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Flash Flood Warning 49, NWS Tulsa, OK

July 1, 2007Okfuskee County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this flash flood warning at Jul 1, 2007, 8:40 PM CDT for Okfuskee County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 6 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: Jul 1, 2007, 8:40 PM CDT (01:40 UTC)
Expired: Jul 2, 2007, 2:45 AM CDT
In force: 6 hr
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK
Area: Whole counties

County Okfuskee County, OK

The radar

The Norman radar (KTLX), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jul 1, 9:06 PM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	5 E Okemah, OK	HIGHWAY 62...WATER OVER ROADWAY DUE TO HEAVY RAIN.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WGUS54 KTSA 020140
FFWTSA
OKC107-020745-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
840 PM CDT SUN JUL 1 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN OKFUSKEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA

* UNTIL 245 AM CDT MONDAY

* AT 835 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN NEAR PHAROAH. THE STORM PRODUCING THE
  HEAVY RAINFALL WAS NEARLY STATIONARY. RADAR INDICATES THAT 2       
  INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN. ANOTHER 2 INCHES WILL BE        
  POSSIBLE THROUGH 245 AM CDT MONDAY.

* LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY HEAVY RAIN          
  INCLUDE...CLEARVIEW AND WELEETKA AND PHAROAH.

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 3530 9600 3540 9601 3540 9608 3555 9609
      3530 9644

$$

1 follow-up statement

000 
WGUS74 KTSA 020350
FFSTSA

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1050 PM CDT SUN JUL 1 2007

OKC107-020400-
OKFUSKEE OK-
1050 PM CDT SUN JUL 1 2007

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN OKFUSKEE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

THE HEAVY RAINFALL HAS ENDED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA...THEREFORE THE 
FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. 

TO REPORT PREVIOUS FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN
TULSA.

LAT...LON 3530 9600 3540 9601 3540 9608 3555 9609
      3530 9644

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 2, 2:44 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Choctaw	3 hr
Jul 2, 4:42 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Latimer, Pittsburg, Pushmataha	4 hr
Jul 2, 8:42 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Latimer, Pushmataha	3 hr
Jul 2, 5:48 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	McIntosh, Muskogee	4 hr
Jul 2, 5:50 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Choctaw	4 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Oklahoma, 2007 Every 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; local storm reports from the same archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.