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Flash Flood Warning 14, NWS Tulsa, OK

March 20, 20128 counties in Oklahoma; Crawford County, Franklin County, Sebastian County, Arkansas

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this flash flood warning at Mar 20, 2012, 2:09 AM CDT for 8 counties in Oklahoma; Crawford County, Franklin County, Sebastian County, Arkansas. It was in force for 12 hr. 6 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 20, 2012, 2:09 AM CDT (07:09 UTC)
Expired: Mar 20, 2012, 2:00 PM CDT
In force: 12 hr
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Crawford County, AR, Franklin County, AR, Sebastian County, AR, Choctaw County, OK, Haskell County, OK, Latimer County, OK, LeFlore County, OK, Muskogee County, OK, Pittsburg County, OK, Pushmataha County, OK, Sequoyah County, OK

The radar

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:10 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, 5:00 AM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	Wilburton, OK	NUMEROUS RURAL ROADS FLOODED OVERNIGHT AND EARLY THIS MORNING SEVERAL HOURS IN WESTERN LATIMER COUNTY. 5-6 INCHES OF RAINFALL ESTIMATED BY 5 AM CDT.
Mar 20, 10:30 AM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	4 W Octavia, OK	STATE HIGHWAY 144 IS CLOSED 5 MILES WEST OF US HIGHWAY 259.
Mar 20, 10:40 AM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	5 E Antlers, OK	PEOPLE STRANDED IN HOMES CUT OFF BY FLOOD WATERS. LIKELY A COMBINATION OF FLASH FLOOD WATERS AND HIGH WATER ALONG THE KIAMICHI RIVER. UPDATED WITH MORE ACCURATE LOCATION. ETHEL ROAD EAST OF ANTLERS NEAR THE KIAMICHI RIVER.
Mar 20, 10:40 AM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	Dunbar, OK	PEOPLE STRANDED IN HOMES CUT OFF BY FLOOD WATERS. LIKELY A COMBINATION OF FLASH FLOOD WATERS AND HIGH WATER ALONG THE KIAMICHI RIVER. LOCATION GIVEN AS SOMEWHERE BETWEEN ANTLERS AND CLAYTON NEAR THE KIAMICHI. SPECIFIC LOCATION ESTIMATED AND WILL UPDATE IF WE G
Mar 20, 10:40 AM CDT	HEAVY RAIN 4	Whitesboro, OK
Mar 20, 1:30 PM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	4 Nw Wilburton, OK	HIGHBRIDGE ROAD CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER...JUST NORTHWEST OF WILBURTON. LOCATION APPROXIMATE.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 226 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 686 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 76 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -161 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 2 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

865 
WGUS54 KTSA 200709
FFWTSA
ARC033-047-131-OKC023-061-077-079-101-121-127-135-201900-
/O.NEW.KTSA.FF.W.0014.120320T0709Z-120320T1900Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
209 AM CDT TUE MAR 20 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  CHOCTAW COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...
  HASKELL COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...
  LATIMER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...
  LE FLORE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...
  NORTHEASTERN PITTSBURG COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...
  PUSHMATAHA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...
  SEBASTIAN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS...
  SOUTHEASTERN MUSKOGEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA...
  SOUTHERN CRAWFORD COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS...
  SOUTHERN FRANKLIN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS...
  SOUTHERN SEQUOYAH COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA...

* UNTIL 200 PM CDT TUESDAY

* AT 208 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED AREA. 2 TO 3    
  INCHES OF RAINFALL HAVE ALREADY OCCURRED WITH AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 4  
  POSSIBLE.  

* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
  OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT COULD EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  ANTLERS...CHARLESTON...CLAYTON...FORT SMITH...HUGO...POTEAU...
  STIGLER...VAN BUREN...WILBURTON...ALBION...ALMA...ALTUS...ARKOMA...
  BARLING...BENGAL...BIG CEDAR...BLOOMER...BOKOSHE...BONANZA...
  BOSWELL...BRANCH...BRIARTOWN...BURNVILLE...CAMERON...CLAYTON LAKE
  STATE PARK...CLOUDY...DAMON...DENNING...DUNBAR AND EXCELSIOR.

