Alert archive / Oklahoma / Flash Flood Watches in 2013
Flash Flood Watch 3, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this flash flood watch at May 30, 2013, 10:52 AM CDT for 20 counties in Oklahoma; 4 counties in Arkansas. It was in force for 50 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 30, 2013, 10:52 AM CDT (15:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 1, 2013, 12:56 PM CDT
- In force
- 50 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Flood severity
- None
All 24 counties
Benton County, AR, Carroll County, AR, Madison County, AR, Washington County, AR, Adair County, OK, Cherokee County, OK, Craig County, OK, Creek County, OK, Delaware County, OK, Haskell County, OK, Latimer County, OK, Mayes County, OK, McIntosh County, OK, Muskogee County, OK, Nowata County, OK, Okfuskee County, OK, Okmulgee County, OK, Ottawa County, OK, Pawnee County, OK, Pittsburg County, OK, Rogers County, OK, Tulsa County, OK, Wagoner County, OK, Washington County, OK
The radar
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 32 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:53 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
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 3.9 hours before the alert went out and 165 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1066 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 52 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 181 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
290 WGUS64 KTSA 301552 FFATSA URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 1052 AM CDT THU MAY 30 2013 ...SEVERAL ROUNDS OF HEAVY RAINFALL POSSIBLE WITH SIGNIFICANT FLOODING EXPECTED INTO FRIDAY NIGHT... .A WEAK BOUNDARY WILL REMAIN IN THE AREA TODAY AND FRIDAY WITH A MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR-MASS IN PLACE. A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH INTO THE AREA FRIDAY INTO FRIDAY NIGHT WITH AN INCREASED THREAT FOR FLASH FLOODING. ARZ001-002-010-011-OKZ054>071-310000- /O.NEW.KTSA.FF.A.0003.130530T1552Z-130601T1800Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BENTON-CARROLL-WASHINGTON AR-MADISON-OSAGE-WASHINGTON OK-NOWATA- CRAIG-OTTAWA-PAWNEE-TULSA-ROGERS-MAYES-DELAWARE-CREEK-OKFUSKEE- OKMULGEE-WAGONER-CHEROKEE-ADAIR-MUSKOGEE-MCINTOSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROGERS...BENTONVILLE...BERRYVILLE... EUREKA SPRINGS...FAYETTEVILLE...SPRINGDALE...HUNTSVILLE... PAWHUSKA...BARTLESVILLE...NOWATA...VINITA...MIAMI...PAWNEE... TULSA...CLAREMORE...PRYOR...JAY...BRISTOW...OKEMAH...OKMULGEE... WAGONER...TAHLEQUAH...STILWELL...MUSKOGEE...EUFAULA 1052 AM CDT THU MAY 30 2013 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST ARKANSAS AND OKLAHOMA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS...BENTON...CARROLL...MADISON AND WASHINGTON. IN OKLAHOMA...ADAIR...CHEROKEE...CRAIG...CREEK...DELAWARE... MAYES...MCINTOSH...MUSKOGEE...NOWATA...OKFUSKEE...OKMULGEE... OSAGE...OTTAWA...PAWNEE...ROGERS...TULSA...WAGONER AND WASHINGTON. * THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON * WIDESPREAD RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE LIKELY ACROSS MUCH OF NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS OF 8 TO 10 INCHES POSSIBLE. THIS WOULD LIKELY LEAD TO LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING IN SOME AREAS IF THESE RAINFALL AMOUNTS ARE REALIZED. SEVERAL ROUNDS OF HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE MOST SIGNIFICANT FLOODING THREAT OCCURRING FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING. * THE HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ALSO CAUSE RAPID RISES ON CREEKS... SMALL STREAMS...AND EVENTUALLY LEAD TO MAIN-STEM RIVER FLOODING AS WELL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS RAPIDLY RISING WATER OR FLOODING IS POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA. IF YOU ARE IN THE WATCH AREA...KEEP INFORMED...AND BE READY FOR QUICK ACTION IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR IF A WARNING IS ISSUED. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD TO UNKNOWN DEPTHS. TAKE A DIFFERENT ROUTE TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION OR WAIT UNTIL THE WATER RECEDES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS FLOODING EVENT. ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT: WEATHER.GOV/TULSA. && $$
