Alert archive / Oklahoma / Flash Flood Warnings in 2007
Flash Flood Warning 28, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this flash flood warning at Jun 23, 2007, 8:46 AM CDT for Mayes County, Rogers County, Oklahoma. It took effect at Jun 23, 2007, 8:51 AM CDT. It was in force for 6 hr. 3 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, 8:46 AM CDT (13:46 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 23, 2007, 8:51 AM CDT
- Expired
- Jun 23, 2007, 2:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- 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 13:49 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, 9:00 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Pryor, OK | WATER OVER ROADWAY IN THE CITY LIMITS WITH A STALLED CAR. |
| Jun 23, 9:49 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Inola, OK | WATER UP TO 12 INCHES DEEP IN HOMES IN INOLA...NUMEROUS ROADS UNDER WATER...SEVERAL WATER RESCUES UNDERWAY NEAR INOLA. |
| Jun 23, 11:30 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 5 W Adair, OK | HIGHWAY 28 CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER. NUMEROUS SECONDARY ROADS FLOODED. |
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, 1.8 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.
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WGUS54 KTSA 231351
FFWTSA
OKC097-131-231945-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
846 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 245 PM CDT
* AT 843 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM CHELSEA
TO 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF INOLA...MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH. RADAR
INDICATES THAT 4 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN ACROSS
CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ROGERS COUNTY...WITH 2 TO 3 INCHES ACROSS
FAR WESTERN MAYES COUNTY. ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE
THROUGH NOON. SIGNIFICANT FLOODING HAS ALREADY OCCURRED WITH
SEVERAL ROADS CLOSED OR FLOODED. THE FLOODING MAY CONTINUE SEVERAL
HOURS AFTER THE HEAVY RAIN HAS STOPPED.
* LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY HEAVY RAIN
INCLUDE...CHOUTEAU...PRYOR...ADAIR...LOCUST GROVE AND SALINA
CLAREMORE...TIAWAH AND INOLA.
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 3638 9561 3608 9556 3609 9514 3651 9517
3651 9533 3661 9532 3660 9551
$$1 follow-up statement
000
WGUS74 KTSA 231611
FFSTSA
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1109 AM CDT SAT JUN 23 2007
OKC097-131-231945-
ROGERS OK-MAYES OK-
1109 AM CDT SAT JUN 23 2007
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 245 PM CDT FOR MAYES
AND EASTERN ROGERS COUNTIES...
AT 1106 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN HAVE MOVED SOUTHEAST OF THE
WARNING AREA. 4 TO 5 INCH OF RAINFALL HAS OCCURRED ACROSS THIS AREA
AND FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE INTO EARLY
AFTERNOON.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD TO
UNKNOWN DEPTHS. IT ONLY TAKES TWO FEET OF RUSHING WATER TO CARRY AWAY
MOST SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES AND PICKUPS. TAKE A DIFFERENT ROUTE TO
REACH YOUR DESTINATION OR WAIT UNTIL THE WATER RECEDES. REMEMBER...
MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.
LAT...LON 3628 9566 3608 9556 3609 9514 3644 9503
3641 9527 3633 9523 3631 9547
$$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, 7:06 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Mayes, Rogers | 114 min |
| Jun 23, 8:33 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Wagoner | 117 min |
| 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.