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Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Tulsa, OK

June 3, 2010Creek County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this flash flood warning at Jun 3, 2010, 5:49 AM CDT for Creek County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 4 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
Jun 3, 2010, 5:49 AM CDT (10:49 UTC)
Expired
Jun 3, 2010, 9:45 AM CDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Creek County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:50 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

Lamont, OK (KLMN), launched 00:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 127 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, Lamont, OK at 00:00Z on 2010-06-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 895 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lamont, OK at 00:00Z on 2010-06-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 6 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
895 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-129 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2224 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
6 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
67 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

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

551 
WGUS54 KTSA 031049
FFWTSA
OKC037-031445-
/O.NEW.KTSA.FF.W.0013.100603T1049Z-100603T1445Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
549 AM CDT THU JUN 3 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN CREEK COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA

* UNTIL 945 AM CDT

* AT 546 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN ACROSS MOST OF THE NORTHERN HALF OF  
  CREEK COUNTY...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. RADAR INDICATES THAT 3  
  TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN IN SOME PLACES. ANOTHER 1   
  TO 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 945 AM CDT.

* LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY HEAVY RAIN
  INCLUDE...MANNFORD...KELLYVILLE AND SAPULPA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 3616 9660 3617 9630 3608 9629 3609 9614
      3608 9603 3586 9616 3586 9618 3581 9618
      3580 9619 3588 9661

$$
2 follow-up statements
584 
WGUS74 KTSA 031239
FFSTSA

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
739 AM CDT THU JUN 3 2010

OKC037-031445-
/O.CON.KTSA.FF.W.0013.000000T0000Z-100603T1445Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CREEK OK-
739 AM CDT THU JUN 3 2010

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 AM CDT FOR
NORTHERN CREEK COUNTY...

AT 738 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE 
MOST OF THE RAIN THAT PROMPTED THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS MOVED OUT 
OF THE WARNED AREA. HOWEVER...RUNOFF FROM THE 3 TO 4 INCHES INCHES 
OF RAIN THAT HAS FALLEN ACROSS NORTHERN CREEK COUNTY WILL CONTINUE 
OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. 


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY
YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN TULSA.

&&

LAT...LON 3616 9660 3617 9630 3608 9629 3609 9614
      3608 9603 3586 9616 3586 9618 3581 9618
      3580 9619 3588 9661

$$
832 
WGUS74 KTSA 031446
FFSTSA

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
946 AM CDT THU JUN 3 2010

OKC037-031456-
/O.EXP.KTSA.FF.W.0013.000000T0000Z-100603T1445Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CREEK OK-
946 AM CDT THU JUN 3 2010

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHERN CREEK COUNTY EXPIRED AT 945
AM CDT...

THE HEAVY RAINFALL HAS ENDED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA...THEREFORE THE
FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

TO REPORT PREVIOUS FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN
TULSA.

LAT...LON 3616 9660 3617 9630 3608 9629 3609 9614
      3608 9603 3586 9616 3586 9618 3581 9618
      3580 9619 3588 9661

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 2, 9:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOttawa67 min
Jun 2, 10:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACraig, Delaware, Ottawa60 min
Jun 2, 11:16 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTSACraig, Delaware, Ottawa119 min
Jun 2, 11:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACraig, Delaware, Ottawa33 min
Jun 3, 12:01 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSACraig59 min
Jun 3, 12:39 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSARogers66 min
Jun 3, 12:41 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSADelaware64 min
Jun 3, 12:59 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMayes, Rogers, Wagoner46 min
Jun 3, 1:46 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSACreek59 min
Jun 3, 2:29 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTSACreek, Osage, Pawnee, Rogers, Tulsa, Wagoner2 hr
Jun 3, 3:33 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAOsage42 min
Jun 3, 8:41 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningTSACreek6 hr
Jun 3, 4:22 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAPushmataha53 min
Jun 3, 4:44 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAPushmataha61 min
Jun 3, 5:12 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAPushmataha33 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.