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Flash Flood Warning 101, NWS Tulsa, OK

September 9, 2007Pushmataha County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this flash flood warning at Sep 9, 2007, 9:06 AM CDT for Pushmataha County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 3 hr. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Sep 9, 2007, 9:06 AM CDT (14:06 UTC)
Expired
Sep 9, 2007, 12:00 PM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Whole counties

County Pushmataha County, OK

The radar

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 134 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Sep 9, 10:15 AM CDTFLASH FLOOD3 E Corinne, OKWATER OVER SECONDARY ROADS

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 12:00Z, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 205 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, Norman, OK at 12:00Z on 2007-09-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 850 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, Norman, OK at 12:00Z on 2007-09-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -37 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
850 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-31 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
665 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-37 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-70 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-1.1

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The text

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

000 
WGUS54 KTSA 091408
FFWTSA
OKC127-091700-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
906 AM CDT SUN SEP 9 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL PUSHMATAHA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA

* UNTIL NOON CDT

* AT 904 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA...  STORMS 
WERE GENERALLY TRAINING OVER THE SAME AREA. RADAR INDICATES THAT UP 
TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN. ANOTHER 2 INCHES WILL BE 
POSSIBLE THROUGH NOON CDT.

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 3460 9567 3416 9536 3416 9515 3426 9515
      3426 9504 3457 9504

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WGUS74 KTSA 091701
FFSTSA

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1201 PM CDT SUN SEP 9 2007

OKC127-091711-
PUSHMATAHA OK-
1201 PM CDT SUN SEP 9 2007

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR CENTRAL PUSHMATAHA COUNTY EXPIRES AT
NOON CDT...

THE HEAVY RAINFALL HAS ENDED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA...THEREFORE THE
FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL BE 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 3460 9567 3416 9536 3416 9515 3426 9515
      3426 9504 3457 9504

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 8, 7:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSALatimer64 min
Sep 9, 2:18 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSAMuskogee4 hr
Sep 9, 3:10 AM CDTDense Fog AdvisoryTSACraig, Delaware, Mayes, Nowata, Ottawa, Rogers and 1 more7 hr
Sep 9, 4:24 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSALeFlore3 hr
Sep 9, 7:07 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSALeFlore4 hr
Sep 9, 7:24 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALeFlore66 min
Sep 9, 8:06 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSAPittsburg4 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Oklahoma, 2007Every flash flood warning in 2007

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.