7 follow-up statements
765 WGUS64 KTSA 302314 FFATSA FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 614 PM CDT THU MAY 30 2013 ...SEVERAL ROUNDS OF HEAVY RAINFALL POSSIBLE WITH SIGNIFICANT FLOODING EXPECTED INTO FRIDAY NIGHT... .A WEAK BOUNDARY WILL REMAIN IN THE AREA TONIGHT AND FRIDAY WITH A MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR-MASS IN PLACE. A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH INTO THE AREA FRIDAY INTO FRIDAY NIGHT WITH AN INCREASED THREAT FOR FLASH FLOODING. ARZ001-002-010-011-OKZ054>071-311200- /O.CON.KTSA.FF.A.0003.000000T0000Z-130601T1800Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BENTON-CARROLL-WASHINGTON AR-MADISON-OSAGE-WASHINGTON OK-NOWATA- CRAIG-OTTAWA-PAWNEE-TULSA-ROGERS-MAYES-DELAWARE-CREEK-OKFUSKEE- OKMULGEE-WAGONER-CHEROKEE-ADAIR-MUSKOGEE-MCINTOSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROGERS...BENTONVILLE...BERRYVILLE... EUREKA SPRINGS...FAYETTEVILLE...SPRINGDALE...HUNTSVILLE... PAWHUSKA...BARTLESVILLE...NOWATA...VINITA...MIAMI...PAWNEE... TULSA...CLAREMORE...PRYOR...JAY...BRISTOW...OKEMAH...OKMULGEE... WAGONER...TAHLEQUAH...STILWELL...MUSKOGEE...EUFAULA 614 PM CDT THU MAY 30 2013 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST ARKANSAS AND OKLAHOMA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS...BENTON...CARROLL... MADISON AND WASHINGTON. IN OKLAHOMA...ADAIR...CHEROKEE... CRAIG...CREEK...DELAWARE...MAYES...MCINTOSH...MUSKOGEE... NOWATA...OKFUSKEE...OKMULGEE...OSAGE...OTTAWA...PAWNEE... ROGERS...TULSA...WAGONER AND WASHINGTON. * THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON * WIDESPREAD RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE LIKELY ACROSS MUCH OF NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS OF 8 TO 10 INCHES POSSIBLE. THIS WOULD LIKELY LEAD TO LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING IN SOME AREAS IF THESE RAINFALL AMOUNTS ARE REALIZED. SEVERAL ROUNDS OF HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE MOST SIGNIFICANT FLOODING THREAT OCCURRING FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING. * THE HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ALSO CAUSE RAPID RISES ON CREEKS... SMALL STREAMS...AND EVENTUALLY LEAD TO MAIN-STEM RIVER FLOODING AS WELL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS RAPIDLY RISING WATER OR FLOODING IS POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA. IF YOU ARE IN THE WATCH AREA...KEEP INFORMED...AND BE READY FOR QUICK ACTION IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR IF A WARNING IS ISSUED. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD TO UNKNOWN DEPTHS. TAKE A DIFFERENT ROUTE TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION OR WAIT UNTIL THE WATER RECEDES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS FLOODING EVENT. ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT: WEATHER.GOV/TULSA. && $$
