Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Tulsa, OK

Issued

Mar 19, 2012, 9:33 PM CDT (02:33 UTC)

Expired

Mar 20, 2012, 3:30 AM CDT

In force

6 hr

Issued by

NWS Tulsa, OK

Area

Storm-based polygon

Flood severity

None

Counties Choctaw County, OK, Latimer County, OK, LeFlore County, OK, Pushmataha County, OK

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 146 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

403 
WGUS54 KTSA 200233
FFWTSA
OKC023-077-079-127-200830-
/O.NEW.KTSA.FF.W.0009.120320T0233Z-120320T0830Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  CHOCTAW COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...
  LATIMER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...
  LE FLORE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...
  PUSHMATAHA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...

* UNTIL 330 AM CDT

* AT 932 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED AREA. 1 INCH OF 
  RAINFALL HAS ALREADY OCCURRED WITH AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 3 INCHES     
  POSSIBLE THROUGH 330 AM. RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 1.5 INCHES PER     
  HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE.

* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
  OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT COULD EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  ANTLERS...CLAYTON...HUGO...POTEAU...WILBURTON...ALBION...BENGAL...
  BIG CEDAR...BOSWELL...CLAYTON LAKE STATE PARK...CLOUDY...DAMON...
  DUNBAR...FANSHAWE...FORT TOWSON...GOODLAND...HEAVENER...HEAVENER
  RUNESTONE STATE PARK...HIGGINS...HOWE...HUGO LAKE STATE PARK...
  KELLOND...KENT...KIAMICHI...KOSOMA...LAKE WISTER STATE PARK...
  MESSER...MOYERS...MUSE AND NASHOBA.

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3393 9593 3416 9589 3417 9578 3449 9579
      3451 9568 3460 9568 3460 9551 3478 9551
      3505 9524 3506 9445 3451 9446 3450 9504
      3424 9504 3423 9514 3394 9516 3395 9522
      3390 9524 3387 9551 3393 9559 3386 9577

$$

866 
WGUS74 KTSA 200443
FFSTSA

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1143 PM CDT MON MAR 19 2012

OKC023-077-079-127-200830-
/O.CON.KTSA.FF.W.0009.000000T0000Z-120320T0830Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CHOCTAW OK-LE FLORE OK-PUSHMATAHA OK-LATIMER OK-
1143 PM CDT MON MAR 19 2012

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR LATIMER...PUSHMATAHA...
LE FLORE AND CHOCTAW COUNTIES UNTIL 330 AM CDT...

AT 1142 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED AREA. TWO TO FOUR 
INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS ALREADY OCCURRED WITH AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO 
THREE INCHES POSSIBLE. THE HEAVIEST RAINS HAVE FALLEN ALONG A LINE 
FROM WEST OF POTEAU TO TALIHINA TO SOUTH OF CLAYTON.

RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
ANTLERS...CLAYTON...HUGO...POTEAU...WILBURTON...ALBION...BENGAL...BIG
CEDAR...BOSWELL...CLAYTON LAKE STATE PARK...CLOUDY...DAMON...
DUNBAR...FANSHAWE...FORT TOWSON...GOODLAND...HEAVENER...HEAVENER
RUNESTONE STATE PARK...HIGGINS...HOWE...HUGO LAKE STATE PARK...
KELLOND...KENT...KIAMICHI...KOSOMA...LAKE WISTER STATE PARK...
MESSER...MOYERS...MUSE AND NASHOBA.

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3393 9593 3416 9589 3417 9578 3449 9579
      3451 9568 3460 9568 3460 9551 3478 9551
      3505 9524 3506 9445 3451 9446 3450 9504
      3424 9504 3423 9514 3394 9516 3395 9522
      3390 9524 3387 9551 3393 9559 3386 9577

$$

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.