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Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS Tulsa, OK

January 12, 2005Adair County, Cherokee County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this flash flood warning at Jan 12, 2005, 4:40 PM CST for Adair County, Cherokee 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 12, 2005, 4:40 PM CST (22:40 UTC)
Expired
Jan 12, 2005, 6:45 PM CST
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Adair County, OK, Cherokee County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:39 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 148 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 2005-01-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 145 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2005-01-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 453 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
145 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-298 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1135 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
453 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
456 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 122241
FFWTSA
OKC001-021-130045-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
440 PM CST WED JAN 12 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  CHEROKEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
  ADAIR COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA

* UNTIL 645 PM CST

* AT 436 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN OVER MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN 
CHEROKEE COUNTY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY HEAVY RAIN   
INCLUDE...ELDON...PROCTOR...SCRAPER...TAHLEQUAH AND OAKS.

RADAR INDICATES THAT OVER 2 INCHES INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN 
OVER THE WARNED AREA...ESPECIALLY OVER CENTRAL CHEROKEE AND FAR 
NORTHERN ADAIR COUNTY. ANOTHER 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 645 
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.

LAT...LON 3592 9512 3565 9511 3566 9483 3595 9478
      3617 9457 3617 9493

$$
2 follow-up statements
000 
WGUS74 KTSA 122338
FFSTSA

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
537 PM CST WED JAN 12 2005

OKC001-021-130045-
CHEROKEE OK-ADAIR OK-
537 PM CST WED JAN 12 2005

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 645 PM CST FOR ADAIR AND
CHEROKEE COUNTIES...

AT 536 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER MUCH OF CHEROKEE AND ADAIR 
COUNTIES...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY HEAVY RAIN
INCLUDE COOKSON...WOODALL...TAHLEQUAH...ELDON...STILWELL...
MARIETTA...PROCTOR...CHRISTIE...BARON...SCRAPER...OAKS...WESTVILLE
AND WATTS.

RADAR INDICATES THAT 3 TO 4 INCHES INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN 
OVER THE WARNED AREA. ANOTHER INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 645 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.

LAT...LON 3592 9512 3565 9511 3566 9483 3586 9454
      3617 9457 3617 9493

$$
000 
WGUS74 KTSA 130044
FFSTSA

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
642 PM CST WED JAN 12 2005

OKC001-021-130052-
CHEROKEE OK-ADAIR OK-
642 PM CST WED JAN 12 2005

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR ADAIR AND CHEROKEE COUNTIES EXPIRES AT
645 PM CST...

LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN WILL CONTINUE OVER ADAIR AND CHEROKEE 
COUNTIES FOR THE NEXT HOUR...BUT THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAS SHIFTED EAST 
OF THE AREA. THE THREAT FOR FLASH FLOODING HAS DIMINISHED...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 3592 9512 3565 9511 3566 9483 3586 9454
      3617 9457 3617 9493

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 12, 3:58 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACherokee, McIntosh, Muskogee39 days
Jan 12, 4:14 PM CSTTornado WarningTSAMuskogee35 days
Jan 12, 4:25 PM CSTTornado WarningTSACherokee, Okfuskee, Sequoyah68 days
Jan 12, 4:43 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAAdair, Choctaw39 days
Jan 12, 4:57 PM CSTTornado WarningTSAAdair, Okfuskee, Okmulgee68 days
Jan 12, 5:32 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAAdair39 days
Jan 12, 5:37 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSASequoyah39 days

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.