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Flash Flood Warning 67, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this flash flood warning at Jul 5, 2007, 7:10 PM CDT for Sequoyah County, Oklahoma. 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
- Jul 5, 2007, 7:10 PM CDT (00:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 5, 2007, 10:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Whole counties
County Sequoyah County, OK
The radar
The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:10 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, 7:30 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 3 Ssw Short, OK | COUNTY ROAD WASHOUTS IN THE VICINITY OF EAGLE MOUNTAIN. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 178 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
- 862 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1417 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 10 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 15 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 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 060011
FFWTSA
OKC135-060300-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
710 PM CDT THU JUL 5 2007
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SEQUOYAH COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
* UNTIL 1000 PM CDT
* AT 705 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 5 MILES
SOUTH OF VIAN TO 3 MILES SOUTH OF GANS TO ROLAND...MOVING SOUTH
AT 15 MPH. RADAR INDICATES THAT 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS
ALREADY FALLEN. ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH
1000 PM CDT.
* LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY HEAVY RAIN
INCLUDE...COTTONWOOD...GANS...ROLAND...AND MULDROW.
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.
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR IS
OCCURRING. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS...CREEKS AND DRAINAGE
DITCHES SHOULD BE READY TO TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION IF FLOODING IS
OBSERVED. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER BY FOOT OR BY
AUTO...YOU MAY BE SWEPT AWAY BY THE STRONG CURRENT. 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.
LAT...LON 3558 9495 3555 9463 3555 9446 3537 9445
3530 9465 3544 9501
$$2 follow-up statements
000
WGUS74 KTSA 060052
FFSTSA
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
752 PM CDT THU JUL 5 2007
OKC135-060300-
SEQUOYAH OK-
752 PM CDT THU JUL 5 2007
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR
SEQUOYAH COUNTY...
AT 749 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
AREAS OF HEAVY RAIN CONTINUING OVER PORTIONS OF SEQUOYAH COUNTY.
RADAR INDICATES THAT 2 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN...WITH
THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS OVER FAR EASTERN SEQUOYAH COUNTY. ANOTHER
INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 1000 PM CDT.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY HEAVY RAIN
INCLUDE BRUSHY AND VIAN.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD TO
UNKNOWN DEPTHS. IT ONLY TAKES TWO FEET OF RUSHING WATER TO CARRY AWAY
MOST SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES AND PICKUPS. TAKE A DIFFERENT ROUTE TO
REACH YOUR DESTINATION OR WAIT UNTIL THE WATER RECEDES. REMEMBER...
MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.
IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS
FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT ONLY TAKES TWO FEET OF
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.
TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY
YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN TULSA.
LAT...LON 3558 9495 3555 9463 3555 9446 3537 9445
3530 9465 3544 9501
$$000
WGUS74 KTSA 060225
FFSTSA
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
924 PM CDT THU JUL 5 2007
OKC135-060234-
SEQUOYAH OK-
924 PM CDT THU JUL 5 2007
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SEQUOYAH 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 3558 9495 3555 9463 3555 9446 3537 9445
3530 9465 3544 9501
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 5, 7:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Haskell, LeFlore | 38 min |
| Jul 5, 7:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | McIntosh | 42 min |
| Jul 5, 7:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Rogers | 28 min |
| Jul 5, 7:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | McIntosh | 48 min |
| Jul 6, 4:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Pushmataha | 24 min |
| Jul 6, 5:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | McIntosh | 33 min |
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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.