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Flash Flood Warning 30, NWS Tulsa, OK

June 23, 2007Muskogee County, Wagoner County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this flash flood warning at Jun 23, 2007, 9:59 AM CDT for Muskogee County, Wagoner County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 4 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, 9:59 AM CDT (14:59 UTC)
Expired
Jun 23, 2007, 2:00 PM CDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Whole counties

Counties Muskogee County, OK, Wagoner County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:00 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 23, 10:02 AM CDTFLASH FLOODHaskell, OKSTREETS CLOSED IN HASKELL DUE TO FLOODING
Jun 23, 10:30 AM CDTFLASH FLOODCoweta, OKNUMEROUS SECONDARY ROADS CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER.
Jun 23, 11:40 AM CDTFLASH FLOOD4 W Wagoner, OKGRAIN ELEVATOR ROAD CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER

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, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 187 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 231500
FFWTSA
OKC101-145-231900-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN MUSKOGEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
  WAGONER COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA

* UNTIL 200 PM CDT

* AT 955 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 9 MILES
  NORTH OF ONETA TO 4 MILES WEST OF STONEBLUFF...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 
  5 MPH. RADAR INDICATES THAT 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY     
  FALLEN ACROSS FAR NORTHWEST MUSKOGEE COUNTY AND 4 TO 5 INCHES      
  ACROSS MUCH OF WAGONER COUNTY. ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE       
  POSSIBLE THROUGH 200 PM CDT.

* LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY HEAVY RAIN
  INCLUDE...COWETA...HASKELL...BOYNTON...PORTER...TAFT...
  TULLAHASSEE...WAGONER...OKTAHA...MUSKOGEE...OKAY AND KEEFETON.

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 3616 9576 3589 9579 3556 9572 3557 9536
      3607 9522 3609 9555 3616 9562

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WGUS74 KTSA 231613
FFSTSA

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1112 AM CDT SAT JUN 23 2007

OKC101-145-231900-
MUSKOGEE OK-WAGONER OK-
1112 AM CDT SAT JUN 23 2007

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM CDT FOR
WAGONER AND NORTHWESTERN MUSKOGEE COUNTIES...

AT 1110 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 9 MILES
NORTHWEST OF WAGONER TO 3 MILES SOUTH OF STONEBLUFF...MOVING 
SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH. RADAR INDICATES THAT 4 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS 
ALREADY FALLEN ACROSS PORTIONS OF WAGONER AND FAR NORTHWESTERN 
MUSKOGEE COUNTIES. ANOTHER INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 200 PM CDT.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY HEAVY RAIN
INCLUDE HASKELL...PORTER...WAGONER...TAFT...TULLAHASSEE...BOYNTON...
OKAY...MUSKOGEE...OKTAHA AND KEEFETON.

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 3602 9572 3589 9579 3556 9572 3557 9536
      3607 9522 3608 9553 3607 9561

$$

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, 9:03 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSAOkmulgee4 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

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.