023 WGUS64 KTSA 310841 FFATSA FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 341 AM CDT FRI MAY 31 2013 ...SIGNIFICANT FLOODING EXPECTED FRIDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT... ARZ001-002-010-011-OKZ054>071-312200- /O.CON.KTSA.FF.A.0003.000000T0000Z-130601T1800Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BENTON-CARROLL-WASHINGTON AR-MADISON-OSAGE-WASHINGTON OK-NOWATA- CRAIG-OTTAWA-PAWNEE-TULSA-ROGERS-MAYES-DELAWARE-CREEK-OKFUSKEE- OKMULGEE-WAGONER-CHEROKEE-ADAIR-MUSKOGEE-MCINTOSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROGERS...BENTONVILLE...BERRYVILLE... EUREKA SPRINGS...FAYETTEVILLE...SPRINGDALE...HUNTSVILLE... PAWHUSKA...BARTLESVILLE...NOWATA...VINITA...MIAMI...PAWNEE... TULSA...CLAREMORE...PRYOR...JAY...BRISTOW...OKEMAH...OKMULGEE... WAGONER...TAHLEQUAH...STILWELL...MUSKOGEE...EUFAULA 341 AM CDT FRI MAY 31 2013 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST ARKANSAS AND OKLAHOMA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS...BENTON...CARROLL... MADISON AND WASHINGTON. IN OKLAHOMA...ADAIR...CHEROKEE... CRAIG...CREEK...DELAWARE...MAYES...MCINTOSH...MUSKOGEE... NOWATA...OKFUSKEE...OKMULGEE...OSAGE...OTTAWA...PAWNEE... ROGERS...TULSA...WAGONER AND WASHINGTON. * THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON * WIDESPREAD RAINFALL OF 3 TO 5 INCHES HAS FALLEN ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA...PRIMARILY ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 44. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 1 TO 3 INCHES HAS FALLEN FURTHER SOUTH AND EASTWARD ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA...AND FAR NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON...AND BECOME WIDESPREAD ACROSS EASTERN OKLAHOMA INTO NORTHWEST ARKANSAS DURING THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT HOURS. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 2 TO 4 INCHES IS LIKELY...WITH ISOLATED ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS OF 6 INCHES POSSIBLE. THIS AMOUNT OF RAINFALL...WITH THE ALREADY SATURATED SOILS...WILL LEAD TO THE RAPID ONSET OF SIGNIFICANT FLASH FLOODING. * ADDITIONALLY...THE HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ALSO CAUSE ONGOING MAIN-STEM RIVER FLOODING TO BE PROLONGED AND POSSIBLY MORE SIGNIFICANT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS RAPIDLY RISING WATER OR FLOODING IS POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA. IF YOU ARE IN THE WATCH AREA...KEEP INFORMED...AND BE READY FOR QUICK ACTION IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR IF A WARNING IS ISSUED. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD TO UNKNOWN DEPTHS. TAKE A DIFFERENT ROUTE TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION OR WAIT UNTIL THE WATER RECEDES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS FLOODING EVENT. ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT: WEATHER.GOV/TULSA. && $$
898 WGUS64 KTSA 311439 FFATSA URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 939 AM CDT FRI MAY 31 2013 ...SIGNIFICANT AND POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING FLOODING EXPECTED THIS EVENING THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS... ARZ019-020-029-OKZ072>076-312300- /O.EXA.KTSA.FF.A.0003.000000T0000Z-130601T1800Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ CRAWFORD-FRANKLIN-SEBASTIAN-SEQUOYAH-PITTSBURG-HASKELL-LATIMER- LE FLORE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VAN BUREN...OZARK...CHARLESTON... FORT SMITH...SALLISAW...MCALESTER...STIGLER...WILBURTON...POTEAU 939 AM CDT FRI MAY 31 2013 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS EXPANDED THE * FLASH FLOOD WATCH TO INCLUDE PORTIONS OF ARKANSAS AND OKLAHOMA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN ARKANSAS... CRAWFORD...FRANKLIN AND SEBASTIAN. IN OKLAHOMA...HASKELL... LATIMER...LE FLORE...PITTSBURG AND SEQUOYAH. * THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON * RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES HAVE FALLEN ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ACROSS SOUTHERN LE FLORE COUNTY. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON...AND BECOME WIDESPREAD ACROSS EASTERN OKLAHOMA INTO NORTHWEST ARKANSAS DURING THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT HOURS. