Alert archive / Oklahoma / Flash Flood Warnings in 2011
Flash Flood Warning 16, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this flash flood warning at Apr 25, 2011, 7:44 AM CDT for 4 counties in 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
- Apr 25, 2011, 7:44 AM CDT (12:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 25, 2011, 11:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Craig County, OK, Nowata County, OK, Ottawa County, OK, Washington County, OK
The radar
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:44 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
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 138 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
- 3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -261 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 677 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 57 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 420 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 356 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
750 WGUS54 KTSA 251244 FFWTSA OKC035-105-115-147-251630- /O.NEW.KTSA.FF.W.0016.110425T1244Z-110425T1630Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 744 AM CDT MON APR 25 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... NORTHERN CRAIG COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA... NORTHERN NOWATA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA... NORTHWESTERN OTTAWA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA... WASHINGTON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA... * UNTIL 1130 AM CDT * AT 744 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED AREA. 1 TO 3 OF RAINFALL HAS ALREADY OCCURRED WITH AN ADDITIONAL 1 INCH POSSIBLE. * RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT COULD EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... BARTLESVILLE...COMMERCE...COPAN...DELAWARE...DEWEY...LENAPAH... PICHER...QUAPAW...SOUTH COFFEYVILLE...WANN AND WELCH. 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 3682 9503 3672 9600 3699 9600 3700 9470 $$
1 follow-up statement
873 WGUS74 KTSA 251358 FFSTSA FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 858 AM CDT MON APR 25 2011 OKC035-105-115-147-251630- /O.CON.KTSA.FF.W.0016.000000T0000Z-110425T1630Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ CRAIG OK-OTTAWA OK-NOWATA OK-WASHINGTON OK- 858 AM CDT MON APR 25 2011 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WASHINGTON...NORTHERN NOWATA...NORTHWESTERN OTTAWA AND NORTHERN CRAIG COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA UNTIL 1130 AM CDT... AT 856 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED AREA. 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS ALREADY OCCURRED IN SOME SPOTS WITH AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES POSSIBLE. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE... BARTLESVILLE...COMMERCE...COPAN...DELAWARE...DEWEY...LENAPAH... PICHER...QUAPAW...SOUTH COFFEYVILLE...WANN AND WELCH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD TO UNKNOWN DEPTHS. IT ONLY TAKES TWO FEET OF RUSHING WATER TO CARRY AWAY MOST SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES AND PICKUPS. TAKE A DIFFERENT ROUTE TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION OR WAIT UNTIL THE WATER RECEDES. REMEMBER... MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN TULSA. && LAT...LON 3682 9503 3672 9600 3699 9600 3700 9470 $$ LACY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 24, 7:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Latimer, LeFlore | 44 min |
| Apr 24, 7:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage, Rogers, Tulsa, Washington | 36 min |
| Apr 24, 7:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Craig, Nowata, Rogers | 24 min |
| Apr 24, 7:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Haskell, Latimer | 30 min |
| Apr 24, 7:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Nowata, Rogers, Washington | 47 min |
| Apr 24, 7:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Washington | 35 min |
| Apr 24, 7:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | LeFlore | 27 min |
| Apr 24, 7:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Nowata, Rogers, Washington | 44 min |
| Apr 24, 7:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Latimer, LeFlore | 33 min |
| Apr 24, 8:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | McIntosh, Muskogee | 26 min |
| Apr 24, 8:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Latimer, LeFlore | 63 min |
| Apr 24, 8:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Choctaw, Pushmataha | 45 min |
| Apr 24, 8:51 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, Creek, Delaware, McIntosh, Muskogee and 4 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 24, 8:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Latimer, LeFlore | 48 min |
| Apr 24, 9:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Creek | 30 min |
| Apr 24, 9:18 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | Sequoyah | 13 hr |
| Apr 24, 9:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Choctaw, Pushmataha | 33 min |
| Apr 24, 9:33 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | Craig, Creek, Delaware, Mayes, Nowata, Osage and 6 more | 3 hr |
| Apr 24, 9:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | LeFlore | 35 min |
| Apr 24, 9:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Creek | 34 min |
| Apr 24, 9:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Craig, Nowata, Rogers | 47 min |
| Apr 24, 9:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Rogers | 31 min |
| Apr 24, 10:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Cherokee | 36 min |
