Alert archive / Oklahoma / Flash Flood Warnings in 2007
Flash Flood Warning 72, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this flash flood warning at Jul 10, 2007, 5:46 AM CDT for Choctaw County, Pushmataha County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 6 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 10, 2007, 5:46 AM CDT (10:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 10, 2007, 11:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Choctaw County, OK, Pushmataha County, OK
The radar
The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 156 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:46 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
Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 10.8 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
- 3020 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1274 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 56 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 101 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.8
- Supercell composite
- 7.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WGUS54 KTSA 101046
FFWTSA
OKC023-127-101645-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
546 AM CDT TUE JUL 10 2007
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
CHOCTAW COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
PUSHMATAHA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
* UNTIL 1145 AM CDT
* AT 544 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 14 MILES
NORTHWEST OF MOYERS TO 8 MILES SOUTH OF BOSWELL...MOVING EAST AT 15
MPH. RADAR INDICATES THAT 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN.
ANOTHER 2 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 1145 AM CDT.
* LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY HEAVY RAIN
INCLUDE...SOPER...KELLOND...KENT...KOSOMA...ANTLERS...DUNBAR...
GOODLAND...HUGO...STANLEY...MESSER...SNOW...RATTAN...SAWYER...
OLETA...CLAYTON...CLOUDY...TUSKAHOMA...FORT TOWSON...NASHOBA...
KIAMICHI AND ALBION.
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 3469 9550 3461 9552 3450 9579 3416 9579
3415 9595 3392 9593 3391 9517 3467 9497
$$2 follow-up statements
000
WGUS74 KTSA 101330
FFSTSA
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
826 AM CDT TUE JUL 10 2007
OKC023-127-101645-
CHOCTAW OK-PUSHMATAHA OK-
826 AM CDT TUE JUL 10 2007
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1145 AM CDT FOR
PUSHMATAHA AND CHOCTAW COUNTIES...
AT 825 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN CONTINUING ACROSS MUCH OF PUSHMATAHA
AND CHOCTAW COUNTIES. THE SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WAS
MOVING TO THE EAST AT 20 MPH. RADAR INDICATES THAT 2 TO 5 INCHES OF
RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN...WITH ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES POSSIBLE
THROUGH 1145 AM CDT. SOUTHERN PUSHMATAHA AND NORTHEASTERN CHOCTAW
COUNTIES ARE THE MOST LIKELY AREAS TO HAVE EXPERIENCED FLASH
FLOODING.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY HEAVY RAIN
INCLUDE DUNBAR...ALBION...KIAMICHI...TUSKAHOMA...STANLEY...NASHOBA...
SNOW...KOSOMA AND CLAYTON.
IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS
FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT ONLY TAKES TWO FEET OF
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.
TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY
YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN TULSA.
LAT...LON 3469 9550 3461 9552 3450 9579 3416 9579
3415 9595 3392 9593 3391 9517 3467 9497
$$000
WGUS74 KTSA 101650
FFSTSA
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1147 AM CDT TUE JUL 10 2007
OKC023-127-101657-
CHOCTAW OK-PUSHMATAHA OK-
1147 AM CDT TUE JUL 10 2007
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR PUSHMATAHA AND CHOCTAW COUNTIES
EXPIRES AT 1145 AM CDT...
THE WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAINFALL HAS ENDED ACROSS THE WARNED
AREA...THEREFORE THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ACROSS BOTH PUSHMATAHA
AND CHOCTAW COUNTIES...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. WHILE LOCALLY HEAVY
RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH ANY THUNDERSTORM...THE WIDESPREAD
RAINS HAVE ENDED THUS DECREASING THE FLASH FLOOD POTENTIAL.
WHILE ANY FLOOD WATERS HAVE LIKELY RECEEDED...ROADWAYS MAY HAVE
EXPERIENCED DAMAGE ESPECIALLY ACROSS SOUTHERN PUSHMATAHA COUNTY
WHERE THE HEAVIEST RAINS FELL. MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR
THIS POTENTIAL.
TO REPORT PREVIOUS FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN
TULSA.
LAT...LON 3469 9550 3461 9552 3450 9579 3416 9579
3415 9595 3392 9593 3391 9517 3467 9497
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 9, 7:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Choctaw, Pushmataha | 61 min |
| Jul 9, 10:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Choctaw | 60 min |
| Jul 9, 10:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Washington | 55 min |
| Jul 9, 11:19 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, Choctaw, Craig, Creek, Delaware and 16 more | 19 hr |
| Jul 9, 11:21 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Creek | 6 hr |
| Jul 10, 12:11 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Okfuskee | 6 hr |
| Jul 10, 12:42 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Okfuskee | 63 min |
| Jul 10, 5:09 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Creek | 6 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.