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 3 TO 5 INCHES IS LIKELY...WITH ISOLATED ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS OF 8 INCHES POSSIBLE. THIS AMOUNT OF RAINFALL...WITH THE ALREADY SATURATED SOILS...WILL LEAD TO THE RAPID ONSET OF SIGNIFICANT AND POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING. * ADDITIONALLY...THE HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ALSO CAUSE ONGOING MAIN- STEM RIVER FLOODING TO BE PROLONGED AND POSSIBLY MORE SIGNIFICANT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS RAPIDLY RISING WATER OR FLOODING IS POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA. IF YOU ARE IN THE WATCH AREA...KEEP INFORMED...AND BE READY FOR QUICK ACTION IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR IF A WARNING IS ISSUED. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD TO UNKNOWN DEPTHS. TAKE A DIFFERENT ROUTE TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION OR WAIT UNTIL THE WATER RECEDES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS FLOODING EVENT. ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT: WEATHER.GOV/TULSA. && $$ ARZ001-002-010-011-OKZ054>071-312300- /O.CON.KTSA.FF.A.0003.000000T0000Z-130601T1800Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BENTON-CARROLL-WASHINGTON AR-MADISON-OSAGE-WASHINGTON OK-NOWATA- CRAIG-OTTAWA-PAWNEE-TULSA-ROGERS-MAYES-DELAWARE-CREEK-OKFUSKEE- OKMULGEE-WAGONER-CHEROKEE-ADAIR-MUSKOGEE-MCINTOSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROGERS...BENTONVILLE...BERRYVILLE... EUREKA SPRINGS...FAYETTEVILLE...SPRINGDALE...HUNTSVILLE... PAWHUSKA...BARTLESVILLE...NOWATA...VINITA...MIAMI...PAWNEE... TULSA...CLAREMORE...PRYOR...JAY...BRISTOW...OKEMAH...OKMULGEE... WAGONER...TAHLEQUAH...STILWELL...MUSKOGEE...EUFAULA 939 AM CDT FRI MAY 31 2013 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST ARKANSAS AND OKLAHOMA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS...BENTON...CARROLL... MADISON AND WASHINGTON. IN OKLAHOMA...ADAIR...CHEROKEE... CRAIG...CREEK...DELAWARE...MAYES...MCINTOSH...MUSKOGEE... NOWATA...OKFUSKEE...OKMULGEE...OSAGE...OTTAWA...PAWNEE... ROGERS...TULSA...WAGONER AND WASHINGTON. * THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON * WIDESPREAD RAINFALL OF 3 TO 5 INCHES HAS FALLEN ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA...PRIMARILY ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 44. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON ...AND BECOME WIDESPREAD ACROSS EASTERN OKLAHOMA INTO NORTHWEST ARKANSAS DURING THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT HOURS. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 3 TO 5 INCHES IS LIKELY...WITH ISOLATED ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS OF 8 INCHES POSSIBLE. THIS AMOUNT OF RAINFALL...WITH THE ALREADY SATURATED SOILS...WILL LEAD TO THE RAPID ONSET OF SIGNIFICANT AND POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING. * ADDITIONALLY...THE HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ALSO CAUSE ONGOING MAIN-STEM RIVER FLOODING TO BE PROLONGED AND POSSIBLY MORE SIGNIFICANT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS RAPIDLY RISING WATER OR FLOODING IS POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA. IF YOU ARE IN THE WATCH AREA...KEEP INFORMED...AND BE READY FOR QUICK ACTION IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR IF A WARNING IS ISSUED. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD TO UNKNOWN DEPTHS. TAKE A DIFFERENT ROUTE TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION OR WAIT UNTIL THE WATER RECEDES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS FLOODING EVENT. ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT: WEATHER.GOV/TULSA. && $$
