Flash Flood Warning 5, NWS Tulsa, OK

Issued

Mar 19, 2012, 6:09 PM CDT (23:09 UTC)

Expired

Mar 20, 2012, 12:00 AM CDT

In force

6 hr

Issued by

NWS Tulsa, OK

Area

Storm-based polygon

Flood severity

None

Counties Cherokee County, OK, Mayes County, OK, McIntosh County, OK, Muskogee County, OK, Rogers County, OK, Wagoner County, OK

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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

150 
WGUS54 KTSA 192309
FFWTSA
OKC021-091-097-101-131-145-200500-
/O.NEW.KTSA.FF.W.0005.120319T2309Z-120320T0500Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
609 PM CDT MON MAR 19 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  MAYES COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA...
  MCINTOSH COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...
  MUSKOGEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA...
  SOUTHEASTERN ROGERS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA...
  WAGONER COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA...
  WESTERN CHEROKEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA...

* UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT

* AT 608 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM EASTERN MCINTOSH THROUGH 
SOUTHERN MAYES COUNTY. 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS OCCURRED OVER 
MCINTOSH AND WESTERN MUSKOGEE COUNTIES...WITH UP TO 4 INCHES OVER 
MAYES AND EASTERN WAGONER COUNTIES. AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 3 INCHES OF 
RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH MIDNIGHT AS ADDITIONAL BANDS OF HEAVY 
RAIN MOVE THROUGH THE AREA. SOME FLOODING OF ROADS HAS BEEN REPORTED 
IN MAYES COUNTY.

* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
  OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT COULD EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  EUFAULA...MUSKOGEE...PRYOR...WAGONER...ADAIR...BOYNTON...BRAGGS...
  CHECOTAH...CHEROKEE STATE PARK...CHOUTEAU...COUNCIL HILL...
  COWETA...DISNEY...FORT GIBSON...HANNA...HASKELL...HULBERT...
  INOLA...KEEFETON...LAKE EUFAULA STATE PARK...LANGLEY...LOCUST
  GROVE...OKAY...OKTAHA...PEGGS...PENSACOLA...PORTER...RAIFORD...
  RENTIESVILLE AND ROSE.

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 3651 9500 3596 9501 3532 9533 3530 9550
      3526 9551 3522 9560 3525 9560 3518 9576
      3520 9580 3515 9598 3537 9598 3538 9588
      3546 9588 3547 9582 3555 9582 3556 9571
      3572 9571 3573 9577 3584 9577 3651 9543

$$

797 
WGUS74 KTSA 200048
FFSTSA

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
748 PM CDT MON MAR 19 2012

OKC021-091-097-101-131-145-200500-
/O.CON.KTSA.FF.W.0005.000000T0000Z-120320T0500Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CHEROKEE OK-MCINTOSH OK-MAYES OK-MUSKOGEE OK-ROGERS OK-WAGONER OK-
748 PM CDT MON MAR 19 2012

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WAGONER...SOUTHEASTERN
ROGERS...MUSKOGEE...MAYES...MCINTOSH AND WESTERN CHEROKEE COUNTIES
UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT...

AT 739 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER MUCH OF MAYES...EASTERN 
WAGONER...WESTERN CHEROKEE AND NORTHEAST MUSKOGEE COUNTIES MOVING TO 
THE NORTH-NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 50MPH. ANOTHER LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH 
VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS LOCATED ACROSS CENTRAL MCINTOSH COUNTY AND 
EXTREME SOUTHWEST MUSKOGEE COUNTY. THIS LINE OF STORMS WAS ALSO 
MOVING EAST-NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 50 MPH. 

1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS ALREADY OCCURRED THROUGHOUT THE WARNED 
AREA...WITH RADAR ESTIMATES APPROACHING 5 INCHES OVER EASTERN 
WAGONER AND SOUTHERN MAYES COUNTY. AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 3 INCHES OF 
RAINFALL ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH MIDNIGHT AS ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS 
CONTINUE TO MOVE OVER THE SAME AREAS. WIDESPREAD FLOODING HAS BEEN 
REPORTED IN MAYES COUNTY WITH NUMEROUS ROAD CLOSURES. 

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.

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3651 9500 3596 9501 3532 9533 3530 9550
      3526 9551 3522 9560 3525 9560 3518 9576
      3520 9580 3515 9598 3537 9598 3538 9588
      3546 9588 3547 9582 3555 9582 3556 9571
      3572 9571 3573 9577 3584 9577 3651 9543

$$

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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.