Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS Tulsa, OK

Issued

May 7, 2007, 5:21 AM CDT (10:21 UTC)

Expired

May 7, 2007, 11:15 AM CDT

In force

6 hr

Issued by

NWS Tulsa, OK

Area

Whole counties

Counties Rogers County, OK, Tulsa County, OK, Wagoner County, OK

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 11 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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000 
WGUS54 KTSA 071023
FFWTSA
OKC131-143-145-071615-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
521 AM CDT MON MAY 7 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  ROGERS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
  TULSA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
  WESTERN WAGONER COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA

* UNTIL 1115 AM CDT

* AT 517 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN COVERING MUCH OF THE WARNED          
  AREA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. RADAR INDICATES THAT AROUND 2
  INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN IN SOME PLACES. ANOTHER 1 TO
  2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE IN SOME PLACES THROUGH 1115 AM.

* LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY HEAVY RAIN
  INCLUDE...ONETA...BROKEN ARROW...TULSA...CATOOSA...INOLA...
  VERDIGRIS...OWASSO...SPERRY...TIAWAH...CLAREMORE...COLLINSVILLE...
  OOLOGAH...FOYIL...TALALA AND CHELSEA.

HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS AND LOW LYING AREAS RAPIDLY...SO DO NOT DRIVE
YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER OF AN UNKNOWN DEPTH COVERS THE 
ROAD. 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. 

LAT...LON 3587 9603 3586 9552 3616 9548 3659 9544
      3661 9580 3645 9582 3642 9599

$$

000 
WGUS74 KTSA 071325
FFSTSA

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
820 AM CDT MON MAY 7 2007

OKC131-143-145-071615-
WAGONER OK-ROGERS OK-TULSA OK-
820 AM CDT MON MAY 7 2007

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 AM CDT FOR
TULSA...ROGERS AND WESTERN WAGONER COUNTIES...

AT 815 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN GENERALLY SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 44. 
THROUGH 1115 AM STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO TRANSITION SOUTHWARD OUT OF 
THE AREA.  RADAR INDICATES THAT 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN... 
WITH WIDESPREAD FLOODING BEING REPORTED ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA.

WHEN WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY REMEMBER...TURN AROUND DONT DROWN. 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 3587 9603 3586 9552 3616 9548 3659 9544
      3661 9580 3645 9582 3642 9599

$$

Flash Flood Warnings in Oklahoma, 2007Every flash flood warning in 2007

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.