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Flash Flood Warning 45, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this flash flood warning at Jul 1, 2007, 4:34 PM CDT for Cherokee County, Wagoner 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
- Jul 1, 2007, 4:34 PM CDT (21:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 1, 2007, 8:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Cherokee County, OK, Wagoner County, OK
The radar
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:34 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 1, 5:07 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 5 W Hulbert, OK | CAMPERS MOVING TO HIGHER GROUND DUE TO FLOOD WATERS AT SEQUOYAH STATE PARK |
| Jul 1, 6:07 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 3 Se Wagoner, OK | PORTIONS OF HIGHWAY 16 BETWEEN WAGONER AND OKAY FLOODED. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 169 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
- 123 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -40 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 758 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 49 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 125 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS54 KTSA 012134 FFWTSA OKC021-145-020130- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 434 PM CDT SUN JUL 1 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... WESTERN CHEROKEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA SOUTHEASTERN WAGONER COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA * UNTIL 830 PM CDT * AT 430 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF OKAY. THE STORM PRODUCING THE HEAVY RAINFALL WAS NEARLY STATIONARY. RADAR INDICATES THAT 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN. ANOTHER 2 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 830 PM CDT. * LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY HEAVY RAIN INCLUDE...WAGONER AND HULBERT...OKAY. 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 3604 9539 3582 9539 3583 9509 3605 9508 $$
1 follow-up statement
000
WGUS74 KTSA 012240
FFSTSA
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
539 PM CDT SUN JUL 1 2007
OKC021-145-020130-
WAGONER OK-CHEROKEE OK-
539 PM CDT SUN JUL 1 2007
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM CDT FOR
WESTERN CHEROKEE AND NORTHEASTERN WAGONER COUNTIES...
AT 536 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF PEGGS TO 15 MILES SOUTH OF HULBERT. THE STORMS
PRODUCING THE HEAVY RAINFALL WERE NEARLY STATIONARY. RADAR INDICATES
THAT 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN. ANOTHER 2 INCHES WILL
BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 830 PM CDT.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY HEAVY RAIN
INCLUDE PEGGS AND HULBERT.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD TO
UNKNOWN DEPTHS. IT ONLY TAKES TWO FEET OF RUSHING WATER TO CARRY AWAY
MOST SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES AND PICKUPS. TAKE A DIFFERENT ROUTE TO
REACH YOUR DESTINATION OR WAIT UNTIL THE WATER RECEDES. REMEMBER...
MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR IS
OCCURRING. IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE TO
STREAMS...RIVERS...OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS.
CAMPERS SHOULD AVOID CAMPING ALONG STREAMS OR CREEKS DURING
THREATENING RAINS.
LAT...LON 3607 9530 3582 9527 3581 9514 3571 9513
3575 9496 3592 9499 3617 9496 3617 9510
3609 9511
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 30, 7:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Delaware | 28 min |
| Jun 30, 9:12 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Osage | 6 hr |
| Jul 1, 3:43 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | LeFlore | 3 hr |
| Jul 1, 3:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | LeFlore | 67 min |
| Jul 1, 4:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Pittsburg | 34 min |
| Jul 1, 5:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Pushmataha | 79 min |
| Jul 1, 5:53 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Mayes | 4 hr |
| Jul 1, 6:02 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Latimer, LeFlore, Pushmataha | 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.