Flash Flood Warning 35, NWS Tulsa, OK

Issued

Aug 8, 2012, 2:34 PM CDT (19:34 UTC)

Expired

Aug 8, 2012, 5:30 PM CDT

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Tulsa, OK

Area

Storm-based polygon

Flood severity

None

County LeFlore County, OK

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 36 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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332 
WGUS54 KTSA 081934
FFWTSA
OKC079-082230-
/O.NEW.KTSA.FF.W.0035.120808T1934Z-120808T2230Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
234 PM CDT WED AUG 8 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL LE FLORE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...

* UNTIL 530 PM CDT

* AT 233 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED AREA. 1 TO 3    
  INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS ALREADY OCCURRED WITH AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2  
  INCHES POSSIBLE.   LE FLORE COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTS    
  SIGNIFICANT FLOODING WITHIN POTEAU WITH STREET CLOSURES UNDERWAY.

* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
  OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT COULD EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  POTEAU.

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 3508 9457 3498 9457 3499 9472 3509 9469

$$

150 
WGUS74 KTSA 082142
FFSTSA

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
442 PM CDT WED AUG 8 2012

OKC079-082230-
/O.CON.KTSA.FF.W.0035.000000T0000Z-120808T2230Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
LE FLORE OK-
442 PM CDT WED AUG 8 2012

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL LE FLORE COUNTY
UNTIL 530 PM CDT...

AT 442 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
AREAS OF RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. ALTHOUGH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL 
AMOUNTS WILL REMAIN LIGHT...SEVERAL INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY 
FALLEN AND FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS WILL LIKELY CONTINUE.

RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING TO OCCUR. 
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...POTEAU.

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.

LOW WATER CROSSINGS IN HILLY TERRAIN ARE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS IN
HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS FLOODED ROADS. FIND
ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT ONLY TAKES A FEW INCHES OF SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER
TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.

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

&&

LAT...LON 3508 9457 3498 9457 3499 9472 3509 9469

$$

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.