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Flash Flood Warning 66, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this flash flood warning at Jul 5, 2007, 6:56 PM CDT for Muskogee County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 2 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 5, 2007, 6:56 PM CDT (23:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 5, 2007, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Whole counties
County Muskogee County, OK
The radar
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:57 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 5, 7:10 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Muskogee, OK | NUMEROUS ROADS FLOODED AROUND TOWN...SOME UP TO 2 1/2 FEET DEEP IN WATER |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 188 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
- 284 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -71 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 909 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 5 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 22 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 052358 FFWTSA OKC101-060200- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 656 PM CDT THU JUL 5 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... NORTHERN MUSKOGEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA * UNTIL 900 PM CDT * AT 652 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF HEAVY RAIN CENTERED OVER AND JUST SOUTHEAST OF MUSKOGEE ...MOVING SOUTH AT 5 MPH. RADAR INDICATES THAT 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN. ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 800 PM CDT. * THE STORM PRODUCING THE HEAVY RAINFALL WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE INDICATED COUNTY. 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 3567 9520 3582 9529 3577 9550 3566 9545 $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WGUS74 KTSA 060108 FFSTSA FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 805 PM CDT THU JUL 5 2007 OKC101-060200- MUSKOGEE OK- 805 PM CDT THU JUL 5 2007 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN MUSKOGEE COUNTY... AT 803 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THAT THE HEAVIEST RAINS HAD MOVE SOUTH AND WEST OF MUSKOGEE COUNTY...HOWEVER LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN CONTINUED OVER MUCH OF THE AREA. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN FELL NEAR THE CITY OF MUSKOGEE WITHIN A FEW HOURS TIME. THIS TYPE OF RAINFALL CAN LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING...WHERE WATER COVERED ROADWAYS PERSIST FOR SEVERAL HOURS. THEREFORE...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN MUSKOGEE COUNTY. SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE MUSKOGEE...BRAGGS...AND SUMMIT. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD TO UNKNOWN DEPTHS. IT ONLY TAKES TWO FEET OF RUSHING WATER TO CARRY AWAY MOST SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES AND PICKUPS. TAKE A DIFFERENT ROUTE TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION OR WAIT UNTIL THE WATER RECEDES. REMEMBER... MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN TULSA. LAT...LON 3567 9520 3582 9529 3577 9550 3566 9545 $$
000 WGUS74 KTSA 060155 FFSTSA FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 855 PM CDT THU JUL 5 2007 OKC101-060205- MUSKOGEE OK- 855 PM CDT THU JUL 5 2007 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHERN MUSKOGEE COUNTY EXPIRES AT 900 PM CDT... THE HEAVY RAINFALL HAS ENDED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA...THEREFORE THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING 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 3567 9520 3582 9529 3577 9550 3566 9545 $$
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, 6:08 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Adair | 4 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.