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 3393 9593 3416 9592 3417 9578 3450 9579
      3451 9568 3459 9568 3460 9572 3461 9552
      3544 9531 3549 9370 3538 9370 3540 9380
      3513 9404 3507 9422 3496 9424 3492 9444
      3450 9447 3450 9504 3393 9516 3386 9539

$$

2 follow-up statements

554 
WGUS74 KTSA 200923
FFSTSA

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

ARC033-047-131-OKC023-061-077-079-101-121-127-135-201900-
/O.CON.KTSA.FF.W.0014.000000T0000Z-120320T1900Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CRAWFORD AR-FRANKLIN AR-SEBASTIAN AR-CHOCTAW OK-HASKELL OK-
LE FLORE OK-MUSKOGEE OK-PITTSBURG OK-PUSHMATAHA OK-SEQUOYAH OK-
LATIMER OK-
423 AM CDT TUE MAR 20 2012

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR LATIMER...SOUTHERN
SEQUOYAH...PUSHMATAHA...EXTREME NORTHEASTERN PITTSBURG...SOUTHEASTERN
MUSKOGEE...LE FLORE...HASKELL...CHOCTAW...SEBASTIAN...SOUTHERN
FRANKLIN AND SOUTHERN CRAWFORD COUNTIES UNTIL 200 PM CDT TUESDAY...

AT 421 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN LIFTING NORTH OVER THE WARNED 
AREA. 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS ALREADY OCCURRED WITH AN 
ADDITIONAL 3 TO 4 INCHES 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...
ANTLERS...CHARLESTON...CLAYTON...FORT SMITH...HUGO...POTEAU...
STIGLER...VAN BUREN...WILBURTON...ALBION...ALMA...ALTUS...ARKOMA...
BARLING...BENGAL...BIG CEDAR...BLOOMER...BOKOSHE...BONANZA...
BOSWELL...BRANCH...BRIARTOWN...BURNVILLE...CAMERON...CLAYTON LAKE
STATE PARK...CLOUDY...DAMON...DENNING...DUNBAR AND EXCELSIOR.

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 3393 9593 3416 9592 3417 9578 3450 9579
      3451 9568 3459 9568 3460 9572 3461 9552
      3544 9531 3549 9370 3538 9370 3540 9380
      3513 9404 3507 9422 3496 9424 3492 9444
      3450 9447 3450 9504 3393 9516 3386 9539

$$

266 
WGUS74 KTSA 201433
FFSTSA

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

ARC033-047-131-OKC023-061-077-079-101-121-127-135-201900-
/O.CON.KTSA.FF.W.0014.000000T0000Z-120320T1900Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CRAWFORD AR-FRANKLIN AR-SEBASTIAN AR-CHOCTAW OK-HASKELL OK-
LE FLORE OK-MUSKOGEE OK-PITTSBURG OK-PUSHMATAHA OK-SEQUOYAH OK-
LATIMER OK-
933 AM CDT TUE MAR 20 2012

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR LATIMER...SOUTHERN
SEQUOYAH...PUSHMATAHA...EXTREME NORTHEASTERN PITTSBURG...SOUTHEASTERN
MUSKOGEE...LE FLORE...HASKELL...CHOCTAW...SEBASTIAN...SOUTHERN
FRANKLIN AND SOUTHERN CRAWFORD COUNTIES UNTIL 200 PM CDT...

AT 931 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED 
AREA. 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS ALREADY OCCURRED 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...
ANTLERS...CHARLESTON...CLAYTON...FORT SMITH...HUGO...POTEAU...
STIGLER...VAN BUREN...WILBURTON...ALBION...ALMA...ALTUS...ARKOMA...
BARLING...BENGAL...BIG CEDAR...BLOOMER...BOKOSHE...BONANZA...
BOSWELL...BRANCH...BRIARTOWN...BURNVILLE...CAMERON...CLAYTON LAKE
STATE PARK...CLOUDY...DAMON...DENNING...DUNBAR AND EXCELSIOR.

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 3393 9593 3416 9592 3417 9578 3450 9579
      3451 9568 3459 9568 3460 9572 3461 9552
      3544 9531 3549 9370 3538 9370 3540 9380
      3513 9404 3507 9422 3496 9424 3492 9444
      3450 9447 3450 9504 3393 9516 3386 9539

$$

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 19, 10:54 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Cherokee, Craig, Delaware, McIntosh, Mayes, Muskogee and 2 more	12 hr
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, 2:37 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
Mar 19, 9:57 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Crawford, Washington	33 min
Mar 19, 10:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Benton, Carroll, Crawford, Franklin, Madison, Sebastian and 1 more	64 min
Mar 19, 10:47 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Benton, Carroll, Crawford, Franklin, Madison, Sebastian and 1 more	118 min
Mar 20, 10:47 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	Crawford, Sebastian	50 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Oklahoma, 2012 Flash Flood Warnings in Arkansas, 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.