Alert archive / Oklahoma / Flash Flood Warnings in 2007
Flash Flood Warning 5, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this flash flood warning at Apr 24, 2007, 6:40 PM CDT for Choctaw County, Oklahoma. It took effect at Apr 24, 2007, 6:45 PM CDT. It was in force for 3 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
- Apr 24, 2007, 6:40 PM CDT (23:40 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 24, 2007, 6:45 PM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 24, 2007, 9:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Whole counties
County Choctaw County, OK
The radar
The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 178 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:42 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 24, 9:30 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Soper, OK | WIDESPREAD STREET FLOODING. WATER UP INTO ONE HOUSE. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 209 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
- 819 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -306 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 685 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 192 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 177 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 242345
FFWTSA
OKC023-250245-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
640 PM CDT TUE APR 24 2007
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
CHOCTAW COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
* UNTIL 945 PM CDT
* AT 638 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN OVER NORTH TEXAS THAT WILL MOVE INTO
AND ACROSS CHOCTAW COUNTY THIS EVENING. TWO TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN
HAS FALLEN OVER CHOCTAW COUNTY...SATURATING THE GROUND. AN ADDITIONAL
TWO TO THREE INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 10 PM THIS EVENING
...RESULTING IN A SIGNIFICANT FLASH FLOOD THREAT FOR CHOCTAW
COUNTY.
* LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY HEAVY RAIN INCLUDE...SOPER...
GOODLAND...HUGO...KENT...SAWYER...MESSER AND FORT TOWSON.
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 3395 9594 3390 9580 3394 9557 3388 9536
3396 9516 3414 9516 3417 9595
$$2 follow-up statements
000
WGUS74 KTSA 250040
FFSTSA
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
740 PM CDT TUE APR 24 2007
OKC023-250245-
CHOCTAW OK-
740 PM CDT TUE APR 24 2007
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM CDT FOR
CHOCTAW COUNTY...
AT 735 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN EXTENDING FROM HUGO SOUTHWEST
TO NEAR SHERMAN TEXAS. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST-NORTHEAST AT 35
MPH. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL OCCUR ACROSS MUCH OF CHOCTAW COUNTY
AS THESE STORMS MOVE REPEATEDLY ACROSS THE SAME AREAS.
TWO TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN OVER PORTIONS OF THE COUNTY
AND ANOTHER ONE TO TWO INCHES IS LIKELY THROUGH 945 PM THIS EVENING.
THIS ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL WILL LIKELY RESULT IN FLOODING...
ESPECIALLY LOW LYING AREAS.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY HEAVY RAIN
INCLUDE KENT...MESSER...SOPER...BOSWELL...FORT TOWSON...SAWYER AND
HUGO.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD TO
UNKNOWN DEPTHS. IT ONLY TAKES TWO FEET OF RUSHING WATER TO CARRY AWAY
MOST SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES AND PICKUPS. TAKE A DIFFERENT ROUTE TO
REACH YOUR DESTINATION OR WAIT UNTIL THE WATER RECEDES. REMEMBER...
MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.
LAT...LON 3395 9594 3390 9580 3394 9557 3388 9536
3396 9516 3414 9516 3417 9595
$$000
WGUS74 KTSA 250246
FFSTSA
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
945 PM CDT TUE APR 24 2007
OKC023-250255-
CHOCTAW OK-
945 PM CDT TUE APR 24 2007
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR CHOCTAW COUNTY EXPIRES AT 945 PM
CDT...
THE SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY HAS WEAKENED AND WILL BEGIN TO
SHIFT EAST OF CHOCTAW COUNTY BY 1000 PM...ENDING THE THREAT FOR
HEAVY RAINFALL. THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THEREFORE WILL BE ALLOWED TO
EXPIRE.
TO REPORT PREVIOUS FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN
TULSA.
LAT...LON 3395 9594 3390 9580 3394 9557 3388 9536
3396 9516 3414 9516 3417 9595
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 24, 2:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage, Pawnee | 66 min |
| Apr 24, 2:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Osage, Pawnee | 51 min |
| Apr 24, 3:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek, Osage, Pawnee, Tulsa | 59 min |
| Apr 24, 3:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage, Washington | 54 min |
| Apr 24, 4:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Rogers, Tulsa | 47 min |
| Apr 24, 4:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | McIntosh, Pittsburg | 61 min |
| Apr 24, 4:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | McIntosh, Okfuskee, Okmulgee | 39 min |
| Apr 24, 4:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | McIntosh, Muskogee, Okmulgee | 42 min |
| Apr 24, 5:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Choctaw, Pushmataha | 57 min |
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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.