Alert archive / Oklahoma / Flash Flood Warnings in 2007
Flash Flood Warning 73, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this flash flood warning at Jul 12, 2007, 7:27 AM CDT for Osage County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 6 hr. 2 reports 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 12, 2007, 7:27 AM CDT (12:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 12, 2007, 1:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Whole counties
County Osage County, OK
The radar
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:30 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 12, 9:30 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 15 N Pawhuska, OK | WATER REPORTED RUNNING OVER THE ROAD IN SEVERAL PLACES NEAR AND SOUTH OF THE TALL GRASS PRAIRIE |
| Jul 12, 10:00 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 2 Wsw Elgin, OK | WATER 2 TO 3 FEET DEEP OVER A LOW BRIDGE OVER BUCK CREEK. LASTED THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. |
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, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 181 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
- 2131 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -63 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 912 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 58 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 51 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WGUS54 KTSA 121228
FFWTSA
OKC113-121830-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
727 AM CDT THU JUL 12 2007
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN OSAGE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
* UNTIL 130 PM CDT THURSDAY
* AT 726 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES
WEST OF HULAH TO 18 MILES WEST OF BURBANK...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.
RADAR INDICATES THAT 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN.
ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 130 PM CDT
THURSDAY.
* LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY HEAVY RAIN
INCLUDE...SHIDLER...PEARSONIA...BIGHEART...PAWHUSKA AND OKESA.
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 3699 9675 3680 9674 3667 9707 3660 9689
3667 9601 3700 9602
$$3 follow-up statements
000
WGUS74 KTSA 121357
FFSTSA
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
843 AM CDT THU JUL 12 2007
OKC113-121830-
OSAGE OK-
855 AM CDT THU JUL 12 2007
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 130 PM CDT FOR
NORTHERN OSAGE COUNTY...
AT 845 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN
AREA OF HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE PORTIONS OF OSAGE COUNTY. RAINFALL
RATES OF ONE TO TWO INCHES AN HOUR WERE OCCURRING IN SOME AREAS. THE
RAIN AREA WAS MOVING EAST AT ABOUT 20 MPH. RAINFALL OF 1.5 TO 2.5
INCHES HAS ALREADY FALLEN OVER PORTIONS OF NORTHERN OSAGE COUNTY
FROM JUST EAST OF PERSONIA AND FORAKER TO NEAR HULAH LAKE. ANOTHER 1
TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 10 AM.
THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAS OCCURRED OVER THE UPPER END OF BUCK
CREEK...JUST TO THE NORTHEAST OF FORAKER. THIS CREEK FLOWS TO THE
EAST NORTHEAST TOWARD THE STATE LINE NEAR ELGIN KANSAS. PERSONS
NEAR BUCK CREEK SHOULD BE ALERT TO POSSIBLE FLASH FLOODING OF THAT
CREEK FROM NEAR PERSONIA TO ELGIN TO HULAH LAKE.
SOME GENERAL LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY HEAVY
RAIN INCLUDE PAWHUSKA...BIGHEART...OKESA AND HULAH...WITH HEAVY RAIN
MOVING INTO SOUTHEAST OSAGE COUNTY THROUGH 10 AM.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD TO
UNKNOWN DEPTHS. IT ONLY TAKES TWO FEET OF RUSHING WATER TO CARRY AWAY
MOST SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES AND PICKUPS.
WHEN WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY REMEMBER...TURN AROUND DONT DROWN.
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR IS
OCCURRING. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS...CREEKS AND DRAINAGE
DITCHES SHOULD BE READY TO TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION IF FLOODING IS
OBSERVED. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER BY FOOT OR BY
AUTO...YOU MAY BE SWEPT AWAY BY THE STRONG CURRENT. I
TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY
YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN TULSA.
