Alert archive / Oklahoma / Flash Flood Warnings in 2007
Flash Flood Warning 82, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this flash flood warning at Aug 24, 2007, 4:57 PM CDT for Okmulgee County, Tulsa County, Wagoner County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 6 hr. 3 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
- Aug 24, 2007, 4:57 PM CDT (21:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 24, 2007, 11:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Okmulgee County, OK, Tulsa County, OK, Wagoner County, OK
The radar
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 37 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:58 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 24, 5:45 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Bixby, OK | SIGNIFICANT STREET FLOODING |
| Aug 24, 5:50 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 6 W Hectorville, OK | WATER OVER HIGHWAY 75 |
| Aug 24, 6:00 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Coweta, OK | SIGNIFICANT STREET FLOODING |
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, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 163 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
- 1409 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -47 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 870 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 195 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 179 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.1
- Supercell composite
- 5.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS54 KTSA 242157 FFWTSA OKC111-143-145-250400- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 457 PM CDT FRI AUG 24 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... NORTHERN OKMULGEE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA SOUTH TULSA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA WESTERN WAGONER COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA * UNTIL 1100 PM CDT * AT 450 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GLENPOOL TO 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF STONEBLUFF...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. RADAR INDICATES THAT 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN. ANOTHER 2 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 1100 PM CDT. * LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY HEAVY RAIN INCLUDE...BIXBY. 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 3576 9620 3583 9573 3598 9568 3598 9601 $$
3 follow-up statements
000
WGUS74 KTSA 242208
FFSTSA
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
508 PM CDT FRI AUG 24 2007
OKC111-143-145-250400-
OKMULGEE OK-WAGONER OK-TULSA OK-
508 PM CDT FRI AUG 24 2007
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN TULSA...NORTHWESTERN WAGONER AND NORTHERN OKMULGEE
COUNTIES...
AT 507 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN 4 MILES SOUTH OF BIXBY. THE STORM
PRODUCING THE HEAVY RAINFALL WAS NEARLY STATIONARY. RADAR INDICATES
THAT 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN. ANOTHER 2 TO 3 INCHES
WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 1100 PM CDT.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY HEAVY RAIN
INCLUDE ONETA...BROKEN ARROW...JENKS...BIXBY AND TULSA.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD TO
UNKNOWN DEPTHS. IT ONLY TAKES TWO FEET OF RUSHING WATER TO CARRY AWAY
MOST SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES AND PICKUPS. TAKE A DIFFERENT ROUTE TO
REACH YOUR DESTINATION OR WAIT UNTIL THE WATER RECEDES. REMEMBER...
MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.
LAT...LON 3576 9620 3583 9573 3600 9569 3618 9577
3619 9601 3587 9602 3586 9618
$$000
WGUS74 KTSA 242259
FFSTSA
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
558 PM CDT FRI AUG 24 2007
OKC111-143-145-250400-
OKMULGEE OK-WAGONER OK-TULSA OK-
558 PM CDT FRI AUG 24 2007
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN TULSA...NORTHWESTERN WAGONER AND NORTHERN OKMULGEE
COUNTIES...
AT 553 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 3 MILES
WEST OF ONETA TO 11 MILES WEST OF BALD HILL...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
RADAR INDICATES THAT 4 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN.
ANOTHER INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 1100 PM CDT.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY HEAVY RAIN
INCLUDE ONETA...STONEBLUFF...BALD HILL AND COWETA.
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 3576 9620 3573 9585 3583 9573 3600 9557
3614 9557 3618 9577 3619 9601 3587 9602
3586 9618
$$000
WGUS74 KTSA 250017
FFSTSA
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
717 PM CDT FRI AUG 24 2007
OKC111-143-145-250027-
OKMULGEE OK-WAGONER OK-TULSA OK-
717 PM CDT FRI AUG 24 2007
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN TULSA...NORTHWESTERN
WAGONER AND NORTHERN OKMULGEE COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE HEAVY RAINFALL HAS ENDED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA...THEREFORE THE
FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
TO REPORT PREVIOUS FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN
TULSA.
LAT...LON 3576 9620 3573 9585 3583 9573 3600 9557
3614 9557 3618 9577 3619 9601 3587 9602
3586 9618
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 24, 2:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Mayes | 42 min |
| Aug 24, 4:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Okmulgee | 28 min |
| Aug 24, 4:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Creek | 47 min |
| Aug 24, 4:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Tulsa | 28 min |
| Aug 24, 4:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Creek, Tulsa | 61 min |
| Aug 24, 5:16 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Creek | 4 hr |
| Aug 24, 5:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Tulsa | 61 min |
| Aug 24, 5:49 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Mayes | 3 hr |
| Aug 24, 6:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Cherokee | 35 min |
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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.