216 WGUS64 KTSA 312011 FFATSA FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 311 PM CDT FRI MAY 31 2013 ...SIGNIFICANT AND POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING FLOODING EXPECTED THIS EVENING THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS... ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ054>076-010500- /O.CON.KTSA.FF.A.0003.000000T0000Z-130601T1800Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BENTON-CARROLL-WASHINGTON AR-MADISON-CRAWFORD-FRANKLIN-SEBASTIAN- OSAGE-WASHINGTON OK-NOWATA-CRAIG-OTTAWA-PAWNEE-TULSA-ROGERS-MAYES- DELAWARE-CREEK-OKFUSKEE-OKMULGEE-WAGONER-CHEROKEE-ADAIR-MUSKOGEE- MCINTOSH-SEQUOYAH-PITTSBURG-HASKELL-LATIMER-LE FLORE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROGERS...BENTONVILLE...BERRYVILLE... EUREKA SPRINGS...FAYETTEVILLE...SPRINGDALE...HUNTSVILLE... VAN BUREN...OZARK...CHARLESTON...FORT SMITH...PAWHUSKA... BARTLESVILLE...NOWATA...VINITA...MIAMI...PAWNEE...TULSA... CLAREMORE...PRYOR...JAY...BRISTOW...OKEMAH...OKMULGEE...WAGONER... TAHLEQUAH...STILWELL...MUSKOGEE...EUFAULA...SALLISAW... MCALESTER...STIGLER...WILBURTON...POTEAU 311 PM CDT FRI MAY 31 2013 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF ARKANSAS AND OKLAHOMA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN ARKANSAS...BENTON...CARROLL...CRAWFORD...FRANKLIN... MADISON...SEBASTIAN AND WASHINGTON. IN OKLAHOMA...ADAIR... CHEROKEE...CRAIG...CREEK...DELAWARE...HASKELL...LATIMER...LE FLORE...MAYES...MCINTOSH...MUSKOGEE...NOWATA...OKFUSKEE... OKMULGEE...OSAGE...OTTAWA...PAWNEE...PITTSBURG...ROGERS... SEQUOYAH...TULSA...WAGONER AND WASHINGTON. * THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON * WIDESPREAD RAINFALL OF 2 TO 5 INCHES HAVE FALLEN ACROSS THE MAJORITY OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS OVER LE FLORE COUNTY AND ALSO ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 44. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS AND BECOME...WIDESPREAD ACROSS EASTERN OKLAHOMA INTO NORTHWEST ARKANSAS DURING THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT HOURS. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 3 TO 5 INCHES IS LIKELY...WITH ISOLATED ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS OF 8 INCHES POSSIBLE. THIS AMOUNT OF RAINFALL...WITH THE ALREADY SATURATED SOILS...WILL LEAD TO THE RAPID ONSET OF SIGNIFICANT AND POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING. * ADDITIONALLY...THE HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ALSO CAUSE ONGOING MAIN- STEM RIVER FLOODING TO BE PROLONGED AND POSSIBLY MORE SIGNIFICANT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS RAPIDLY RISING WATER OR FLOODING IS POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA. IF YOU ARE IN THE WATCH AREA...KEEP INFORMED...AND BE READY FOR QUICK ACTION IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR IF A WARNING IS ISSUED. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD TO UNKNOWN DEPTHS. TAKE A DIFFERENT ROUTE TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION OR WAIT UNTIL THE WATER RECEDES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS FLOODING EVENT. ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT: WEATHER.GOV/TULSA. && $$
736 WGUS64 KTSA 010827 FFATSA FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 327 AM CDT SAT JUN 1 2013 ...SIGNIFICANT FLOODING TO PERSIST THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ054>076-011800- /O.CON.KTSA.FF.A.0003.000000T0000Z-130601T1800Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BENTON-CARROLL-WASHINGTON AR-MADISON-CRAWFORD-FRANKLIN-SEBASTIAN- OSAGE-WASHINGTON OK-NOWATA-CRAIG-OTTAWA-PAWNEE-TULSA-ROGERS-MAYES- DELAWARE-CREEK-OKFUSKEE-OKMULGEE-WAGONER-CHEROKEE-ADAIR-MUSKOGEE- MCINTOSH-SEQUOYAH-PITTSBURG-HASKELL-LATIMER-LE FLORE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROGERS...BENTONVILLE...BERRYVILLE... EUREKA