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Flash Flood Warning 99, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this flash flood warning at Sep 9, 2007, 7:07 AM CDT for LeFlore 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 9, 2007, 7:07 AM CDT (12:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 9, 2007, 11:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Whole counties
County LeFlore County, OK
The radar
The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:08 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 9, 8:30 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Big Cedar, OK | BRIDGES WASHED OUT NEAR BIG CEDAR. SECONDARY ROADS CONTINUE TO BE FLOODED ACROSS SOUTHERN LEFLORE COUNTY. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 237 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
- 243 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -35 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 532 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -35 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -34 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 091207
FFWTSA
OKC079-091600-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
707 AM CDT SUN SEP 9 2007
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
LE FLORE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
* UNTIL 1100 AM CDT
* AT 705 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 2 MILES
WEST OF WISTER TO 12 MILES WEST OF WHITESBORO...MOVING EAST AT
15 MPH. RADAR INDICATES THAT SIX TO EIGHT INCHES OF RAIN HAS
ALREADY FALLEN. ANOTHER TWO TO THREE INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE
THROUGH 1100 AM CDT AS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVE REPEATEDLY
OVER THE SAME LOCATIONS.
* LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY HEAVY RAIN
INCLUDE...POTEAU...HOWE...HEAVENER...MUSE AND BIG CEDAR.
DURING HEAVY RAINS...STAY AWAY FROM DRAINAGE DITCHES...CREEKS AND
OTHER LOW LYING AREAS. THEY ARE PRONE TO RAPID RISES AND MAY FLOOD
QUICKLY. REMEMBER FLOODING IS THE LEADING CAUSE OF WEATHER RELATED
DEATHS. DO NOT DRIVE WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. TURN AROUND...
DONT DROWN.
LAT...LON 3507 9445 3504 9492 3496 9493 3494 9500
3486 9500 3486 9505 3470 9505 3470 9494
3453 9494 3452 9447
$$1 follow-up statement
000
WGUS74 KTSA 091315
FFSTSA
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
815 AM CDT SUN SEP 9 2007
OKC079-091600-
LE FLORE OK-
815 AM CDT SUN SEP 9 2007
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 AM CDT FOR LE
FLORE COUNTY...
AT 812 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS WITH MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN CONTINUED TO AFFECT
PORTIONS OF THE WARNED AREA SOUTH OF A FANSHAWE TO BIG CEDAR LINE.
THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. RADAR INDICATES
THAT 6 TO 10 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN. ANOTHER 1 TO 1.5
INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 1100 AM CDT.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY HEAVY RAIN
INCLUDE WISTER...HOWE...FANSHAWE...HEAVENER AND POTEAU.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD TO
UNKNOWN DEPTHS. IT ONLY TAKES TWO FEET OF RUSHING WATER TO CARRY AWAY
MOST SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES AND PICKUPS. TAKE A DIFFERENT ROUTE TO
REACH YOUR DESTINATION OR WAIT UNTIL THE WATER RECEDES. REMEMBER...
MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.
LAT...LON 3507 9445 3504 9492 3496 9493 3494 9500
3486 9500 3486 9505 3470 9505 3470 9494
3453 9494 3452 9447
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 8, 7:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Latimer | 64 min |
| Sep 9, 2:18 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Muskogee | 4 hr |
| Sep 9, 3:10 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | TSA | Craig, Delaware, Mayes, Nowata, Ottawa, Rogers and 1 more | 7 hr |
| Sep 9, 4:24 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | LeFlore | 3 hr |
| Sep 9, 7:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | LeFlore | 66 min |
| Sep 9, 8:06 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Pittsburg | 4 hr |
| Sep 9, 9:06 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Pushmataha | 3 hr |
Nearby
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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.