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Flash Flood Warning 37, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this flash flood warning at Jun 29, 2007, 1:54 AM CDT for Osage County, Washington County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 2 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 29, 2007, 1:54 AM CDT (06:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 29, 2007, 4:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Osage County, OK, Washington County, OK
The radar
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:54 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 29, 3:20 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 5 W Bartlesville, OK | WATER OVER HIGHWAY 60 AS WELL AS SECONDARY ROADS. |
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, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 119 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 290654 FFWTSA OKC113-147-290900- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 154 AM CDT FRI JUN 29 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN OSAGE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA NORTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA * UNTIL 400 AM CDT * AT 150 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN 6 MILES SOUTH OF OKESA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. RADAR INDICATES THAT 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN. ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 400 AM CDT. * LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY HEAVY RAIN INCLUDE...BIGHEART...BARTLESVILLE...DEWEY...HULAH AND COPAN. 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 3662 9627 3664 9601 3699 9577 3700 9626 $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WGUS74 KTSA 290752 FFSTSA FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 250 AM CDT FRI JUN 29 2007 OKC113-147-290900- WASHINGTON OK-OSAGE OK- 250 AM CDT FRI JUN 29 2007 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM CDT FOR NORTHEASTERN OSAGE AND NORTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTIES... AT 247 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF HEAVY RAIN OVER NORTHERN OSAGE AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES... MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH. RADAR INDICATES THAT 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN. ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 400 AM CDT. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY HEAVY RAIN INCLUDE COPAN AND HULAH. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD TO UNKNOWN DEPTHS. IT ONLY TAKES TWO FEET OF RUSHING WATER TO CARRY AWAY MOST SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES AND PICKUPS. TAKE A DIFFERENT ROUTE TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION OR WAIT UNTIL THE WATER RECEDES. REMEMBER... MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODS. IT IS VERY DIFFICULT AT NIGHT TO TELL HOW MUCH WATER IS ON THE ROADS. IT ONLY TAKES TWO FEET OF RUSHING WATER TO CARRY AWAY MOST SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES AND PICKUPS. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE THROUGH WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH. TAKE A DIFFERENT ROUTE TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION OR WAIT UNTIL THE WATER RECEDES. LAT...LON 3662 9627 3664 9601 3699 9577 3700 9626 $$
000 WGUS74 KTSA 290856 FFSTSA FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 356 AM CDT FRI JUN 29 2007 OKC113-147-290906- WASHINGTON OK-OSAGE OK- 356 AM CDT FRI JUN 29 2007 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN OSAGE AND NORTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 400 AM CDT... THE SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA...ENDING THE THREAT FOR HEAVY RAINFALL...THEREFORE THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE LATER THIS MORNING...AND A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT. TO REPORT PREVIOUS FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN TULSA. LAT...LON 3662 9627 3664 9601 3699 9577 3700 9626 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 28, 9:02 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Osage, Pawnee | 4 hr |
| Jun 29, 1:43 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Osage, Pawnee | 6 hr |
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.