Alert archive / Oklahoma / Flash Flood Warnings in 2004
Flash Flood Warning 5, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this flash flood warning at Apr 21, 2004, 8:23 PM CDT for Cherokee County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 4 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
- Apr 21, 2004, 8:23 PM CDT (01:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 22, 2004, 12:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Cherokee County, OK
The radar
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:27 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, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 147 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
- 91 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -91 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1996 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 53 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 152 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 220126 FFWTUL OKC021-220515- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 823 PM CDT WED APR 21 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHERN CHEROKEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA * UNTIL 1215 AM CDT * AT 823 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUING ACROSS NORTHERN CHEROKEE COUNTY. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES ARE LIKLEY BEFORE THE RAIN DIMINISHES AROUND 10PM. * SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY THE HEAVY RAIN INCLUDE OAKS...HULBERT...PEGGS AND SCRAPER. 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 3588 9520 3594 9481 3617 9479 3617 9508 $$
3 follow-up statements
000 WGUS74 KTSA 220213 FFSTUL OKC021-220515- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 914 PM CDT WED APR 21 2004 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR NORTHERN CHEROKEE COUNTY UNTIL 1215 AM CDT... AT 910 PM CDT HEAVY RAINS WERE CONTINUING OVER NORTHERN CHEROKEE COUNTY. RAINFALL OF 1 TO 3 INCHES WILL OCCUR IN THESE AREA BEFORE THE RAIN DIMINISHES AFTER 10PM. THE CHEROKEE COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY REPORTED THE ROAD BETWEEN PEGGS AND LOST CITY WAS FLOODED AND IMPASSIBLE. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY THE HEAVY RAIN INCLUDE OAKS...TAHLEQUAH...HULBERT...ELDON...LOST CITY...PEGGS AND SCRAPER. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS AND LOW LYING AREAS RAPIDLY...SO DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER OF AN UNKNOWN DEPTH COVERS THE ROAD. IT ONLY TAKES TWO FEET OF RUSHING WATER TO CARRY AWAY MOST SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES AND PICKUPS. TAKE A DIFFERENT ROUTE TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION OR WAIT UNTIL THE WATER RECEDES. REMEMBER...MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. LAT...LON 3588 9526 3588 9480 3617 9481 3617 9510 $$
000 WGUS74 KTSA 220341 FFSTUL OKC021-220515- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 1041 PM CDT WED APR 21 2004 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR NORTHERN CHEROKEE COUNTY UNTIL 1215 AM CDT... THE RAIN ACROSS NORTHERN CHEROKEE COUNTY HAS DIMINISHED...BUT SHOWERS AND A FEW BRIEF THUNDERSTORMS WILL STILL OCCUR THROUGH MIDNIGHT. WHILE THE RAINFALL RATES HAVE DECREASED...SOME AREAS MAY STILL SEE SOME FLOODING UNTIL THE RUNOFF ENDS. BETWEEN 9 AND 10PM A MOTORIST WAS RESCUED FROM A VEHICLE ON LOST CITY ROAD. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODS. IT IS VERY DIFFICULT AT NIGHT TO TELL HOW MUCH WATER IS ON THE ROADS. IT ONLY TAKES TWO FEET OF RUSHING WATER TO CARRY AWAY MOST SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES AND PICKUPS. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE THROUGH WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH. TAKE A DIFFERENT ROUTE TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION OR WAIT UNTIL THE WATER RECEDES. LAT...LON 3585 9524 3586 9484 3615 9486 3615 9510 $$
000 WGUS74 KTSA 220522 FFSTUL OKC021-220545- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 1221 AM CDT THU APR 22 2004 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHERN CHEROKEE COUNTY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE... WHILE SOME RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL...THE IMMEDIATE THREAT FOR ADDITIONAL FLOODING HAS ENDED. SHOULD HEAVY RAIN MOVE BACK INTO THE AREA LATER THIS MORNING...A FLOODING THREAT COULD REDEVELOP. STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR FURTHER INFORMATION FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. LAT...LON 3584 9519 3583 9481 3616 9480 3616 9508 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 21, 7:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Cherokee | 81 min |
| Apr 21, 7:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek | 47 min |
| Apr 21, 7:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Tulsa | 63 min |
