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Flash Flood Warning 92, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this flash flood warning at Sep 8, 2007, 7:38 AM CDT for Rogers 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
- Sep 8, 2007, 7:38 AM CDT (12:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 8, 2007, 11:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Whole counties
County Rogers County, OK
The radar
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 22 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:40 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 8, 9:00 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Talala, OK | SECONDARY ROADS FLOODED. |
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, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 207 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
- 1076 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -36 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 825 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 170 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 118 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WGUS54 KTSA 081238
FFWTSA
OKC131-081630-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
738 AM CDT SAT SEP 8 2007
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
ROGERS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
* UNTIL 1130 AM CDT
* AT 735 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF
CLAREMORE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. ANOTHER AREA OF SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL WAS APPROACHING THE
WARNED AREA FROM THE SOUTHWEST. RADAR INDICATES THAT PORTIONS OF
ROGERS COUNTY HAVE RECEIVED BETWEEN 3 AND 5 INCHES OF RAIN WITH
ANOTHER 1 TO 3 INCHES POSSIBLE BY 11 AM.
* LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY HEAVY RAIN
INCLUDE...INOLA...OOLOGAH...TIAWAH...TALALA...FOYIL AND CHELSEA.
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 3618 9581 3618 9561 3609 9556 3609 9544
3652 9543 3653 9533 3660 9533 3661 9582
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 7, 8:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Osage | 62 min |
| Sep 7, 10:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Washington | 51 min |
| Sep 7, 10:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Creek | 62 min |
| Sep 7, 11:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Muskogee | 59 min |
| Sep 8, 12:40 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Tulsa, Wagoner | 3 hr |
| Sep 8, 3:45 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Tulsa, Wagoner | 3 hr |
| Sep 8, 3:55 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Nowata, Washington | 3 hr |
| Sep 8, 5:12 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Osage, Pawnee | 4 hr |
| Sep 8, 6:48 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Tulsa | 4 hr |
| Sep 8, 7:00 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Nowata, Washington | 4 hr |
| Sep 8, 7:34 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Creek | 3 hr |
| Sep 8, 8:58 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | Ottawa | 60 hr |
| Sep 8, 12:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Muskogee | 46 min |
| Sep 8, 1:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Sequoyah | 65 min |
| Sep 8, 3:15 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Muskogee | 3 hr |
| Sep 8, 5:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | McIntosh | 62 min |
| Sep 8, 5:42 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | McIntosh | 4 hr |
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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.