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Flash Flood Warning 29, NWS Tulsa, OK

June 23, 2007Okmulgee County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this flash flood warning at Jun 23, 2007, 9:03 AM CDT for Okmulgee County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 4 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
Jun 23, 2007, 9:03 AM CDT (14:03 UTC)
Expired
Jun 23, 2007, 1:00 PM CDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Whole counties

County Okmulgee County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:06 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
Jun 23, 9:22 AM CDTFLASH FLOODHenryetta, OKSIGNIFICANT STREET FLOODING IN HENRYETTA

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 138 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 2007-06-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1217 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 2007-06-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 3 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
1217 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-58 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
796 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
3 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
3 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
57 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 231404
FFWTSA
OKC111-231800-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN OKMULGEE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA

* UNTIL 100 PM CDT

* AT 902 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN NEAR HENRYETTA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 
  5 MPH. RADAR INDICATES THAT 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY      
  FALLEN. ANOTHER 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 100 PM CDT.

* LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY HEAVY RAIN          
  INCLUDE...DEWAR...SCHULTER...GRAYSON AND HOFFMAN AND HENRYETTA.

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 3556 9609 3539 9609 3539 9588 3547 9583
      3558 9582

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WGUS74 KTSA 231616
FFSTSA

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1114 AM CDT SAT JUN 23 2007

OKC111-231800-
OKMULGEE OK-
1114 AM CDT SAT JUN 23 2007

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHERN OKMULGEE COUNTY...

AT 1110 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN OVER SOUTHERN OKMULGEE COUNTY. RADAR 
INDICATES THAT 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN ACROSS 
SOUTHERN OKMULGEE COUNTY. ANOTHER INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 
100 PM CDT.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY HEAVY RAIN
INCLUDE WILSON...MORRIS...SCHULTER...GRAYSON...HOFFMAN AND OKMULGEE
AND HENRYETTA.

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 3569 9612 3543 9605 3539 9588 3554 9581
      3569 9571

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 23, 6:37 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSAWagoner113 min
Jun 23, 7:06 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSAMayes, Rogers114 min
Jun 23, 8:33 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSAWagoner117 min
Jun 23, 8:46 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSAMayes, Rogers6 hr
Jun 23, 9:59 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSAMuskogee, Wagoner4 hr
Jun 23, 10:22 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSAOkfuskee4 hr
Jun 23, 5:45 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSARogers30 min
Jun 23, 6:17 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAOsage43 min
Jun 23, 6:31 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAWashington44 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.