Flash Flood Warning 8, NWS Tulsa, OK

Issued

Mar 19, 2012, 8:34 PM CDT (01:34 UTC)

Expired

Mar 20, 2012, 2:30 AM CDT

In force

6 hr

Issued by

NWS Tulsa, OK

Area

Storm-based polygon

Flood severity

None

Counties Adair County, OK, Cherokee County, OK, Haskell County, OK, Muskogee County, OK, Sequoyah County, OK

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:36 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.

509 
WGUS54 KTSA 200134
FFWTSA
OKC001-021-061-101-135-200730-
/O.NEW.KTSA.FF.W.0008.120320T0134Z-120320T0730Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  CHEROKEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA...
  EASTERN MUSKOGEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA...
  HASKELL COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...
  WESTERN ADAIR COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA...
  WESTERN SEQUOYAH COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA...

* UNTIL 230 AM CDT TUESDAY

* AT 827 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG A LINE FROM NORTH OF VIAN 
  TO TAHLEQUAH TO WEST OF SCRAPER MOVING NORTH NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 50 
  MPH. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE LOCATED    
  EAST OF QUINTON TO MUSKOGEE...ALSO MOVING NORTH-NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 
  50 MPH. 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER WESTERN HASKELL...   
  SOUTHEAST MUSKOGEE...FAR WESTERN SEQUOYAH AND CENTRAL CHEROKEE     
  COUNTY. THE HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO EXPAND EAST THROUGH    
  EARLY TUESDAY MORNING...WITH ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES   
  POSSIBLE. 

* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
  OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT COULD EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  STIGLER...TAHLEQUAH...BRAGGS...BRIARTOWN...BRUSHY LAKE STATE
  PARK...BUNCH...CHEROKEE LANDING STATE PARK...CHRISTIE...COOKSON...
  ELDON...GORE...GREENLEAF STATE PARK...KEOTA...KINTA...LAKE
  TENKILLER STATE PARK...LEQUIRE...MARBLE CITY...MCCURTAIN...PORUM...
  PROCTOR...PUMPKIN CENTER...SCRAPER...TAMAHA...VIAN...WARNER...
  WEBBERS FALLS AND WHITEFIELD.

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.

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3616 9456 3520 9493 3506 9493 3506 9535
      3551 9535 3616 9502

$$

116 
WGUS74 KTSA 200305
FFSTSA

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1005 PM CDT MON MAR 19 2012

OKC001-021-061-101-135-200730-
/O.CON.KTSA.FF.W.0008.000000T0000Z-120320T0730Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CHEROKEE OK-HASKELL OK-MUSKOGEE OK-SEQUOYAH OK-ADAIR OK-
1005 PM CDT MON MAR 19 2012

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN ADAIR...WESTERN
SEQUOYAH...EASTERN MUSKOGEE...HASKELL AND CHEROKEE COUNTIES UNTIL 230
AM CDT...

AT 1003 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS 
ALREADY OCCURRED WITH AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 POSSIBLE OVER THE NEXT 
SEVERAL HOURS. STREET FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED IN TAHLEQUAH DUE TO 
THE HEAVY RAIN. 

RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
STIGLER...TAHLEQUAH...BRAGGS...BRIARTOWN...BRUSHY LAKE STATE PARK...
BUNCH...CHEROKEE LANDING STATE PARK...CHRISTIE...COOKSON...ELDON...
GORE...GREENLEAF STATE PARK...KEOTA...KINTA...LAKE TENKILLER STATE
PARK...LEQUIRE...MARBLE CITY...MCCURTAIN...PORUM...PROCTOR...PUMPKIN
CENTER...SCRAPER...TAMAHA...VIAN...WARNER...WEBBERS FALLS AND
WHITEFIELD.

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.

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.

FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE
YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME
KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS AND HIKERS SHOULD AVOID STREAMS OR
CREEKS.

LOW WATER CROSSINGS IN HILLY TERRAIN ARE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS IN 
HEAVY RAIN.

&&

LAT...LON 3616 9456 3520 9493 3506 9493 3506 9535
      3551 9535 3616 9502

$$

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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.