Flash Flood Warning 8, NWS Tulsa, OK

Issued

May 7, 2007, 6:14 AM CDT (11:14 UTC)

Expired

May 7, 2007, 10:15 AM CDT

In force

4 hr

Issued by

NWS Tulsa, OK

Area

Whole counties

Counties Creek County, OK, Tulsa County, OK

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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000 
WGUS54 KTSA 071115
FFWTSA
OKC037-143-071515-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  CREEK COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
  SOUTHWESTERN TULSA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA

* UNTIL 1015 AM CDT

* AT 611 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN NEAR KELLYVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
  35 MPH. RADAR INDICATES THAT UP TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY    
  FALLEN. WITH STORMS TRAINING OVER THE SAME AREA...ANOTHER 1 TO 2   
  INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 1015 AM CDT.

* LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY HEAVY RAIN
  INCLUDE...MANNFORD...KIEFER AND SAPULPA.

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.

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. 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 3567 9638 3566 9621 3587 9618 3588 9603
      3608 9602 3608 9629 3617 9630 3617 9662
      3567 9661

$$

000 
WGUS74 KTSA 071347
FFSTSA

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

OKC037-143-071515-
CREEK OK-TULSA OK-
842 AM CDT MON MAY 7 2007

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 AM CDT FOR  
CREEK COUNTY...

AT 836 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN CONTINUING ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HALF OF 
CREEK COUNTY. RADAR INDICATES THAT 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY 
FALLEN ACROSS PORTIONS OF CREEK COUNTY WITH WIDESPREAD FLOODING 
BEING REPORTED ACROSS MUCH OF THE COUNTY THIS MORNING. UP TO ANOTHER 
HALF INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 1015 AM CDT. 

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 3567 9638 3566 9621 3587 9618 3588 9603
      3608 9602 3608 9629 3617 9630 3617 9662
      3567 9661

$$

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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.