Alert archive / Oklahoma / Flash Flood Warnings in 2012
Flash Flood Warning 33, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this flash flood warning at Jun 4, 2012, 6:08 AM CDT for McIntosh County, Muskogee County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 4, 2012, 6:08 AM CDT (11:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 4, 2012, 8:59 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties McIntosh County, OK, Muskogee County, OK
The radar
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:07 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 194 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
- 2874 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -93 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1650 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 87 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 200 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.6
- Supercell composite
- 6.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
430
WGUS54 KTSA 041108
FFWTSA
OKC091-101-041500-
/O.NEW.KTSA.FF.W.0033.120604T1108Z-120604T1500Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
608 AM CDT MON JUN 4 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
EASTERN MCINTOSH COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...
SOUTHERN MUSKOGEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA...
* UNTIL 1000 AM CDT
* AT 606 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THAT THE HEAVY RAINFALL HAD ENDED ACROSS THE WARNED
AREA...ESPECIALLY FROM AROUND WARNER TO CHECOTAH. ALTHOUGH LITTLE
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS EXPECTED...3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS
ALREADY FALLEN...AND FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS IS LIKELY.
* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT COULD EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
CHECOTAH...COUNCIL HILL...GREENLEAF STATE PARK...KEEFETON...LAKE
EUFAULA STATE PARK...OKTAHA...PORUM...RENTIESVILLE...STIDHAM...
VIVIAN...WARNER AND WEBBERS FALLS.
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 3560 9567 3564 9513 3553 9513 3550 9512
3538 9511 3538 9512 3537 9513 3538 9514
3537 9515 3526 9573
$$1 follow-up statement
133
WGUS74 KTSA 041359
FFSTSA
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
859 AM CDT MON JUN 4 2012
OKC091-101-041411-
/O.CAN.KTSA.FF.W.0033.000000T0000Z-120604T1500Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MCINTOSH OK-MUSKOGEE OK-
859 AM CDT MON JUN 4 2012
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN MUSKOGEE
AND EASTERN MCINTOSH COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 4 TO OVER 5 INCHES OF RAIN MAY HAVE FALLEN FROM
JUST NORTH OF CHECOTAH TO AROUND WARNER. HOWEVER...NO FLOODING HAS
BEEN REPORTED. THEREFORE...THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.
EXCESS RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED OVER THE WARNED AREA.
IF FLOODING HAS BEEN OBSERVED...PLEASE REPORT IT TO YOUR LOCAL LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
LAT...LON 3560 9567 3564 9513 3553 9513 3550 9512
3538 9511 3538 9512 3537 9513 3538 9514
3537 9515 3526 9573
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 3, 10:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Delaware | 30 min |
| Jun 3, 11:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Delaware | 29 min |
| Jun 3, 11:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Delaware | 59 min |
| Jun 3, 11:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Osage | 33 min |
| Jun 3, 11:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Washington | 31 min |
| Jun 3, 11:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage | 48 min |
| Jun 4, 12:03 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage, Rogers, Tulsa, Washington | 57 min |
| Jun 4, 12:23 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Delaware | 37 min |
| Jun 4, 12:26 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Cherokee | 34 min |
| Jun 4, 12:28 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Rogers | 32 min |
| Jun 4, 12:53 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Osage | 37 min |
| Jun 4, 1:00 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Tulsa | 30 min |
| Jun 4, 1:04 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Delaware | 26 min |
| Jun 4, 1:16 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Osage, Rogers, Tulsa | 6 hr |
| Jun 4, 1:16 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Craig | 29 min |
| Jun 4, 1:18 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Cherokee | 27 min |
| Jun 4, 1:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage, Pawnee | 43 min |
| Jun 4, 1:23 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | Delaware | 3 hr |
| Jun 4, 1:25 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Ottawa | 35 min |
| Jun 4, 1:37 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek, Osage, Rogers, Tulsa, Wagoner | 53 min |
| Jun 4, 1:42 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | Creek, Osage, Pawnee, Rogers, Tulsa, Wagoner | 63 min |
| Jun 4, 1:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Delaware, Mayes | 33 min |
| Jun 4, 1:46 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Adair | 29 min |
| Jun 4, 1:51 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Nowata | 24 min |
| Jun 4, 2:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek, McIntosh, Muskogee, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Tulsa and 1 more | 41 min |
| Jun 4, 2:05 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Craig | 25 min |
| Jun 4, 2:14 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | Craig, Nowata | 3 hr |
| Jun 4, 2:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Cherokee, McIntosh, Muskogee, Sequoyah, Wagoner | 57 min |
| Jun 4, 2:23 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Creek, Osage, Rogers, Tulsa, Wagoner | 6 hr |
| Jun 4, 2:27 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Osage | 6 hr |
| Jun 4, 2:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Adair, Cherokee | 56 min |
| Jun 4, 3:03 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Adair, Sequoyah | 57 min |
| Jun 4, 3:11 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Tulsa | 34 min |
| Jun 4, 3:27 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Osage, Pawnee | 5 hr |
| Jun 4, 3:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | LeFlore, Sequoyah | 63 min |
| Jun 4, 3:30 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Haskell | 45 min |
| Jun 4, 3:35 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Osage | 40 min |
| Jun 4, 4:28 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | LeFlore | 32 min |
| Jun 4, 4:42 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | McIntosh, Okfuskee | 33 min |
| Jun 4, 5:16 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | Washington | 59 min |
| Jun 4, 5:27 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Osage | 33 min |
| Jun 4, 5:32 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | Osage, Tulsa | 12 hr |
| Jun 4, 5:32 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | Tulsa | 12 hr |
| Jun 4, 6:00 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Creek, Osage, Pawnee, Tulsa | 3 hr |
| Jun 4, 7:27 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | TSA | Osage, Rogers, Tulsa | 12 hr |
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.