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Flash Flood Warning 36, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this flash flood warning at Jun 28, 2007, 9:02 PM CDT for Osage County, Pawnee County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 4 hr. 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 28, 2007, 9:02 PM CDT (02:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 29, 2007, 1:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Osage County, OK, Pawnee County, OK
The radar
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:05 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 28, 9:41 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Ralston, OK | RAINFALL SO FAR NEAR RALSTON MEASURED AT OVER 5 AND 1/2 INCHES THIS EVENING LAW ENFORCEMENT IS HAVING TO BARRICADE SIDE STREETS DUE TO HIGH WATER |
| Jun 29, 12:30 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Foraker, OK | WATER OVER SECONDARY ROADS DUE TO HEAVY RAIN. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Lamont, OK (KLMN), launched 00:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 85 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
- 56 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -55 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 495 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 13 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 38 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 290202
FFWTSA
OKC113-117-290600-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
902 PM CDT THU JUN 28 2007
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
OSAGE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
PAWNEE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
* UNTIL 100 AM CDT
* AT 900 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN NEAR HALLETT...MOVING NORTH AT 20
MPH. RADAR INDICATES THAT 3 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY
FALLEN. ANOTHER 1 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 100 AM CDT.
* LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY HEAVY RAIN
INCLUDE...PAWNEE...OSAGE...CLEVELAND...SKEDEE...BLACKBURN...
HOMINY...RALSTON...FAIRFAX...WYNONA...BURBANK...PAWHUSKA...
SHIDLER...PEARSONIA...FORAKER...GRAINOLA AND BIGHEART.
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.
TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY
YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN TULSA.
LAT...LON 3679 9674 3670 9693 3668 9705 3661 9703
3661 9692 3657 9687 3652 9703 3635 9703
3634 9692 3626 9691 3625 9682 3616 9681
3617 9644 3699 9606 3700 9675
$$1 follow-up statement
000
WGUS74 KTSA 290600
FFSTSA
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1259 AM CDT FRI JUN 29 2007
OKC113-117-290609-
OSAGE OK-PAWNEE OK-
1259 AM CDT FRI JUN 29 2007
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR PAWNEE AND OSAGE COUNTIES EXPIRES AT
100 AM CDT...
THE HEAVY RAINFALL HAS ENDED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA...THEREFORE THE
FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. HOWEVER...ADDITIONAL
HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE LATER TONIGHT ACROSS PORTIONS OF
OSAGE AND PAWNEE COUNTIES.
TO REPORT PREVIOUS FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN
TULSA.
LAT...LON 3679 9674 3670 9693 3668 9705 3661 9703
3661 9692 3657 9687 3652 9703 3635 9703
3634 9692 3626 9691 3625 9682 3616 9681
3617 9644 3699 9606 3700 9675
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 29, 1:54 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Osage, Washington | 2 hr |
| Jun 29, 1:43 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Osage, Pawnee | 6 hr |
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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.