Alert archive / Oklahoma / Flash Flood Warnings in 2011
Flash Flood Warning 17, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this flash flood warning at Apr 25, 2011, 10:49 AM CDT for 13 counties in Oklahoma; 4 counties in Arkansas. It was in force for 3 hr. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 25, 2011, 10:49 AM CDT (15:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 25, 2011, 1:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Benton County, AR, Carroll County, AR, Madison County, AR, Washington County, AR, Adair County, OK, Cherokee County, OK, Craig County, OK, Delaware County, OK, Mayes County, OK, McIntosh County, OK, Muskogee County, OK, Okfuskee County, OK, Okmulgee County, OK, Ottawa County, OK, Rogers County, OK, Sequoyah County, OK, Wagoner County, OK
The radar
The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:52 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 25, 1:10 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Bentonville, AR | MANY ROADS CLOSED AROUND COUNTY. WATER RISING DUE TO LATE MORNING RAINS. |
| Apr 25, 1:17 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Fayetteville, AR | MUDD CREEK HAS COME OUT OF ITS BANKS AND IS FLOODING PARADISE VALLEY GOLF COURSE. WATER STARTING TO GET OVER ROADS IN THE AREA. |
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, 3.8 hours before the alert went out and 111 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.
572
WGUS54 KTSA 251549
FFWTSA
ARC007-015-087-143-OKC001-021-035-041-091-097-101-107-111-115-131-
135-145-251830-
/O.NEW.KTSA.FF.W.0017.110425T1549Z-110425T1830Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1049 AM CDT MON APR 25 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
ADAIR COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA...
BENTON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS...
CARROLL COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS...
CHEROKEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA...
DELAWARE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA...
EASTERN CRAIG COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA...
EASTERN OKMULGEE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA...
EASTERN ROGERS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA...
MADISON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS...
MAYES COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA...
MCINTOSH COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...
MUSKOGEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA...
NORTHWESTERN SEQUOYAH COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA...
OTTAWA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA...
SOUTHEASTERN OKFUSKEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA...
WAGONER COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA...
WASHINGTON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS...
* UNTIL 130 PM CDT
* AT 1042 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED AREA. EXTREMELY
HEAVY RAINFALL HAS OCCURRED OVER THIS AREA DURING THE LAST 24
HOURS...AND ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF A HALF INCH OR MORE IN
A SHORT TIME WILL CAUSE ADDITIONAL FLOODING PROBLEMS. WIDESPREAD
SIGNIFICANT FLOODING IS ONGOING ACROSS MUCH OF NORTHWEST ARKANSAS
AND NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA...ESPECIALLY BENTON...WASHINGTON...
CARROLL...ADAIR AND OKMULGEE COUNTIES.
* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. A LARGE PORTION OF NORTHWEST ARKANSAS AND NORTHEAST
OKLAHOMA WILL EXPERIENCE ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOODING.
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.
FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR
IN VEHICLES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...DIPS...
OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM... EVEN A
SMALL ONE...ON FOOT OR IN A VEHICLE.
&&
LAT...LON 3612 9346 3601 9343 3587 9351 3576 9351
3576 9449 3568 9448 3515 9598 3529 9599
3529 9616 3699 9508 3699 9461 3650 9461
3649 9329 3613 9328
$$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, 7:44 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Craig, Nowata, Ottawa, Washington | 4 hr |
| 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, 10:52 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 |
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.