Flash Flood Warning 85, NWS Tulsa, OK

000 
WGUS74 KTSA 080706
FFSTSA

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
206 AM CDT SAT SEP 8 2007

OKC143-145-080845-
WAGONER OK-TULSA OK-
206 AM CDT SAT SEP 8 2007

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 AM CDT FOR TULSA
AND WAGONER COUNTIES...

AT 200 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE 
WARNED AREA. THE HEAVIEST ACTIVITY WAS OCCURRING FROM JENKS TO 
OWASSO AND ACROSS THE CITY OF TULSA WHERE 2 INCH PER HOUR RAINFALL 
RATES WERE OCCURRING. THREE TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN HAVE OCCURRED 
ACROSS PORTIONS OF TULSA COUNTY SINCE MIDNIGHT WITH ANOTHER 2 TO 3 
INCHES LIKELY ACROSS TULSA AND WAGONER COUNTIES BY 3 AM. 

3 INCHES OF RAIN WERE MEASURED AT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE 
OFFICE IN TULSA BETWEEN 1230 AM AND 2 AM. RAINFALL RATES SUCH AS 
THESE WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING...ESPECIALLY IN URBAN AREAS AND LOW 
LYING AREAS.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY HEAVY RAIN 
INCLUDE COLLINSVILLE...SPERRY...OWASSO...BROKEN ARROW...SAND SPRINGS 
AND TULSA.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 
DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODS. IT IS VERY DIFFICULT AT NIGHT TO TELL HOW 
MUCH WATER IS ON THE ROADS. IT ONLY TAKES TWO FEET OF RUSHING WATER 
TO CARRY AWAY MOST SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES AND PICKUPS. MOTORISTS 
SHOULD NOT DRIVE THROUGH WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH. TAKE A DIFFERENT 
ROUTE TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION OR WAIT UNTIL THE WATER RECEDES. 
WHEN WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY REMEMBER...TURN AROUND DONT DROWN.

LAT...LON 3587 9602 3588 9574 3584 9526 3596 9529
      3603 9522 3608 9521 3608 9557 3616 9562
      3617 9577 3617 9582 3643 9582 3643 9601
      3617 9601 3616 9627 3609 9628 3609 9602

$$

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
921 PM CDT FRI SEP 7 2007

.DISCUSSION...
REGIONAL SFC ANALYSIS SHOWS SYNOPTIC SFC FRONTAL ZONE DRAPED FROM
NE KANSAS INTO OK PANHANDLE...BEST REFLECTED IN DEW POINT
ANALYSIS. OCCASIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN
DEVELOPING THROUGH THE EVENING ALONG AN APPARENT BOUNDARY FROM
APPROX KHBR-KMLC. AREA NORTH OF THIS BOUNDARY AND SOUTH OF FRONT
WILL BE THE FOCUS OF HEAVIEST RAINS OVERNIGHT AS MOISTURE
TRANSPORT INCREASES OVERNIGHT WITH NOCTURNAL STRENGTHENING OF LOW
LEVEL JET. FOR THE MOST PART THIS WILL OCCUR AFTER MIDNIGHT WHEN
LOW LEVEL JET BEGINS TO VEER TO SW DIRECTION...AT WHICH TIME 00Z
RUC SHOWS STRONG MOISTURE TRANSPORT INTO NE OKLAHOMA AND NW
ARKANSAS ALONG 305-310K ISENTROPIC SFC. SHOULD BE A TIGHT
GRADIENT IN PRECIP CHANCE AND RESULTANT QPF JUST SOUTH OF I-40.
00Z OUN SOUNDING PRECIP H2O VALUE IN EXCESS OF 2 INCHES...SO
NEEDLESS TO SAY PLENTY OF MOISTURE AVAILABLE. ALL THIS AMOUNTS TO
A REAL FANCY WAY OF SAYING THAT FLASH FLOOD WATCH WILL BE LEFT AS
IS. WILL SEND AN UPDATE TO REFLECT CURRENT POP TRENDS BUT NO MAJOR
CHANGES TO THE GOING FORECAST.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
TUL   73  82  71  87 / 100  90  60  30
FSM   74  85  72  85 /  70  90  80  60
MLC   74  85  72  84 /  70  70  70  40
BVO   70  81  66  86 /  90  80  40  20
FYV   70  81  68  82 /  90  90  80  50
BYV   70  79  68  82 /  90  90  80  60
MKO   73  83  71  85 /  90  90  70  40
MIO   70  81  67  85 / 100  80  50  20
F10   73  84  71  84 / 100  80  60  40
HHW   73  87  73  86 /  30  50  50  40

