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Flash Flood Warning 47, NWS Tulsa, OK

July 1, 2007Mayes County, Oklahoma

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2007-07-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 123 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2007-07-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 49 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 30, 7:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSADelaware28 min
Jun 30, 9:12 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSAOsage6 hr
Jul 1, 3:43 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSALeFlore3 hr
Jul 1, 3:23 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSALeFlore67 min
Jul 1, 4:34 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSACherokee, Wagoner4 hr
Jul 1, 4:41 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAPittsburg34 min
Jul 1, 5:11 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAPushmataha79 min
Jul 1, 6:02 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSALatimer, LeFlore, Pushmataha6 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Oklahoma, 2007Every flash flood warning in 2007

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.