Flash Flood Warning 34, NWS Tulsa, OK

Issued

Jun 12, 2012, 1:02 AM CDT (06:02 UTC)

Expired

Jun 12, 2012, 6:00 AM CDT

In force

5 hr

Issued by

NWS Tulsa, OK

Area

Storm-based polygon

Flood severity

None

County Pushmataha County, OK

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 135 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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480 
WGUS54 KTSA 120602
FFWTSA
OKC127-121100-
/O.NEW.KTSA.FF.W.0034.120612T0602Z-120612T1100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
102 AM CDT TUE JUN 12 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  PUSHMATAHA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...

* UNTIL 600 AM CDT

* AT 1259 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR            
  INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED AREA. 
  TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF RAINFALL HAVE ALREADY OCCURRED LOCALLY     
  WITH AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO THREE INCHES POSSIBLE. 

* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
  OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT COULD EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  ANTLERS...CLAYTON...CLAYTON LAKE STATE PARK...CLOUDY...DUNBAR...
  KELLOND...KOSOMA...MOYERS...NASHOBA...OLETA...RATTAN...SNOW AND
  STANLEY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. 
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. 
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE 
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS 
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY 
AUTOMOBILE.

&&

LAT...LON 3450 9579 3451 9568 3459 9568 3459 9499
      3450 9500 3450 9504 3424 9504 3424 9514
      3416 9515 3416 9578

$$

719 
WGUS74 KTSA 120929
FFSTSA

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
429 AM CDT TUE JUN 12 2012

OKC127-121100-
/O.CON.KTSA.FF.W.0034.000000T0000Z-120612T1100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
PUSHMATAHA OK-
429 AM CDT TUE JUN 12 2012

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PUSHMATAHA COUNTY UNTIL
600 AM CDT...

AT 428 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
AREAS OF LIGHT RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. ALTHOUGH ADDITIONAL 
RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL REMAIN LIGHT...OVER 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS 
ALREADY FALLEN IN SPOTS AND FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS WILL LIKELY 
CONTINUE. 

RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
ANTLERS...CLAYTON...CLAYTON LAKE STATE PARK...CLOUDY...DUNBAR...
KELLOND...KOSOMA...MOYERS...NASHOBA...OLETA...RATTAN...SNOW AND
STANLEY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. DO
NOT ENTER THE WATER. TURN AROUND AND MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO
ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN
WATER BEGINS RISING.

A MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. IF YOU ARE IN THE
WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING
ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT
LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR
WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY AUTOMOBILE.

&&

LAT...LON 3450 9579 3451 9568 3459 9568 3459 9499
      3450 9500 3450 9504 3424 9504 3424 9514
      3416 9515 3416 9578

$$

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

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.