&&

.TSA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OK...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 7 PM SATURDAY FOR OKZ054-OKZ055-OKZ056-
     OKZ057-OKZ058-OKZ059-OKZ060-OKZ061-OKZ062-OKZ063-OKZ064-
     OKZ065-OKZ066-OKZ067-OKZ068-OKZ069-OKZ070-OKZ071-OKZ072.

AR...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 7 PM SATURDAY FOR ARZ001-ARZ002-ARZ010-
     ARZ011-ARZ019-ARZ020.

&&

SHORT TERM...14
LONG TERM....99

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
307 PM CDT FRI SEP 7 2007

ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-081000-
ADAIR OK-BENTON AR-CARROLL AR-CHEROKEE OK-CHOCTAW OK-CRAIG OK-
CRAWFORD AR-CREEK OK-DELAWARE OK-FRANKLIN AR-HASKELL OK-LATIMER OK-
LE FLORE OK-MADISON AR-MAYES OK-MCINTOSH OK-MUSKOGEE OK-NOWATA OK-
OKFUSKEE OK-OKMULGEE OK-OSAGE OK-OTTAWA OK-PAWNEE OK-PITTSBURG OK-
PUSHMATAHA OK-ROGERS OK-SEBASTIAN AR-SEQUOYAH OK-TULSA OK-WAGONER OK-
WASHINGTON OK-WASHINGTON AR-
257 PM CDT FRI SEP 7 2007

...SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL EXPECTED WITH POTENTIAL FLOODING OVER PARTS
OF THE AREA THROUGH SUNDAY...

THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS AS WELL AS
MUCH OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.
	RISK...LIMITED.
	AREA...ENTIRE REGION.
	ONSET...ONGOING.

FLASH FLOOD.
	RISK...ELEVATED.
	AREA...NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.
	ONSET...ONGOING.

	AREA AT GREATEST RISK...NORTH OF A LINE FROM OKEMAH OKLAHOMA TO
                                HUNTSVILLE ARKANSAS.

HEAVY RAIN.
	RISK...ELEVATED.
	AREA...NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.
	ONSET...ONGOING.

	AREA AT GREATEST RISK...NORTH OF A LINE FROM OKEMAH OKLAHOMA TO
                                HUNTSVILLE ARKANSAS.

DISCUSSION...
A COLD FRONT WILL PROGRESS TO NEAR THE KANSAS/OKLAHOMA BORDER TODAY. A
VERY MOIST AND MODERATELY UNSTABLE AIR MASS IS IN PLACE ACROSS
EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS AHEAD OF THE FRONT.
SURFACE-BASED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE
FRONT THIS AFTERNOON. ALTHOUGH MOST CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY IS
EXPECTED TO BE MULTI-CELLULAR...THE AMOUNT OF INSTABILITY COMBINED
WITH A DECENT AMOUNT OF LOW LEVEL WIND SHEAR COULD RESULT IN SOME
STORM-SCALE ORGANIZATION WITH LARGE HAIL AND STRONG DOWNBURST WINDS
POSSIBLE IN THE STRONGEST STORMS.

