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Flash Flood Warning 83, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this flash flood warning at Aug 24, 2007, 5:16 PM CDT for Creek County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 4 hr. 1 report 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, 5:16 PM CDT (22:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 24, 2007, 9:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Whole counties
County Creek County, OK
The radar
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:19 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, 5:30 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Mounds, OK | STREET FLOODING REPORTED BY MOUNDS PD. |
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, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 120 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 242216
FFWTSA
OKC037-250215-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
516 PM CDT FRI AUG 24 2007
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
CREEK COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
* UNTIL 915 PM CDT
* AT 515 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES
NORTHEAST OF SAPULPA TO 5 MILES SOUTH OF DEPEW...MOVING EAST AT 25
MPH. RADAR INDICATES THAT 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY
FALLEN. ANOTHER 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 915 PM CDT.
* LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY HEAVY RAIN
INCLUDE...TULSA...KIEFER AND SLICK.
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 3609 9608 3585 9660 3567 9660 3565 9620
3588 9620 3588 9602 3608 9603
$$2 follow-up statements
000
WGUS74 KTSA 242301
FFSTSA
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
559 PM CDT FRI AUG 24 2007
OKC037-250215-
CREEK OK-
559 PM CDT FRI AUG 24 2007
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHERN CREEK COUNTY...
AT 558 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE
THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN HAVE SHIFTED EAST OF THE COUNTY.
RADAR INDICATES THAT 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS
SOUTHEAST CREEK COUNTY. FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS WILL REMAIN
POSSIBLE ALTHOUGH THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD TO
UNKNOWN DEPTHS. IT ONLY TAKES TWO FEET OF RUSHING WATER TO CARRY AWAY
MOST SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES AND PICKUPS. TAKE A DIFFERENT ROUTE TO
REACH YOUR DESTINATION OR WAIT UNTIL THE WATER RECEDES. REMEMBER...
MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.
LAT...LON 3609 9608 3585 9660 3567 9660 3565 9620
3588 9620 3588 9602 3608 9603
$$000
WGUS74 KTSA 250016
FFSTSA
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
716 PM CDT FRI AUG 24 2007
OKC037-250026-
CREEK OK-
716 PM CDT FRI AUG 24 2007
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHERN CREEK COUNTY 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 3609 9608 3585 9660 3567 9660 3565 9620
3588 9620 3588 9602 3608 9603
$$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, 4:57 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Okmulgee, Tulsa, Wagoner | 6 hr |
| Aug 24, 4:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Creek, Tulsa | 61 min |
| 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 |
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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.