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Flash Flood Warning 11, NWS Tulsa, OK

March 19, 20128 counties in Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this flash flood warning at Mar 19, 2012, 10:54 PM CDT for 8 counties in Oklahoma. It was in force for 12 hr. 24 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: Mar 19, 2012, 10:54 PM CDT (03:54 UTC)
Expired: Mar 20, 2012, 11:00 AM CDT
In force: 12 hr
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Cherokee County, OK, Craig County, OK, Delaware County, OK, Mayes County, OK, McIntosh County, OK, Muskogee County, OK, Ottawa County, OK, Wagoner County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 22 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:55 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
Mar 20, 6:00 AM CDT	HEAVY RAIN 7	6 Wnw Hulbert, OK	4 MILES NORTH OF SEQUOYAH STATE PARK
Mar 20, 7:00 AM CDT	HEAVY RAIN 6	Mazie, OK	A LITTLE OVER 6 INCHES AND STILL RAINING.
Mar 20, 8:00 AM CDT	HEAVY RAIN 4.8	3 E Miami, OK	JUST SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 10
Mar 20, 8:00 AM CDT	HEAVY RAIN 6.3	2 Ese Bernice, OK	NEAR MONKEY ISLAND
Mar 20, 8:00 AM CDT	HEAVY RAIN 6.5	Rose, OK
Mar 20, 8:00 AM CDT	HEAVY RAIN 7	5 Nne Wagoner, OK	NEAR ROCKY POINT
Mar 20, 8:00 AM CDT	HEAVY RAIN 7	9 Ne Afton, OK
Mar 20, 8:00 AM CDT	HEAVY RAIN 7.2	Locust Grove, OK
Mar 20, 8:00 AM CDT	HEAVY RAIN 7.25	Salina, OK
Mar 20, 8:00 AM CDT	HEAVY RAIN 7.5	Langley, OK
Mar 20, 8:30 AM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	Miami, OK	ROADS CLOSED...STREET A AND 15TH NE...BEHIND THE SONIC. ALSO 18TH AND C STREET NE AT MIAMI BLVD TO STREET D NE.
Mar 20, 9:00 AM CDT	HEAVY RAIN 4.25	Eufaula, OK
Mar 20, 10:15 AM CDT	HEAVY RAIN 5	Coweta, OK
Mar 20, 10:30 AM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	1 E Cardin, OK	DOUTHITT ROAD CLOSED BETWEEN HIGHWAY 69 AND CARDIN.
Mar 20, 10:30 AM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	1 S Wyandotte, OK	S 642 ROAD CLOSED
Mar 20, 10:30 AM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	1 W Cardin, OK	E 30 ROAD BETWEEN S 530 ROAD AND S 510 ROAD.
Mar 20, 10:30 AM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	2 N Wyandotte, OK	S 645 ROAD AND E 130 ROAD CLOSED
Mar 20, 10:30 AM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	3 Ese Miami, OK	E 110 ROAD AND S 590 ROAD CLOSED
Mar 20, 10:30 AM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	4 Ese Wyandotte, OK	S 690 ROAD SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 60 CLOSED
Mar 20, 10:30 AM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	4 N Fairland, OK	S 580 ROAD AND E 150 ROAD CLOSED
Mar 20, 10:30 AM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	5 E Wyandotte, OK	CAYUGA ROAD AND E 160 ROAD CLOSED
Mar 20, 10:30 AM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	5 S Wyandotte, OK	E 202 ROAD CLOSED
Mar 20, 10:30 AM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	Afton, OK	2ND STREET CLOSED
Mar 20, 10:30 AM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	Cardin, OK	CARDIN ROAD CLOSED AT THE TAR CREEK BRIDGE.

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 00:00Z, 3.9 hours before the alert went out and 165 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 173 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -17 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1207 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 221 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 369 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.2
Supercell composite: 3.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

131 
WGUS54 KTSA 200354
FFWTSA
OKC021-035-041-091-097-101-115-145-201600-
/O.NEW.KTSA.FF.W.0011.120320T0354Z-120320T1600Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1054 PM CDT MON MAR 19 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  DELAWARE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA...
  MAYES COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA...
  MCINTOSH COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...
  MUSKOGEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA...
  OTTAWA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA...
  SOUTHEASTERN CRAIG COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA...
  WAGONER COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA...
  WESTERN CHEROKEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA...

