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Flash Flood Warning 26, NWS Tulsa, OK

June 23, 2007Mayes County, Rogers County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this flash flood warning at Jun 23, 2007, 7:06 AM CDT for Mayes County, Rogers County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 114 min. 2 reports 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: Jun 23, 2007, 7:06 AM CDT (12:06 UTC)
Expired: Jun 23, 2007, 9:00 AM CDT
In force: 114 min
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK
Area: Whole counties

Counties Mayes County, OK, Rogers County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 22 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:09 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 23, 8:15 AM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	Inola, OK	SEVERAL ROADS CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER...REPORTED BY CLAREMORE SHERIFFS OFFICE.
Jun 23, 9:00 AM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	Pryor, OK	WATER OVER ROADWAY IN THE CITY LIMITS WITH A STALLED CAR.

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

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 157 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 76 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -105 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1144 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 3 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 15 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WGUS54 KTSA 231208
FFWTSA
OKC097-131-231400-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
706 AM CDT SAT JUN 23 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  MAYES COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
  EASTERN ROGERS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA

* UNTIL 900 AM CDT

* AT 704 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM ADAIR TO 
  3 MILES SOUTH OF INOLA TO 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CLAREMORE
  ...MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH. RADAR INDICATES THAT 1 TO 2 INCHES OF     
  RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN. ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE    
  THROUGH 900 AM CDT.

* LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY HEAVY RAIN
  INCLUDE...TIAWAH...PENSACOLA...CHOUTEAU AND PRYOR.

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.

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

LAT...LON 3649 9564 3617 9566 3609 9555 3608 9533
      3621 9524 3632 9514 3650 9509

$$

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Tulsa, OK wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Jun 23, 6:47 AM CDT, 19 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 23, 6:47 AM CDT, 19 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
647 AM CDT SAT JUN 23 2007

.AVIATION...
NEXT FEW HOURS HEAVILY INFLUENCED BY ONGOING CONVECTION. TRIED TO
TIME THE CONVECTION OUT OF THE TUL AND RVS AREAS AND BRING MORE IN
ABOUT MID MORNING. ALSO TIMED CONVECTION TOWARD XNA AND FYV.
EXPECT BOUNDARIES FROM KS CONVECTION TO DROP SOUTH AND HELP FOCUS
CONVECTION LATER TODAY. OTHERWISE...INSTABILITY...NO CAP...AND
AFTERNOON HEATING SHOULD PRODUCE MORE STORMS LATER TODAY.

&&

.TSA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OK...NONE.
AR...NONE.
&&

AVIATION...02

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 23, 5:00 AM CDT, 2 hours 6 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
500 AM CDT SAT JUN 23 2007

ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-241000-
ADAIR OK-BENTON AR-CARROLL AR-CHEROKEE OK-CHOCTAW OK-CRAIG OK-
CRAWFORD AR-CREEK OK-DELAWARE OK-FRANKLIN AR-HASKELL OK-LATIMER OK-
LE FLORE OK-MADISON AR-MAYES OK-MCINTOSH OK-MUSKOGEE OK-NOWATA OK-
OKFUSKEE OK-OKMULGEE OK-OSAGE OK-OTTAWA OK-PAWNEE OK-PITTSBURG OK-
PUSHMATAHA OK-ROGERS OK-SEBASTIAN AR-SEQUOYAH OK-TULSA OK-WAGONER OK-
WASHINGTON OK-WASHINGTON AR-
436 AM CDT SAT JUN 23 2007

THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS AS WELL AS
MUCH OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.
	RISK...LIMITED.
	AREA...EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.
	ONSET...ONGOING...BUT MAINLY THIS AFTERNOON.

DISCUSSION...
WEAK TROUGH WILL CONTINUE OVER THE AREA TODAY AND TONIGHT. THIS
WILL COMBINE WITH DEEP MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY TO PROVIDE A GOOD
ENVIRONMENT FOR CONTINUED CONVECTION THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT.
AFTERNOON HEATING WILL PROVIDE IMPETUS FOR MUCH OF THE STRONGER
CONVECTION...BUT NUMEROUS OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES WILL LIKELY PROVIDE
SOME LIFT AND FOCUS ALSO. WIND FIELDS WILL NOT SUPPORT
SUPER CELLS...BUT THERE WILL BE A LIMITED RISK OF ISOLATED PULSE
SEVERE STORMS...MAINLY IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.

SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.
SUNDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL.
MONDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL.
TUESDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL.
WEDNESDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL.
THURSDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL.
FRIDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL.

EXTENDED DISCUSSION...
THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE REMAINS OVER THE WESTERN UNITED STATES WITH
TROUGHING OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS. THAT WILL COMBINE WITH
MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY TO KEEP THE WEATHER UNSETTLED THROUGH THE
WEEK. A SURGE OF GULF MOISTURE MOVES NORTHWARD BY MID WEEK WHILE A
COLD FRONT DROPS SOUTH INTO OKLAHOMA AROUND WEDNESDAY OR THURSDAY.
THIS WILL ALSO ENHANCE THUNDERSTORM CHANCES.

WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TULSA CONTAINS ADDITIONAL TABULAR AND GRAPHICAL
INFORMATION.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 23, 6:37 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Wagoner	113 min
Jun 23, 8:33 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Wagoner	117 min
Jun 23, 8:46 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Mayes, Rogers	6 hr
Jun 23, 9:03 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Okmulgee	4 hr
Jun 23, 9:59 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Muskogee, Wagoner	4 hr
Jun 23, 10:22 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Okfuskee	4 hr
Jun 23, 5:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Rogers	30 min
Jun 23, 6:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Osage	43 min
Jun 23, 6:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Washington	44 min

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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.