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Flash Flood Warning 47, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this flash flood warning at Jul 1, 2007, 5:53 PM CDT for Mayes County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 4 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
- Jul 1, 2007, 5:53 PM CDT (22:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 1, 2007, 10:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Whole counties
County Mayes County, OK
The radar
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 33 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:53 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
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 144 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 012253 FFWTSA OKC097-020300- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 553 PM CDT SUN JUL 1 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN MAYES COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA * UNTIL 1000 PM CDT * AT 549 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM ROSE TO 9 MILES SOUTH OF LOCUST GROVE. THE STORMS PRODUCING THE HEAVY RAINFALL WERE NEARLY STATIONARY. RADAR INDICATES THAT 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN. ANOTHER 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 1000 PM CDT. * LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY HEAVY RAIN INCLUDE...SALINA. 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 3617 9501 3608 9537 3616 9538 3639 9501 $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WGUS74 KTSA 020042 FFSTSA FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 742 PM CDT SUN JUL 1 2007 OKC097-020300- MAYES OK- 742 PM CDT SUN JUL 1 2007 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR MAYES COUNTY... AT 740 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN 2 MILES NORTH OF SALINA...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 5 MPH. RADAR INDICATES THAT 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN. ANOTHER INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 1000 PM CDT. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY HEAVY RAIN INCLUDE PRYOR AND ADAIR. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD TO UNKNOWN DEPTHS. IT ONLY TAKES TWO FEET OF RUSHING WATER TO CARRY AWAY MOST SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES AND PICKUPS. TAKE A DIFFERENT ROUTE TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION OR WAIT UNTIL THE WATER RECEDES. REMEMBER... MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN TULSA. LAT...LON 3617 9501 3616 9535 3644 9531 3639 9501 $$
000 WGUS74 KTSA 020306 FFSTSA FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 1004 PM CDT SUN JUL 1 2007 OKC097-020314- MAYES OK- 1004 PM CDT SUN JUL 1 2007 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR CENTRAL MAYES COUNTY EXPIRED AT 1000 PM CDT... THE HEAVY RAINFALL HAS ENDED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA...THEREFORE THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. LIGHT TO OCCASIONALLY MODERATE RAINFALL WILL PERSIST ACROSS MAYES COUNTY THROUGH MIDNIGHT. MINOR FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS AND OTHER FLOOD PRONE AREAS IS POSSIBLE FROM THIS RAINFALL. TO REPORT PREVIOUS FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN TULSA. LAT...LON 3617 9501 3616 9535 3644 9531 3639 9501 $$
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, 4:34 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Cherokee, Wagoner | 4 hr |
| 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, 6:02 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Latimer, LeFlore, Pushmataha | 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.