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Flash Flood Warning 34, NWS Tulsa, OK

June 27, 2007Choctaw County, Pushmataha County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this flash flood warning at Jun 27, 2007, 8:19 PM CDT for Choctaw County, Pushmataha County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 27, 2007, 8:19 PM CDT (01:19 UTC)
Expired
Jun 27, 2007, 11:15 PM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Whole counties

Counties Choctaw County, OK, Pushmataha County, OK

The radar

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 156 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:22 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 209 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 00:00Z on 2007-06-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 792 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2007-06-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 20 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
792 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
796 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
8 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
20 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
59 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 280121
FFWTSA
OKC023-127-280415-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
819 PM CDT WED JUN 27 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 1115 PM CDT

* AT 818 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN
  AREA OF HEAVY RAIN 3 MILES NORTH OF HUGO...MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH. 
  UP TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN IN THAT AREA TODAY.      
  ANOTHER 2 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 1115 PM CDT.

* LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY HEAVY RAIN
  INCLUDE...FORT TOWSON...KENT...MESSER...ANTLERS...RATTAN...OLETA...
  KELLOND...MOYERS...KOSOMA...CLOUDY...SNOW...DUNBAR...NASHOBA...
  STANLEY...CLAYTON...TUSKAHOMA...KIAMICHI AND ALBION.

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.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODS. IT IS VERY DIFFICULT AT NIGHT TO TELL HOW
MUCH WATER IS ON THE ROADS. IT ONLY TAKES TWO FEET OF RUSHING WATER
TO CARRY AWAY MOST SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES AND PICKUPS. MOTORISTS
SHOULD NOT DRIVE THROUGH WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH. TAKE A DIFFERENT
ROUTE TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION OR WAIT UNTIL THE WATER RECEDES.

LAT...LON 3395 9557 3389 9570 3393 9592 3415 9595
      3418 9576 3451 9576 3449 9567 3459 9565
      3459 9553 3468 9551 3468 9494 3468 9494
      3453 9496 3450 9505 3425 9507 3423 9515
      3395 9518 3397 9523 3388 9529 3388 9546

$$
2 follow-up statements
000 
WGUS74 KTSA 280308
FFSTSA

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1006 PM CDT WED JUN 27 2007

OKC023-127-280415-
CHOCTAW OK-PUSHMATAHA OK-
1006 PM CDT WED JUN 27 2007

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 PM CDT FOR
PUSHMATAHA AND CHOCTAW COUNTIES...

AT 1006 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN
AREA OF HEAVY RAIN ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM ALBION TO 12 MILES 
EAST OF CLOUDY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. RADAR INDICATES THAT 
NARROW BAND OF ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN ACROSS 
EASTERN CHOCTAW AND SOUTHEAST PUSHMATAHA COUNTIES. ANOTHER 1/2 TO 
ONE INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 1115 PM CDT.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY HEAVY RAIN
INCLUDE ALBION.

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.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODS. IT IS VERY DIFFICULT AT NIGHT TO TELL HOW
MUCH WATER IS ON THE ROADS. IT ONLY TAKES TWO FEET OF RUSHING WATER
TO CARRY AWAY MOST SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES AND PICKUPS. MOTORISTS
SHOULD NOT DRIVE THROUGH WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH. TAKE A DIFFERENT
ROUTE TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION OR WAIT UNTIL THE WATER RECEDES.

LAT...LON 3395 9557 3389 9570 3393 9592 3415 9595
      3418 9576 3451 9576 3449 9567 3459 9565
      3459 9553 3468 9551 3468 9494 3468 9494
      3453 9496 3450 9505 3425 9507 3423 9515
      3395 9518 3397 9523 3388 9529 3388 9546

$$
000 
WGUS74 KTSA 280409
FFSTSA

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1108 PM CDT WED JUN 27 2007

OKC023-127-280418-
CHOCTAW OK-PUSHMATAHA OK-
1108 PM CDT WED JUN 27 2007

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR PUSHMATAHA AND CHOCTAW COUNTIES
EXPIRES AT 1115 PM CDT...

THE HEAVY RAINFALL HAS DECREASED SUBSTANTIALLY 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 3395 9557 3389 9570 3393 9592 3415 9595
      3418 9576 3451 9576 3449 9567 3459 9565
      3459 9553 3468 9551 3468 9494 3468 9494
      3453 9496 3450 9505 3425 9507 3423 9515
      3395 9518 3397 9523 3388 9529 3388 9546

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 27, 7:52 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAChoctaw, Pushmataha68 min
Jun 27, 9:02 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSALatimer, LeFlore, Pushmataha58 min
Jun 27, 9:53 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAHaskell, Latimer, LeFlore67 min
Jun 28, 2:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAOkmulgee46 min
Jun 28, 2:49 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAMuskogee, Wagoner56 min
Jun 28, 3:39 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAMayes, Rogers66 min
Jun 28, 5:22 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSAOsage, Pawnee4 hr
Jun 28, 6:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAPushmataha46 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.