Alert archive / Oklahoma / Flash Flood Warnings in 2007
Flash Flood Warning 41, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this flash flood warning at Jun 30, 2007, 12:25 AM CDT for Craig County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 95 min. 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 30, 2007, 12:25 AM CDT (05:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 30, 2007, 2:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 95 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Whole counties
County Craig County, OK
The radar
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:25 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
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 252 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 671 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 25 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 54 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 300529
FFWTSA
OKC035-300700-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1225 AM CDT SAT JUN 30 2007
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN CRAIG COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
* UNTIL 200 AM CDT
* AT 1221 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES
NORTH OF WELCH TO 3 MILES EAST OF BLUEJACKET...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
15 MPH. RADAR INDICATES THAT 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER
THE FAR NORTHERN SECTIONS OF CRAIG COUNTY. 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE
POSSIBLE OVER THE FAR NORTHEASTERN SECTIONS OF THE COUNTY THROUGH
200 AM CDT. ALTHOUGH THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED IN MUCH OF CRAIG
COUNTY...SOME FLOODING CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH 2 AM NEAR SMALLER
STREAMS.
* THE STORMS PRODUCING THE HEAVY RAINFALL WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE INDICATED COUNTY.
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 3696 9502 3671 9502 3670 9500 3670 9541
3689 9541 3691 9539 3700 9539 3700 9505
$$1 follow-up statement
000
WGUS74 KTSA 300702
FFSTSA
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
201 AM CDT SAT JUN 30 2007
OKC035-300711-
CRAIG OK-
201 AM CDT SAT JUN 30 2007
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHERN CRAIG COUNTY EXPIRES AT 200
AM CDT...
THE HEAVY RAINFALL HAS ENDED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA...THEREFORE THE
FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. WHILE THE HEAVY RAIN
HAS ENDED...SMALL STREAMS ACROSS NORTHERN CRAIG COUNTY WILL CONTINUE
TO RUN HIGH. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT.
TO REPORT PREVIOUS FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN
TULSA.
LAT...LON 3696 9502 3671 9502 3670 9500 3670 9541
3689 9541 3691 9539 3700 9539 3700 9505
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 29, 9:27 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Nowata, Washington | 3 hr |
| Jun 29, 11:00 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Craig | 90 min |
| Jun 30, 3:33 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Okfuskee, Okmulgee | 3 hr |
| Jun 30, 5:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Cherokee | 46 min |
| Jun 30, 6:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Ottawa | 30 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.