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Areal Flood Warning 26, NWS Tulsa, OK

May 1, 20125 counties in Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this areal flood warning at May 1, 2012, 4:28 PM CDT for 5 counties in Oklahoma. It was in force for 24 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 1, 2012, 4:28 PM CDT (21:28 UTC)
Expired
May 2, 2012, 4:30 PM CDT
In force
24 hr
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Craig County, OK, Nowata County, OK, Osage County, OK, Ottawa County, OK, Washington County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this areal flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Tulsa, OK wrote its last area forecast discussion before this areal flood warning went out at Apr 30, 6:52 PM CDT, 21 hours 36 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 30, 6:52 PM CDT, 21 hours 36 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
652 PM CDT MON APR 30 2012

.DISCUSSION...

THE 00Z AVIATION DISCUSSION CAN BE FOUND BELOW.

&&

.AVIATION...
CONCERNING TAF SITES KTUL/KRVS/KBVO/KMLC/KXNA/KFYV/KFSM.

EXPECT MAINLY VFR CONDITIONS THROUGH 06Z AT MOST SITES. A TS
COMPLEX IS EXPTD TO MOVE EAST ALONG THE KS/OK BORDER TONIGHT...AND
THIS MAY IMPACT THE NE OK TERMINALS...BUT PROBABLY NOT BEFORE 04Z.
MVFR CIGS WILL RETURN BY 12Z AT MOST SITES EXCPT KFSM...BEFORE
BECOMING VFR BY MIDDAY. SOUTH WINDS WILL BE QUITE STRONG ON
TUESDAY...WITH GUSTS AOA 25 KTS FOR THE NE OK AND NW AR SITES.

LACY

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 302 PM CDT MON APR 30 2012/

DISCUSSION...
RAIN HAS ENDED ACROSS NE OK FOR NOW...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS REMAIN ONGOING ACROSS SE OK AND WC AR THIS
AFTERNOON. FOCUS WILL THEN SHIFT BACK TO NE OK TONIGHT AS ANOTHER
POTENTIALLY ACTIVE NIGHT IS IN THE OFFING. HAVE ISSUED A FLASH
FLOOD WATCH ACROSS THE FAR NORTHERN TIER COUNTIES OF NE OK...AS THESE
AREAS HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED FLOODING RAINS THAT HAS PROMPTED
SEVERAL RESCUE EFFORTS ACROSS OSAGE COUNTY THROUGH THIS MORNING.
WHILE UNCERTAINTY EXISTS REGARDING THE DETAILS OF TONIGHTS
EVENT...ANTECEDENT CONDITIONS AND ADDITIONAL RAINFALL...EVEN IN
LESSER AMOUNTS...WILL RAPIDLY AGGRAVATE FLOODING CONCERNS IN THE
WATCH AREA. THE WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 AM
TUESDAY MORNING. RAIN CHANCES WILL DIMINISH TUESDAY...THEN A WARM
HUMID AND CAPPED PATTERN BEGINS TO TAKE SHAPE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN
PLAINS. MID LEVEL HEIGHT RISES AND WARMING TEMPERATURES WILL TAKE
HOLD FROM WEDNESDAY ON THROUGH THE REST OF THE FORECAST. MEDIUM
RANGE GUIDANCE CARVES OUT THE NEXT TROUGH THAT WILL STAY TO THE
WEST FOR THE EARLY PART OF NEXT WEEK WHICH WILL AID IN KEEPING THE
RIDGE INTACT OVER THE PLAINS. TEMP WISE... STAYED CLOSER TO THE
WARMER MET GUIDANCE FOR THE EARLY PERIODS...AND OPTED FOR WEIGHTED
ECMWF NUMBERS IN THE LATTER PORTION OF THE FORECAST.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
TUL   66  85  68  87 /  50  30  10  10
FSM   66  85  67  86 /  40  20  10  10
MLC   67  85  68  86 /  40  20  10  10
BVO   64  83  66  86 /  60  40  10  10
FYV   63  82  65  84 /  50  30  10  10
BYV   62  82  64  86 /  50  30  10  10
MKO   66  84  67  85 /  50  30  10  10
MIO   63  83  66  86 /  60  40  10  10
F10   66  84  67  85 /  50  30  10  10
HHW   67  85  68  86 /  40  20  10  10

&&

.TSA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OK...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 7 AM TUESDAY FOR OKZ054-OKZ055-OKZ056-
     OKZ057-OKZ058-OKZ059.

AR...NONE.
&&

AVIATION...30
Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 30, 5:16 PM CDT, 23 hours 12 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 30, 7:03 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSANowata27 min
Apr 30, 7:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSANowata, Washington52 min
Apr 30, 7:18 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAMuskogee42 min
Apr 30, 7:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSANowata66 min
Apr 30, 8:02 PM CDTTornado WarningTSANowata43 min
Apr 30, 8:21 PM CDTTornado WarningTSANowata39 min
Apr 30, 8:37 PM CDTTornado WarningTSANowata23 min
Apr 30, 8:53 PM CDTTornado WarningTSACraig, Nowata37 min
Apr 30, 8:58 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSACraig, Nowata3 hr
Apr 30, 9:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSANowata, Washington44 min
Apr 30, 9:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACraig, Nowata67 min
Apr 30, 9:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACraig15 min
Apr 30, 9:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACraig, Nowata62 min
Apr 30, 9:58 PM CDTTornado WarningTSACraig32 min
Apr 30, 10:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACraig62 min
Apr 30, 10:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage, Pawnee71 min
Apr 30, 11:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACraig60 min
Apr 30, 11:03 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAOsage, Pawnee42 min
Apr 30, 11:11 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSAOsage, Pawnee4 hr
Apr 30, 11:23 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAOsage, Pawnee37 min
Apr 30, 11:42 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSACreek48 min
Apr 30, 11:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage, Pawnee63 min
Apr 30, 11:51 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSACraig, Nowata3 hr
Apr 30, 11:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACraig32 min
May 1, 12:19 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSANowata, Osage, Rogers, Tulsa, Washington56 min
May 1, 12:26 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSATulsa49 min
May 1, 12:47 AM CDTTornado WarningTSANowata9 min
May 1, 12:49 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACraig, Nowata, Washington56 min
May 1, 12:56 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAOkfuskee49 min
May 1, 12:59 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACraig, Delaware, Mayes, Nowata, Ottawa, Rogers76 min
May 1, 1:17 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMayes, Muskogee, Okmulgee, Rogers, Tulsa, Wagoner58 min
May 1, 1:38 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAOkfuskee, Okmulgee37 min
May 1, 1:52 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACherokee, Delaware, Mayes53 min
May 1, 1:53 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSACraig, Nowata, Ottawa, Rogers5 hr
May 1, 2:10 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSACherokee, McIntosh, Muskogee50 min
May 1, 2:21 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAPittsburg39 min
May 1, 2:30 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSACreek, Tulsa, Wagoner45 min
May 1, 2:33 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek, Tulsa27 min
May 1, 2:56 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAAdair49 min
May 1, 3:02 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAHaskell, Sequoyah43 min
May 1, 3:28 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAAdair47 min
May 1, 3:30 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSALatimer, LeFlore45 min
May 1, 6:35 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningTSACraig, Nowata, Ottawa10 hr
May 1, 8:33 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningTSAOttawa25 hr
May 1, 3:44 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSABenton46 min
May 1, 3:47 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSACrawford43 min
May 1, 4:12 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMadison, Washington43 min
May 1, 4:13 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSACrawford, Franklin, Sebastian62 min
May 1, 4:34 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSACarroll41 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.