| Apr 24, 10:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Haskell | 35 min |
| Apr 24, 10:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Cherokee, Muskogee | 27 min |
| Apr 24, 10:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Choctaw | 50 min |
| Apr 24, 10:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Sequoyah | 48 min |
| Apr 24, 10:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage, Rogers, Tulsa, Washington | 25 min |
| Apr 24, 11:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Nowata, Rogers, Tulsa, Washington | 48 min |
| Apr 24, 11:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Craig | 36 min |
| Apr 25, 12:05 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Delaware, Mayes, Rogers, Wagoner | 115 min |
| Apr 25, 12:08 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | TSA | Creek, Tulsa | 8 hr |
| Apr 25, 12:25 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Rogers | 35 min |
| Apr 25, 12:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Craig, Mayes, Rogers | 26 min |
| Apr 25, 12:54 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | TSA | Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore, McIntosh, Muskogee, Pittsburg and 1 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 25, 1:42 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Mayes | 33 min |
| Apr 25, 1:52 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, Creek, Delaware, McIntosh, Muskogee and 4 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 25, 2:00 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | TSA | Cherokee, Delaware, Mayes, Rogers, Wagoner | 6 hr |
| Apr 25, 2:11 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Osage | 34 min |
| Apr 25, 2:44 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | Okmulgee | 5 days |
| Apr 25, 3:02 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | Creek | 21 hr |
| Apr 25, 3:19 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | Ottawa | 3 days |
| Apr 25, 3:19 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | LeFlore | 4 days |
| Apr 25, 3:38 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Tulsa | 37 min |
| Apr 25, 4:05 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Osage | 40 min |
| Apr 25, 4:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Choctaw, Pushmataha | 66 min |
| Apr 25, 4:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Latimer, Pittsburg, Pushmataha | 36 min |
| Apr 25, 4:49 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Osage | 4 hr |
| Apr 25, 5:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Choctaw, LeFlore, Pushmataha | 77 min |
| Apr 25, 6:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | LeFlore | 25 min |
| Apr 25, 8:04 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, Creek, Delaware, McIntosh, Muskogee and 4 more | 8 hr |
| Apr 25, 8:33 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | TSA | Cherokee, Craig, Delaware, Mayes, Wagoner | 8 hr |
| Apr 25, 9:31 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Haskell | 29 min |
| Apr 25, 9:37 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Sequoyah | 23 min |
| Apr 25, 9:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, Sequoyah | 41 min |
| Apr 25, 10:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Adair | 27 min |
| Apr 25, 10:49 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, Craig, Delaware, McIntosh, Mayes and 7 more | 3 hr |
| Apr 25, 10:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | McIntosh | 38 min |
| Apr 25, 10:57 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Pushmataha | 33 min |
| Apr 25, 11:38 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | McIntosh | 37 min |
| Apr 25, 11:39 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | McCurtain | 51 min |
| Apr 25, 11:50 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | LeFlore, Sequoyah | 6 hr |
| Apr 25, 12:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Okmulgee | 24 min |
| Apr 25, 12:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | LeFlore | 39 min |
| Apr 25, 12:21 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | Sequoyah | 33 hr |
| Apr 25, 12:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Rogers | 42 min |
| Apr 25, 12:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Rogers, Wagoner | 19 min |
| Apr 25, 12:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | McIntosh | 26 min |
| Apr 25, 12:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Delaware | 35 min |
| Apr 25, 1:05 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, Craig, Delaware, McIntosh, Mayes and 7 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 25, 1:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | McIntosh, Muskogee | 53 min |
| Apr 25, 1:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | McIntosh, Muskogee | 37 min |
| Apr 25, 1:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | McIntosh | 32 min |
| Apr 25, 2:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Craig | 35 min |
| Apr 25, 2:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Craig | 34 min |
| Apr 25, 2:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Haskell, McIntosh, Muskogee, Pittsburg | 41 min |
| Apr 25, 2:31 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Haskell, Latimer, McIntosh, Muskogee, Pittsburg, Sequoyah | 6 hr |
| Apr 25, 2:43 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | Ottawa | 41 hr |
| Apr 25, 2:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Pittsburg | 40 min |
| Apr 25, 3:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Haskell, Latimer | 42 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.