Alert archive / Oklahoma / Flash Flood Warnings in 2012
Flash Flood Warning 39, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this flash flood warning at Sep 26, 2012, 4:55 PM CDT for Pittsburg County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 4 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
- Sep 26, 2012, 4:55 PM CDT (21:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 26, 2012, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Pittsburg County, OK
The radar
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:55 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 145 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
- 51 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -540 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1962 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 72 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 367 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
820
WGUS54 KTSA 262155
FFWTSA
OKC121-270200-
/O.NEW.KTSA.FF.W.0039.120926T2155Z-120927T0200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
455 PM CDT WED SEP 26 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN PITTSBURG COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...
* UNTIL 900 PM CDT
* AT 451 PM CDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED FLOODING IN CROWDER.
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS
WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED AREA. TWO TO THREE INCHES OF
RAINFALL HAVE ALREADY OCCURRED 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...
ARROWHEAD STATE PARK...BLOCKER...CANADIAN...CROWDER...INDIANOLA AND
SCIPIO.
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 3513 9601 3515 9602 3516 9597 3514 9591
3518 9587 3520 9579 3518 9575 3520 9568
3522 9568 3524 9561 3522 9562 3522 9560
3526 9550 3504 9548 3499 9609 3505 9610
$$1 follow-up statement
970
WGUS74 KTSA 262339
FFSTSA
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
639 PM CDT WED SEP 26 2012
OKC121-270200-
/O.CON.KTSA.FF.W.0039.000000T0000Z-120927T0200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
PITTSBURG OK-
639 PM CDT WED SEP 26 2012
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN PITTSBURG
COUNTY UNTIL 900 PM CDT...
AT 639 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED AREA. THREE TO
FOUR INCHES OF RAINFALL HAVE ALREADY OCCURRED WITH AN ADDITIONAL ONE
TO TWO INCHES POSSIBLE.
RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
ARROWHEAD STATE PARK...BLOCKER...CANADIAN...CROWDER...INDIANOLA AND
SCIPIO.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD TO
UNKNOWN DEPTHS. IT ONLY TAKES TWO FEET OF RUSHING WATER TO CARRY AWAY
MOST SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES AND PICKUPS. TAKE A DIFFERENT ROUTE TO
REACH YOUR DESTINATION OR WAIT UNTIL THE WATER RECEDES. REMEMBER...
MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.
&&
LAT...LON 3513 9601 3515 9602 3516 9597 3514 9591
3518 9587 3520 9579 3518 9575 3520 9568
3522 9568 3524 9561 3522 9562 3522 9560
3526 9550 3504 9548 3499 9609 3505 9610
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 26, 12:19 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Creek | 26 min |
| Sep 26, 12:55 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Creek, Okfuskee, Pawnee | 50 min |
| Sep 26, 1:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | McIntosh | 43 min |
| Sep 26, 1:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | McIntosh, Okfuskee, Okmulgee | 55 min |
| Sep 26, 2:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Adair | 53 min |
| Sep 26, 2:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | McIntosh, Okfuskee, Pittsburg | 63 min |
| Sep 26, 3:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Okfuskee | 28 min |
| Sep 26, 3:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Okfuskee | 24 min |
| Sep 26, 3:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | McIntosh, Pittsburg | 60 min |
| Sep 26, 4:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | McIntosh | 30 min |
| Sep 26, 4:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | McIntosh, Okfuskee, Pittsburg | 54 min |
| Sep 26, 4:41 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | McIntosh | 4 hr |
| Sep 26, 5:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Pittsburg | 62 min |
| Sep 26, 6:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Pittsburg | 45 min |
| Sep 26, 6:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Delaware, Ottawa | 27 min |
| Sep 26, 6:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Latimer, Pittsburg | 50 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Oklahoma, 2012Every 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.