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Flash Flood Warning 5, NWS Tulsa, OK

January 5, 2005Washington County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this flash flood warning at Jan 5, 2005, 5:55 AM CST for Washington County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 2 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
Jan 5, 2005, 5:55 AM CST (11:55 UTC)
Expired
Jan 5, 2005, 8:00 AM CST
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Washington County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:57 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

Lamont, OK (KLMN), launched 00:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 139 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, Lamont, OK at 00:00Z on 2005-01-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 37 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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, Lamont, OK at 00:00Z on 2005-01-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -11 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
37 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
316 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
69 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-11 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
112 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WGUS54 KTSA 051157
FFWTSA
OKC147-051400-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
555 AM CST WED JAN 5 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  WASHINGTON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA

* UNTIL 800 AM CST

* AT 553 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN
  AREA OF HEAVY RAIN OVER WASHINGTON COUNTY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT    
  35 MPH.

* LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY HEAVY RAIN
  INCLUDE...BARTLESVILLE...DEWEY AND COPAN.

RADAR INDICATES THAT AROUND 1 INCH OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN OVER 
THE WARNED AREA. ANOTHER 1 INCH OF RAIN 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 3645 9602 3646 9581 3701 9579 3699 9600

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WGUS74 KTSA 051405
FFSTSA

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
803 AM CST WED JAN 5 2005

OKC147-051413-
WASHINGTON OK-
803 AM CST WED JAN 5 2005

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR WASHINGTON COUNTY EXPIRES AT 800 AM
CST...

THE HEAVY RAIN HAD ENDED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA...NO REPORTS OF 
FLASH FLOODING HAS BEEN RECIEVED BY THE NATIONAOL WEATHER SERVICE. 
HOWEVER LIGHT RAIN....INCLUDING SOME SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN IN 
NORTHERN AND WESTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY...IS BEING REPORTED. THE
ADDITIONAL RAIN IS UNLIKELY TO PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING...THEREFORE 
THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

TO REPORT PREVIOUS FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN
TULSA.

LAT...LON 3645 9602 3646 9581 3701 9579 3699 9600

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 5, 5:15 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningTSAOsage, Pawnee4 hr
Jan 5, 6:32 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningTSADelaware4 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Oklahoma, 2005Every flash flood warning in 2005

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.