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Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS Tulsa, OK
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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 12, 3:58 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Cherokee, McIntosh, Muskogee | 39 days |
| Jan 12, 4:14 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TSA | Muskogee | 35 days |
| Jan 12, 4:25 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TSA | Cherokee, Okfuskee, Sequoyah | 68 days |
| Jan 12, 4:43 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Adair, Choctaw | 39 days |
| Jan 12, 4:57 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TSA | Adair, Okfuskee, Okmulgee | 68 days |
| Jan 12, 5:32 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Adair | 39 days |
| Jan 12, 5:37 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Sequoyah | 39 days |
Nearby
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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.