INDICATES THAT 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN OVER
THE WARNED AREA. ANOTHER 2 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH
800 AM 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.
LAT...LON 3566 9447 3542 9447 3539 9490 3547 9507
3527 9522 3530 9533 3535 9535 3519 9594
3555 9578 3556 9570 3586 9576 3586 9566
3578 9561 3581 9529 3586 9522 3597 9529
3608 9520 3609 9511 3617 9511 3617 9457
$$2 follow-up statements
000
WGUS74 KTSA 011113
FFSTUL
OKC001-021-091-101-135-011400-
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
511 AM CST MON NOV 1 2004
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 800 AM CST FOR MCINTOSH...
SEQUOYAH...MUSKOGEE...ADAIR AND CHEROKEE COUNTIES...
AT 505 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN OVER THE WARNING AREA...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
RADAR AND MESONET DATA INDICATES THAT 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS
ALREADY FALLEN OVER THE WARNED AREA. ALTHOUGH THE HEAVY RAIN HAS
ENDED FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD TO
UNKNOWN DEPTHS. IT ONLY TAKES TWO FEET OF RUSHING WATER TO CARRY AWAY
MOST SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES AND PICKUPS. TAKE A DIFFERENT ROUTE TO
REACH YOUR DESTINATION OR WAIT UNTIL THE WATER RECEDES. REMEMBER...
MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.
LAT...LON 3566 9447 3542 9447 3539 9490 3547 9507
3527 9522 3530 9533 3535 9535 3519 9594
3555 9578 3556 9570 3586 9576 3586 9566
3578 9561 3581 9529 3586 9522 3597 9529
3608 9520 3609 9511 3617 9511 3617 9457
$$000
WGUS74 KTSA 011359
FFSTUL
OKC001-021-091-101-135-011415-
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
800 AM CST MON NOV 1 2004
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EXPIRED AT 800 AM CST FOR
MCINTOSH...SEQUOYAH...ADAIR AND CHEROKEE COUNTIES...
AT 755 AM CST...ONLY AN AREA OF LIGHT RAIN REMAINS FROM THE PREVIOUS
HEAVY RAIN OVERNIGHT. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS SHOULD NOT BE
SUFFICIENT TO CAUSE ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOODING.
LAT...LON 3566 9447 3542 9447 3539 9490 3547 9507
3527 9522 3530 9533 3535 9535 3519 9594
3555 9578 3556 9570 3586 9576 3586 9566
3578 9561 3581 9529 3586 9522 3597 9529
3608 9520 3609 9511 3617 9511 3617 9457
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 31, 10:49 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | McIntosh, Muskogee | 4 hr |
| Oct 31, 11:37 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Cherokee | 3 hr |
| Nov 1, 1:31 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Latimer, Pittsburg | 4 hr |
| Nov 1, 3:36 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | LeFlore | 6 hr |
| Nov 1, 3:50 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Haskell | 3 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.