DUE TO THE TROPICAL NATURE OF THE ATMOSPHERE OVER THE REGION...
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE PROFICIENT HEAVY RAIN PRODUCERS. EXCESSIVE
RAINFALL AND FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE ACROSS NORTHEASTERN AND
EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS THROUGH TONIGHT AND
THUS A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT GENERALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF
I-40.

SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.
SATURDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL...HEAVY RAIN POTENTIAL.
SUNDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL.
MONDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL.
TUESDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL.
WEDNESDAY...NO HAZARDS.
THURSDAY...NO HAZARDS.

EXTENDED DISCUSSION...
THE COLD FRONT MOVING INTO THE NORTHERN PORTION OF OKLAHOMA TODAY
WILL VERY SLOWLY PROGRESS SOUTHWARD THIS WEEKEND AND EARLY NEXT
WEEK. MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR WILL CONTINUE TO BE PLENTIFUL ALONG
AND AHEAD OF THE FRONT AND THUS WIDESPREAD SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM
ACTIVITY WILL PERSIST OVER THE REGION AS THE FRONT MOVES ACROSS
EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. DRIER AIR IS EXPECTED TO
SPREAD INTO THE SOUTHERN PLAINS BY THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK ENDING
THE RAIN CHANCES.

WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TULSA CONTAINS ADDITIONAL TABULAR AND GRAPHICAL
INFORMATION.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
858 PM CDT FRI SEP 7 2007

OKZ054-080300-
OSAGE OK-
858 PM CDT FRI SEP 7 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1000 PM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTY:

IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
     NORTHERN OSAGE

AT 858 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 2 MILES
WEST OF FORAKER...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE
AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...SHIDLER...OKESA...PEARSONIA...
BIGHEART...FORAKER...HULAH AND GRAINOLA.

THIS STORM IS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL
HAIL. ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE FROM THIS STORM AS IT
MOVES ACROSS NORTH OSAGE COUNTY.

LAT...LON 3699 9669 3677 9670 3669 9601 3698 9601

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1009 PM CDT FRI SEP 7 2007

OKZ054>056-080400-
NOWATA OK-OSAGE OK-WASHINGTON OK-
1009 PM CDT FRI SEP 7 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1100 PM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES:

IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
     NORTHWESTERN NOWATA...NORTHERN WASHINGTON AND NORTHEASTERN OSAGE

AT 1009 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5
MILES NORTH OF BIGHEART...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT
WILL BE AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...WANN...BIGHEART...HULAH...
DEWEY AND COPAN.

THIS STORM IS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN OF OVER AN INCH IN LESS THAN AN
HOUR. SMALL HAIL AND BRIEF GUSTY WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE.

LAT...LON 3700 9629 3677 9628 3676 9572 3699 9574

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1043 PM CDT FRI SEP 7 2007

OKZ064-080445-
CREEK OK-
1043 PM CDT FRI SEP 7 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1145 PM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTY:

IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
     CREEK

AT 1043 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4
MILES WEST OF MILFAY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS
THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...BRISTOW...MILFAY...
SLICK...DEPEW...SHAMROCK...DRUMRIGHT AND KELLYVILLE.

THIS STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH.
RESIDENTS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT IN CASE THE SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ALERT IS UPGRADED TO A WARNING.

LAT...LON 3598 9660 3565 9661 3565 9619 3603 9622

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1101 PM CDT FRI SEP 7 2007

OKZ070-080500-
MUSKOGEE OK-
1101 PM CDT FRI SEP 7 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT EFFECTIVE UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTY:

IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
     NORTHERN MUSKOGEE

AT 1101 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4
MILES SOUTHEAST OF TAFT...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT
WILL BE AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...MUSKOGEE...SUMMIT AND TAFT.

THIS STORM IS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN. DUE TO ITS SLOW MOVEMENT
LOCAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF NEAR 2 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED NEAR THIS
STORM.

LAT...LON 3577 9560 3560 9556 3567 9531 3581 9533