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Areal Flood Warning 26, NWS Tulsa, OK
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...30Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 30, 5:16 PM CDT, 23 hours 12 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 30, 7:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Nowata | 27 min |
| Apr 30, 7:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Nowata, Washington | 52 min |
| Apr 30, 7:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Muskogee | 42 min |
| Apr 30, 7:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Nowata | 66 min |
| Apr 30, 8:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Nowata | 43 min |
| Apr 30, 8:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Nowata | 39 min |
| Apr 30, 8:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Nowata | 23 min |
| Apr 30, 8:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Craig, Nowata | 37 min |
| Apr 30, 8:58 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Craig, Nowata | 3 hr |
| Apr 30, 9:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Nowata, Washington | 44 min |
| Apr 30, 9:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Craig, Nowata | 67 min |
| Apr 30, 9:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Craig | 15 min |
| Apr 30, 9:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Craig, Nowata | 62 min |
| Apr 30, 9:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Craig | 32 min |
| Apr 30, 10:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Craig | 62 min |
| Apr 30, 10:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage, Pawnee | 71 min |
| Apr 30, 11:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Craig | 60 min |
| Apr 30, 11:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Osage, Pawnee | 42 min |
| Apr 30, 11:11 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Osage, Pawnee | 4 hr |
| Apr 30, 11:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Osage, Pawnee | 37 min |
| Apr 30, 11:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Creek | 48 min |
| Apr 30, 11:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage, Pawnee | 63 min |
| Apr 30, 11:51 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Craig, Nowata | 3 hr |
| Apr 30, 11:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Craig | 32 min |
| May 1, 12:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Nowata, Osage, Rogers, Tulsa, Washington | 56 min |
| May 1, 12:26 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Tulsa | 49 min |
| May 1, 12:47 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Nowata | 9 min |
| May 1, 12:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Craig, Nowata, Washington | 56 min |
| May 1, 12:56 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Okfuskee | 49 min |
| May 1, 12:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Craig, Delaware, Mayes, Nowata, Ottawa, Rogers | 76 min |
| May 1, 1:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Mayes, Muskogee, Okmulgee, Rogers, Tulsa, Wagoner | 58 min |
| May 1, 1:38 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Okfuskee, Okmulgee | 37 min |
| May 1, 1:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Cherokee, Delaware, Mayes | 53 min |
| May 1, 1:53 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Craig, Nowata, Ottawa, Rogers | 5 hr |
| May 1, 2:10 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Cherokee, McIntosh, Muskogee | 50 min |
| May 1, 2:21 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Pittsburg | 39 min |
| May 1, 2:30 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Creek, Tulsa, Wagoner | 45 min |
| May 1, 2:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek, Tulsa | 27 min |
| May 1, 2:56 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Adair | 49 min |
| May 1, 3:02 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Haskell, Sequoyah | 43 min |
| May 1, 3:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Adair | 47 min |
| May 1, 3:30 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Latimer, LeFlore | 45 min |
| May 1, 6:35 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | TSA | Craig, Nowata, Ottawa | 10 hr |
| May 1, 8:33 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | Ottawa | 25 hr |
| May 1, 3:44 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Benton | 46 min |
| May 1, 3:47 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Crawford | 43 min |
| May 1, 4:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Madison, Washington | 43 min |
| May 1, 4:13 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Crawford, Franklin, Sebastian | 62 min |
| May 1, 4:34 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Carroll | 41 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.