Alert archive / Oklahoma / Flash Flood Warnings in 2013
Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this flash flood warning at Jun 1, 2013, 5:28 AM CDT for McIntosh County, Okfuskee County, Okmulgee County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 6 hr. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 1, 2013, 5:28 AM CDT (10:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 1, 2013, 11:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties McIntosh County, OK, Okfuskee County, OK, Okmulgee County, OK
The radar
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:29 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 7:30 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 5 S Clearview, OK | *** 1 FATAL *** 69 YEAR OLD WOMEN DROWNED INSIDE VEHICLE AFTER DRIVING INTO FLOODWATERS NEAR ALABAMA CREEK. 14 YEAR OLD PASSENGER WAS ABLE TO ESCAPE THROUGH SUNROOF. |
| Jun 1, 10:00 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 1 S Okemah, OK | STATE HIGHWAY 48 CLOSED ONE MILE SOUTH OF I-40 NEAR OKEMAH DUE TO HIGH WATER |
| Jun 1, 10:00 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Henryetta, OK | US-75B AT 4TH STREET IN HENRYETTA CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 123 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
- 3260 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -70 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 866 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 294 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 400 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 6.9
- Supercell composite
- 29.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
016
WGUS54 KTSA 011028
FFWTSA
OKC091-107-111-011630-
/O.NEW.KTSA.FF.W.0021.130601T1028Z-130601T1630Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
528 AM CDT SAT JUN 1 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
MCINTOSH COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...
OKFUSKEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA...
SOUTH CENTRAL OKMULGEE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA...
* UNTIL 1130 AM CDT
* AT 526 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED AREA. 4 TO 7
INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS ALREADY OCCURRED WITH AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2
POSSIBLE. SIGNIFICANT FLOODING WAS REPOTED AROUND HENRYETTA BY
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
THIS IS A LIFE THREATENING FLOOD EVENT ACROSS MUCH OF
OKFUSKEE...FAR SOUTHERN OKMULGEE...AND MCINTOSH COUNTIES.
* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT COULD EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
EUFAULA...OKEMAH...BEARDEN...BOLEY...CASTLE...CHECOTAH...
CLEARVIEW...DEWAR...GRAYSON...HANNA...HENRYETTA...HOFFMAN...LAKE
EUFAULA STATE PARK...PADEN...PHAROAH...RAIFORD...RENTIESVILLE...
STIDHAM...VIVIAN AND WELEETKA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR
IN VEHICLES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...DIPS...
OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM... EVEN A
SMALL ONE...ON FOOT OR IN A VEHICLE.
&&
LAT...LON 3564 9662 3550 9608 3554 9535 3532 9535
3533 9540 3530 9550 3527 9552 3519 9578
3519 9587 3515 9594 3516 9599 3529 9599
3528 9643 3545 9645 3543 9649 3545 9655
3539 9654 3540 9663
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 7:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Craig, Nowata | 38 min |
| May 31, 7:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage | 42 min |
| May 31, 7:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Osage | 33 min |
| May 31, 7:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek, Osage, Pawnee | 46 min |
| May 31, 7:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Craig, Ottawa | 40 min |
| May 31, 7:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Creek, Osage, Pawnee | 35 min |
| May 31, 7:42 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Craig, Creek, Nowata, Osage, Pawnee, Rogers and 1 more | 12 hr |
| May 31, 7:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Nowata, Osage, Rogers, Washington | 27 min |
| May 31, 8:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Nowata, Rogers, Washington | 33 min |
| May 31, 8:34 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | Cherokee | 65 hr |
| May 31, 8:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Washington | 37 min |
| May 31, 8:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Craig, Nowata | 61 min |
| May 31, 8:49 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | Nowata | 32 hr |
| May 31, 8:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage, Pawnee | 54 min |
| May 31, 8:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Nowata | 46 min |
| May 31, 9:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Craig, Nowata | 42 min |
| May 31, 9:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Washington | 31 min |
| May 31, 9:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Craig, Mayes, Nowata, Rogers, Tulsa, Washington | 67 min |
| May 31, 9:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Okfuskee | 48 min |
| May 31, 10:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Craig, Delaware, Mayes, Nowata, Rogers | 47 min |
| May 31, 10:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | McIntosh, Muskogee, Okfuskee, Okmulgee | 40 min |
| May 31, 10:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Craig, Delaware | 24 min |
| May 31, 11:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Craig, Delaware, Mayes | 27 min |
| May 31, 11:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | McIntosh, Pittsburg | 41 min |
| May 31, 11:12 PM CDT | High Wind Warning | TSA | Creek, Okmulgee, Tulsa, Wagoner | 4 hr |
| May 31, 11:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Delaware | 37 min |
| May 31, 11:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Haskell, McIntosh, Muskogee, Pittsburg | 51 min |
| May 31, 11:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Haskell, Latimer, McIntosh, Muskogee, Pittsburg | 49 min |
| May 31, 11:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | McIntosh, Okfuskee, Okmulgee | 67 min |
| May 31, 11:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Haskell, Latimer, McIntosh, Muskogee, Pittsburg, Sequoyah | 49 min |
| May 31, 11:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Craig, Ottawa | 62 min |
| Jun 1, 12:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Okfuskee, Okmulgee | 49 min |
| Jun 1, 12:17 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | McIntosh, Okfuskee, Okmulgee | 6 hr |
| Jun 1, 12:25 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore, Muskogee and 2 more | 50 min |
| Jun 1, 12:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Haskell, McIntosh, Muskogee, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Pittsburg | 46 min |
| Jun 1, 12:37 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Ottawa | 38 min |
| Jun 1, 12:57 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, Sequoyah | 48 min |
| Jun 1, 1:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Haskell, McIntosh, Muskogee, Pittsburg | 30 min |
| Jun 1, 1:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Haskell, LeFlore, Sequoyah | 45 min |
| Jun 1, 1:04 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | McIntosh, Okfuskee, Okmulgee | 56 min |
| Jun 1, 1:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Haskell, McIntosh, Muskogee | 48 min |
| Jun 1, 1:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, Haskell, Sequoyah | 40 min |
| Jun 1, 2:20 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Haskell, LeFlore, Muskogee, Sequoyah | 6 hr |
| Jun 1, 2:52 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Haskell, Sequoyah | 38 min |
| Jun 1, 3:27 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Sequoyah | 48 min |
| Jun 1, 4:25 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Creek, McIntosh, Muskogee, Okfuskee, Okmulgee | 6 hr |
| Jun 1, 5:23 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | McIntosh | 37 min |
| Jun 1, 5:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Pittsburg | 47 min |
| Jun 1, 6:04 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Haskell, Latimer, Pittsburg | 41 min |
| Jun 1, 6:07 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore, McIntosh, Muskogee, Pittsburg and 2 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 1, 7:31 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | TSA | Craig, Nowata, Washington | 6 hr |
| Jun 1, 8:17 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | TSA | Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore, McIntosh, Muskogee, Okfuskee and 3 more | 12 hr |
| Jun 1, 8:36 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | LeFlore | 26 hr |
| Jun 1, 8:36 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | LeFlore | 60 hr |
| Jun 1, 10:08 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Choctaw, Pushmataha | 6 hr |
| Jun 1, 11:36 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | TSA | Latimer, LeFlore, Pittsburg, Pushmataha | 20 hr |
| Jun 1, 1:30 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | TSA | Craig, Nowata, Washington | 6 hr |
| Jun 1, 6:18 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | Pushmataha | 27 hr |
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Sources
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.