Alert archive / Oklahoma / Flash Flood Warnings in 2007
Flash Flood Warning 65, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this flash flood warning at Jul 5, 2007, 6:08 PM CDT for Adair 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 5, 2007, 6:08 PM CDT (23:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 5, 2007, 10:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Whole counties
County Adair County, OK
The radar
The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:12 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, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 137 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
- 1096 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -28 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 848 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 5 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 6 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -9 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 052309 FFWTSA OKC001-060300- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 608 PM CDT THU JUL 5 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN ADAIR COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA * UNTIL 1000 PM CDT * AT 607 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES EAST OF STILWELL TO 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF BUNCH...MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH. RADAR INDICATES THAT 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN. ANOTHER 2 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 1015 PM CDT. * THE STORMS PRODUCING THE HEAVY RAINFALL WILL EFFECT STILWELL AND BUNCH. 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. IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT ONLY TAKES TWO FEET OF SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY. LAT...LON 3595 9453 3588 9480 3566 9481 3564 9448 $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WGUS74 KTSA 052357 FFSTSA FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 656 PM CDT THU JUL 5 2007 OKC001-060300- ADAIR OK- 656 PM CDT THU JUL 5 2007 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR SOUTHERN ADAIR COUNTY... AT 652 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN CONTINUED ACROSS SOUTHERN ADAIR COUNTY. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN FELL WITHIN A FEW HOURS TIME ACROSS THIS AREA. THIS TYPE OF RAINFALL WILL OFTEN LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING...AND ROADWAYS MAY REMAIN FLOODED WELL AFTER THE RAIN HAS ENDED. THEREFORE...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN ADAIR COUNTY. ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL THROUGH 1000 PM CDT WILL BE LESS THAN ONE INCH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY CONTINUE TO EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE MARIETTA...BARON AND STILWELL. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD TO UNKNOWN DEPTHS. IT ONLY TAKES TWO FEET OF RUSHING WATER TO CARRY AWAY MOST SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES AND PICKUPS. TAKE A DIFFERENT ROUTE TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION OR WAIT UNTIL THE WATER RECEDES. REMEMBER... MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT ONLY TAKES TWO FEET OF SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY. TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN TULSA. LAT...LON 3595 9453 3588 9480 3566 9481 3564 9448 $$
000 WGUS74 KTSA 060216 FFSTSA FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 916 PM CDT THU JUL 5 2007 OKC001-060226- ADAIR OK- 916 PM CDT THU JUL 5 2007 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHERN ADAIR COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE HEAVY RAINFALL HAS ENDED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA...THEREFORE THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. SCATTERED LIGHT RAIN MAY CONTINUE THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE EVENING HOURS...HOWEVER WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAIN IS NOT EXPECTED. THEREFORE THE RISK OF ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOODING HAS DIMINISHED. TO REPORT PREVIOUS FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN TULSA. LAT...LON 3595 9453 3588 9480 3566 9481 3564 9448 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 4, 9:24 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Tulsa | 2 hr |
| Jul 5, 7:57 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Cherokee | 3 hr |
| Jul 5, 2:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Pawnee | 42 min |
| Jul 5, 4:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Tulsa | 42 min |
| Jul 5, 4:11 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Tulsa | 4 hr |
| Jul 5, 4:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Tulsa | 46 min |
| Jul 5, 4:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Creek | 45 min |
| Jul 5, 4:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek | 54 min |
| Jul 5, 4:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Okmulgee | 50 min |
| Jul 5, 5:30 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Cherokee | 4 hr |
| Jul 5, 6:56 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Muskogee | 2 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.