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Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Tulsa, OK

March 3, 2008Choctaw County, Pushmataha County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this flash flood warning at Mar 3, 2008, 2:58 AM CST for Choctaw County, Pushmataha County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 6 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Mar 3, 2008, 2:58 AM CST (08:58 UTC)
Expired
Mar 3, 2008, 9:00 AM CST
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Choctaw County, OK, Pushmataha County, OK

The radar

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 149 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:58 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 206 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Norman, OK at 00:00Z on 2008-03-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 713 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Norman, OK at 00:00Z on 2008-03-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 278 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
713 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-22 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
831 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
278 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
304 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.5
Supercell composite
6.7

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WGUS54 KTSA 030858
FFWTSA
OKC023-127-031500-
/O.NEW.KTSA.FF.W.0009.080303T0858Z-080303T1500Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
258 AM CST MON MAR 3 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  CHOCTAW COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
  PUSHMATAHA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA

* UNTIL 900 AM CST

* AT 254 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 5 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF NASHOBA TO 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BOSWELL...MOVING      
  NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. RADAR INDICATES THAT 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS     
  ALREADY FALLEN. ANOTHER 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 900 AM   
  CST.

* LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY HEAVY RAIN
  INCLUDE...CLAYTON...TUSKAHOMA...KIAMICHI...SOPER...ALBION...
  GOODLAND...KENT...HUGO...MESSER...SAWYER...OLETA...CLOUDY...RATTAN
  AND FORT TOWSON.

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 3393 9557 3387 9584 3394 9596 3417 9597
      3418 9580 3453 9578 3453 9569 3459 9567
      3459 9553 3469 9551 3469 9494 3468 9493
      3450 9494 3448 9503 3425 9503 3422 9512
      3393 9516 3385 9545
TIME...MOT...LOC 0858Z 243DEG 5KT 3445 9528 3400 9595

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 2, 6:48 PM CSTWind AdvisoryTSACherokee, Craig, Creek, Delaware, McIntosh, Mayes and 10 more11 hr
Mar 2, 7:00 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTSAOsage45 min
Mar 2, 7:36 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTSAChoctaw54 min
Mar 2, 7:46 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTSAOsage, Pawnee44 min
Mar 2, 8:15 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAChoctaw, Pushmataha45 min
Mar 2, 8:19 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTSALatimer, Pittsburg56 min
Mar 2, 8:58 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAPushmataha47 min
Mar 2, 9:03 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek, Osage, Pawnee, Tulsa57 min
Mar 2, 9:13 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAAdair, Cherokee, Delaware, Mayes, Muskogee, Wagoner49 min
Mar 2, 9:35 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTSAPushmataha25 min
Mar 2, 9:38 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAChoctaw, Pushmataha39 min
Mar 2, 9:44 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALatimer, LeFlore, Pushmataha46 min
Mar 2, 9:52 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTSADelaware23 min
Mar 2, 9:53 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek, Okmulgee, Osage, Pawnee, Tulsa67 min
Mar 2, 10:20 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALeFlore55 min
Mar 2, 10:37 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMayes, Rogers, Tulsa, Wagoner53 min
Mar 2, 11:08 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTSACherokee, Delaware52 min
Mar 2, 11:28 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTSACherokee, Delaware, Mayes62 min
Mar 2, 11:57 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTSAMcIntosh, Muskogee48 min
Mar 3, 12:13 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTSAAdair, Delaware62 min
Mar 3, 12:51 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTSAHaskell, Latimer, Pittsburg, Sequoyah54 min
Mar 3, 1:44 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningTSAAdair, Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore, Sequoyah6 hr
Mar 3, 1:48 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTSALatimer, LeFlore57 min
Mar 3, 4:05 AM CSTWinter Storm WarningTSAAdair, Cherokee, Choctaw, Delaware, Haskell, Latimer and 7 more28 hr
Mar 3, 4:05 AM CSTWinter Weather AdvisoryTSAAdair, Cherokee, Choctaw, Craig, Creek, Delaware and 13 more26 hr
Mar 3, 4:32 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningTSAPittsburg6 hr
Mar 3, 7:43 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningTSAAdair, Cherokee, Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore, Sequoyah3 hr
Mar 3, 8:04 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningTSALeFlore24 hr
Mar 3, 8:04 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningTSALeFlore3 days
Mar 3, 8:18 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningTSAPushmataha31 hr
Mar 3, 8:54 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningTSAHaskell, Latimer, LeFlore, Pittsburg, Pushmataha, Sequoyah4 hr
Mar 3, 5:54 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningTSASequoyah7 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Oklahoma, 2008Every flash flood warning in 2008

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.