LAT...LON 3699 9675 3680 9674 3667 9707 3660 9689
3667 9601 3700 9602
$$000
WGUS74 KTSA 121556
FFSTSA
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1056 AM CDT THU JUL 12 2007
OKC113-121830-
OSAGE OK-
1056 AM CDT THU JUL 12 2007
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 130 PM CDT FOR
NORTHERN OSAGE COUNTY...
AT 1050 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THAT ONLY A FEW AREAS OF LIGHT RAIN CONTINUING OVER OSAGE COUNTY.
LITTLE ADDITIONAL RAIN IS EXPECTED THROUGH 12 NOON.
THE HEAVIEST RAIN THIS MORNING OCCURRED OVER THE NORTHERN HALF OF
OSAGE COUNTY...WITH RADAR ESTIMATES AROUND TWO TO THREE INCHES.
THE HEAVIEST RAIN OF AROUND THREE INCHES OCCURRED OVER THE UPPER END
OF BUCK CREEK...TO THE NORTHEAST OF FORAKER. SIGNIFICANT RISES CAN
BE EXPECTED ON BUCK CREEK AND ITS TRIBUTARIES FROM NEAR FORAKER TO
SOUTH OF ELGIN KANSAS TO HULAH LAKE. PERSONS NEAR THE BUCK CREEK
SHOULD BE ON ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLASH FLOODING.
RADAR ESTIMATES OF AROUND TWO INCHES ALSO OCCURRED AROUND THE TALL
GRASS PRAIRIE AREA. WATER WAS REPORTED OVER THE ROAD JUST SOUTH OF
THE TALL GRASS PRAIRIE AROUND 930 THIS MORNING. THE HEAVY RAIN
OCCURRED FROM THAT AREA ON TO THE NORTHEAST...AND WILL RESULT IN A
SIGNIFICANT FLOW INCREASE ALONG THE SAND CREEK. PERSONS NEAR THE
SAND CREEK SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLASH FLOODING.
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.
WHEN WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY REMEMBER...TURN AROUND DONT DROWN.
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.
TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY
YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN TULSA.
LAT...LON 3699 9675 3680 9674 3667 9707 3660 9689
3667 9601 3700 9602
$$000
WGUS74 KTSA 121839
FFSTSA
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
139 PM CDT THU JUL 12 2007
OKC113-121843-
OSAGE OK-
139 PM CDT THU JUL 12 2007
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHERN OSAGE COUNTY EXPIRED AT 130
PM CDT...
THE HEAVY RAINFALL HAS ENDED THIS MORNING ACROSS THE WARNED
AREA...AND ANY HIGH WATER HAS LIKELY RECEDED. THEREFORE THE FLASH
FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
A FEW ROADS WERE BRIEFLY COVERED BY WATER THIS MORNING NEAR THE TALL
GRASS PRAIRIE. ANOTHER AREA OF HEAVY RAIN WAS ALONG BUCK
CREEK...NORTHEAST OF FORAKER AND ON EAST...TO SOUTH OF ELGIN.
HOWEVER..NO REPORTS OF FLOODING HAVE BEEN RECEIVED IN THAT AREA.
TO REPORT PREVIOUS FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN
TULSA.
LAT...LON 3699 9675 3680 9674 3667 9707 3660 9689
3667 9601 3700 9602
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 12, 6:40 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Osage | 65 min |
| Jul 12, 7:09 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Osage, Pawnee | 81 min |
| Jul 12, 7:18 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Nowata | 57 min |
| Jul 12, 9:18 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Mayes | 57 min |
| Jul 12, 9:55 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Rogers, Wagoner | 35 min |
| Jul 12, 10:02 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Cherokee, Delaware | 58 min |
| Jul 12, 10:21 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | McIntosh, Muskogee | 54 min |
| Jul 12, 10:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Cherokee, Wagoner | 26 min |
| Jul 12, 11:10 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, Sequoyah | 65 min |
| Jul 12, 11:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | LeFlore | 32 min |
| Jul 12, 1:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | LeFlore | 57 min |
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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.