| Apr 21, 9:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Cherokee | 37 min |
| Apr 21, 9:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Okfuskee | 61 min |
| Apr 21, 9:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Pittsburg | 65 min |
| Apr 21, 9:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | McIntosh, Okfuskee, Okmulgee | 62 min |
| Apr 21, 10:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Adair | 43 min |
| Apr 21, 10:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Haskell | 67 min |
| Apr 21, 10:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Sequoyah | 65 min |
| Apr 21, 10:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | LeFlore, Okfuskee | 61 min |
| Apr 21, 10:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | McIntosh | 52 min |
| Apr 21, 11:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | McIntosh | 59 min |
| Apr 21, 11:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Okmulgee | 59 min |
| Apr 21, 11:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Haskell, Pittsburg | 66 min |
| Apr 21, 11:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Muskogee | 49 min |
| Apr 21, 11:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage, Pawnee | 71 min |
| Apr 21, 11:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | McIntosh | 64 min |
| Apr 22, 12:03 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Haskell | 42 min |
| Apr 22, 12:28 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | LeFlore | 47 min |
| Apr 22, 12:29 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Haskell, Muskogee | 76 min |
| Apr 22, 12:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek | 62 min |
| Apr 22, 1:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage, Tulsa, Washington | 60 min |
| Apr 22, 1:16 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | LeFlore | 4 hr |
| Apr 22, 1:23 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | LeFlore | 67 min |
| Apr 22, 1:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | LeFlore | 56 min |
| Apr 22, 1:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Okfuskee, Okmulgee | 52 min |
| Apr 22, 1:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Nowata, Rogers, Wagoner | 41 min |
| Apr 22, 2:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Mayes | 35 min |
| Apr 22, 2:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | McIntosh | 51 min |
| Apr 22, 3:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Muskogee | 24 min |
| Apr 22, 3:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Tulsa, Wagoner | 76 min |
| Apr 22, 3:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Rogers | 70 min |
| Apr 22, 3:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Wagoner | 37 min |
| Apr 22, 3:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Rogers | 64 min |
| Apr 22, 4:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Tulsa | 55 min |
| Apr 22, 4:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Mayes | 63 min |
| Apr 22, 4:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Okfuskee | 56 min |
| Apr 22, 4:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Okmulgee | 24 min |
| Apr 22, 4:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Wagoner | 63 min |
| Apr 22, 5:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Cherokee, Delaware | 72 min |
| Apr 22, 5:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Okmulgee, Tulsa | 34 min |
| Apr 22, 5:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Okfuskee, Okmulgee | 80 min |
| Apr 22, 5:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Mayes | 34 min |
| Apr 22, 5:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Muskogee | 60 min |
| Apr 22, 5:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Wagoner | 65 min |
| Apr 22, 5:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Okmulgee | 60 min |
| Apr 22, 5:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Adair | 57 min |
| Apr 22, 5:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Okfuskee | 51 min |
| Apr 22, 6:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Craig | 55 min |
| Apr 22, 6:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Muskogee | 64 min |
| Apr 22, 6:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Cherokee | 59 min |
| Apr 22, 6:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Cherokee | 54 min |
| Apr 22, 6:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Wagoner | 64 min |
| Apr 22, 6:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Okmulgee | 79 min |
| Apr 22, 6:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Adair | 60 min |
| Apr 22, 6:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Craig, Ottawa | 54 min |
| Apr 22, 6:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | McIntosh | 95 min |
| Apr 22, 6:56 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, Muskogee, Okmulgee, Wagoner | 4 hr |
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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.