* UNTIL 1100 AM CDT TUESDAY

* AT 1050 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED  
  LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. TWO TO FIVE         
  INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS ALREADY OCCURRED...AND NUMEROUS ROAD        
  CLOSURES EXIST ACROSS THE WARNED AREA DUE TO HIGH FLOOD WATERS.    
  ALTHOUGH THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL HAS ENDED FOR THE                   
  EVENING...ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP TUESDAY 
  MORNING THAT WILL WORSEN THE ONGOING FLOODING SITUATION.

* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
  OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT COULD EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  EUFAULA...JAY...MIAMI...MUSKOGEE...PRYOR...VINITA...WAGONER...
  ADAIR...AFTON...BERNICE...BERNICE STATE PARK...BIG CABIN...
  BLUEJACKET...BOYNTON...BRAGGS...CHECOTAH...CHEROKEE STATE PARK...
  CHLOETA...CHOUTEAU...CLEORA...COMMERCE...COUNCIL HILL...COWETA...
  DISNEY...FAIRLAND...FORT GIBSON...GROVE...HANNA...HASKELL AND HONEY
  CREEK STATE PARK.

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 3645 9461 3619 9480 3618 9499 3595 9500
      3532 9534 3515 9598 3537 9598 3538 9588
      3555 9582 3556 9571 3583 9576 3614 9561
      3614 9558 3608 9544 3650 9544 3652 9533
      3660 9533 3660 9538 3701 9504 3700 9462

$$

2 follow-up statements

288 
WGUS74 KTSA 200926
FFSTSA

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
426 AM CDT TUE MAR 20 2012

OKC021-035-041-091-097-101-115-145-201600-
/O.CON.KTSA.FF.W.0011.000000T0000Z-120320T1600Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CHEROKEE OK-CRAIG OK-DELAWARE OK-MCINTOSH OK-MAYES OK-MUSKOGEE OK-
OTTAWA OK-WAGONER OK-
426 AM CDT TUE MAR 20 2012

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WAGONER...OTTAWA...
MUSKOGEE...MAYES...MCINTOSH...DELAWARE...SOUTHEASTERN CRAIG AND
WESTERN CHEROKEE COUNTIES UNTIL 1100 AM CDT...

AT 425 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED AREA. 5 TO 6
INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS ALREADY OCCURRED WITH AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 3 
POSSIBLE.  THIS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY LIFE 
THREATENING FLASH FLOODING.

RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
EUFAULA...JAY...MIAMI...MUSKOGEE...PRYOR...VINITA...WAGONER...
ADAIR...AFTON...BERNICE...BERNICE STATE PARK...BIG CABIN...
BLUEJACKET...BOYNTON...BRAGGS...CHECOTAH...CHEROKEE STATE PARK...
CHLOETA...CHOUTEAU...CLEORA...COMMERCE...COUNCIL HILL...COWETA...
DISNEY...FAIRLAND...FORT GIBSON...GROVE...HANNA...HASKELL AND HONEY
CREEK STATE PARK.

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 3645 9461 3619 9480 3618 9499 3595 9500
      3532 9534 3515 9598 3537 9598 3538 9588
      3555 9582 3556 9571 3583 9576 3614 9561
      3614 9558 3608 9544 3650 9544 3652 9533
      3660 9533 3660 9538 3701 9504 3700 9462

$$

924 
WGUS74 KTSA 201359
FFSTSA

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
859 AM CDT TUE MAR 20 2012

OKC021-035-041-091-097-101-115-145-201600-
/O.CON.KTSA.FF.W.0011.000000T0000Z-120320T1600Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CHEROKEE OK-CRAIG OK-DELAWARE OK-MCINTOSH OK-MAYES OK-MUSKOGEE OK-
OTTAWA OK-WAGONER OK-
859 AM CDT TUE MAR 20 2012

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WAGONER...OTTAWA...
MUSKOGEE...MAYES...MCINTOSH...DELAWARE...SOUTHEASTERN CRAIG AND
WESTERN CHEROKEE COUNTIES UNTIL 1100 AM CDT...

AT 858 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED 
AREA. 5 TO 7 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS ALREADY OCCURRED WITH AN 
ADDITIONAL INCH OF RAIN POSSIBLE THROUGH 11 AM.

RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
EUFAULA...JAY...MIAMI...MUSKOGEE...PRYOR...VINITA...WAGONER...
ADAIR...AFTON...BERNICE...BERNICE STATE PARK...BIG CABIN...
BLUEJACKET...BOYNTON...BRAGGS...CHECOTAH...CHEROKEE STATE PARK...
CHLOETA...CHOUTEAU...CLEORA...COMMERCE...COUNCIL HILL...COWETA...
DISNEY...FAIRLAND...FORT GIBSON...GROVE...HANNA...HASKELL AND HONEY
CREEK STATE PARK.

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. IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE
YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME
KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS AND HIKERS SHOULD AVOID STREAMS OR
CREEKS.

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

&&

LAT...LON 3645 9461 3619 9480 3618 9499 3595 9500
      3532 9534 3515 9598 3537 9598 3538 9588
      3555 9582 3556 9571 3583 9576 3614 9561
      3614 9558 3608 9544 3650 9544 3652 9533
      3660 9533 3660 9538 3701 9504 3700 9462

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 19, 7:10 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Haskell, Latimer, Pittsburg	6 hr
Mar 19, 7:16 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Haskell, Muskogee	29 min
Mar 19, 7:37 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	McIntosh, Muskogee, Okmulgee, Pittsburg	23 min
Mar 19, 7:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Cherokee, Haskell, Muskogee, Sequoyah	42 min
Mar 19, 7:56 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Cherokee, Haskell, Muskogee, Sequoyah	34 min
Mar 19, 8:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Choctaw, Pittsburg, Pushmataha	43 min
Mar 19, 8:21 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	Choctaw	25 hr
Mar 19, 8:23 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	Pushmataha	56 hr
Mar 19, 8:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Haskell, Latimer, Muskogee, Pittsburg, Pushmataha	61 min
Mar 19, 8:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Sequoyah	28 min
Mar 19, 8:34 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Haskell, Muskogee, Sequoyah	6 hr
Mar 19, 8:51 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Sequoyah	39 min
Mar 19, 9:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Delaware, Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore and 2 more	41 min
Mar 19, 9:24 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Delaware	36 min
Mar 19, 9:33 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Choctaw, Latimer, LeFlore, Pushmataha	6 hr
Mar 19, 9:41 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Delaware, Haskell, LeFlore, Sequoyah	6 hr
Mar 19, 9:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Adair, LeFlore, Sequoyah	61 min
Mar 20, 12:49 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	TSA	Creek, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Tulsa, Wagoner	10 hr
Mar 20, 12:59 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Haskell, Latimer, Pittsburg	10 hr
Mar 20, 2:05 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Delaware, Muskogee, Sequoyah	12 hr
Mar 20, 2:09 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Choctaw, Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore, Muskogee, Pittsburg and 2 more	12 hr
Mar 20, 2:37 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	Cherokee	24 hr
Mar 20, 2:37 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	Cherokee	12 hr
Mar 20, 2:37 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	Rogers, Tulsa	42 hr
Mar 20, 2:37 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	Osage, Tulsa	24 hr
Mar 20, 2:37 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	Tulsa	30 hr
Mar 20, 2:37 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	Adair	24 hr
Mar 20, 3:06 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	Nowata	18 hr
Mar 20, 3:48 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	Ottawa	5 days
Mar 20, 3:48 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	LeFlore	24 hr
Mar 20, 3:48 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	LeFlore	3 days
Mar 20, 4:50 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	Muskogee	22 hr
Mar 20, 6:16 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Craig, Nowata, Rogers, Tulsa, Washington	8 hr
Mar 20, 8:38 AM CDT	River Flood Advisory	TSA	Cherokee, Delaware	22 hr
Mar 20, 8:51 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	Ottawa	18 hr
Mar 20, 10:54 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Cherokee, Craig, Delaware, McIntosh, Mayes, Muskogee and 2 more	3 hr
Mar 20, 10:57 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Haskell, Latimer, Pittsburg	3 hr
Mar 20, 11:02 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	TSA	Creek, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Tulsa, Wagoner	3 hr
Mar 20, 11:13 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	Sequoyah	16 hr
Mar 20, 1:51 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Choctaw, Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore, Muskogee, Pittsburg and 2 more	8 hr
Mar 20, 1:55 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Delaware, Muskogee, Sequoyah	8 hr
Mar 20, 1:59 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Cherokee, Craig, Delaware, McIntosh, Mayes, Muskogee and 2 more	8 hr
Mar 20, 2:04 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	TSA	Craig, Creek, Muskogee, Nowata, Okmulgee, Osage and 4 more	32 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Oklahoma, 2012 Every flash flood warning in 2012

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.