SPRINGS...FAYETTEVILLE...SPRINGDALE...HUNTSVILLE... VAN BUREN...OZARK...CHARLESTON...FORT SMITH...PAWHUSKA... BARTLESVILLE...NOWATA...VINITA...MIAMI...PAWNEE...TULSA... CLAREMORE...PRYOR...JAY...BRISTOW...OKEMAH...OKMULGEE...WAGONER... TAHLEQUAH...STILWELL...MUSKOGEE...EUFAULA...SALLISAW... MCALESTER...STIGLER...WILBURTON...POTEAU 327 AM CDT SAT JUN 1 2013 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF ARKANSAS AND OKLAHOMA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN ARKANSAS...BENTON...CARROLL...CRAWFORD...FRANKLIN... MADISON...SEBASTIAN AND WASHINGTON. IN OKLAHOMA...ADAIR... CHEROKEE...CRAIG...CREEK...DELAWARE...HASKELL...LATIMER...LE FLORE...MAYES...MCINTOSH...MUSKOGEE...NOWATA...OKFUSKEE... OKMULGEE...OSAGE...OTTAWA...PAWNEE...PITTSBURG...ROGERS... SEQUOYAH...TULSA...WAGONER AND WASHINGTON. * UNTIL 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON * WIDESPREAD EXCESSIVE RAINFALL HAS FALLEN THIS MORNING ACROSS EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA AND WEST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA...ESPECIALLY ALONG THE INTERSTATE 40 CORRIDOR. ADDITIONALLY...LOCALLY HEAVY AMOUNTS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED FURTHER NORTH ACROSS NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND FAR NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING BEFORE ENDING FROM NORTH TO SOUTH DURING THE AFTERNOON. ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL WORSEN ANY ONGOING FLOODING...AND MAY LEAD TO NEW AREAS OF FLASH FLOODING LATER THIS MORNING. * THE HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ALSO CAUSE ONGOING MAIN- STEM RIVER FLOODING TO BE PROLONGED AND POSSIBLY MORE SIGNIFICANT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS RAPIDLY RISING WATER OR FLOODING IS POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA. IF YOU ARE IN THE WATCH AREA...KEEP INFORMED...AND BE READY FOR QUICK ACTION IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR IF A WARNING IS ISSUED. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD TO UNKNOWN DEPTHS. TAKE A DIFFERENT ROUTE TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION OR WAIT UNTIL THE WATER RECEDES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS FLOODING EVENT. ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT: WEATHER.GOV/TULSA. && $$
243 WGUS64 KTSA 011431 FFATSA FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 931 AM CDT SAT JUN 1 2013 OKZ054>064-067-011545- /O.CAN.KTSA.FF.A.0003.000000T0000Z-130601T1800Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ OSAGE-WASHINGTON OK-NOWATA-CRAIG-OTTAWA-PAWNEE-TULSA-ROGERS-MAYES- DELAWARE-CREEK-WAGONER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PAWHUSKA...BARTLESVILLE...NOWATA... VINITA...MIAMI...PAWNEE...TULSA...CLAREMORE...PRYOR...JAY... BRISTOW...WAGONER 931 AM CDT SAT JUN 1 2013 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR A PORTION OF NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE HEAVY RAIN HAS SHIFTED SOUTHEAST OF THE AREA... ENDING THE FLASH FLOOD THREAT. AREAS ACROSS WASHINGTON...NOWATA AND CRAIG COUNTIES HOWEVER COULD CONTINUE TO SEE EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THE PREVIOUS RAINFALL. $$ ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ065-066-068>076-011800- /O.CON.KTSA.FF.A.0003.000000T0000Z-130601T1800Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BENTON-CARROLL-WASHINGTON AR-MADISON-CRAWFORD-FRANKLIN-SEBASTIAN- OKFUSKEE-OKMULGEE-CHEROKEE-ADAIR-MUSKOGEE-MCINTOSH-SEQUOYAH- PITTSBURG-HASKELL-LATIMER-LE FLORE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROGERS...BENTONVILLE...BERRYVILLE... EUREKA SPRINGS...FAYETTEVILLE...SPRINGDALE...HUNTSVILLE... VAN BUREN...OZARK...CHARLESTON...FORT SMITH...OKEMAH...OKMULGEE... TAHLEQUAH...STILWELL...MUSKOGEE...EUFAULA...SALLISAW... MCALESTER...STIGLER...WILBURTON...POTEAU 931 AM CDT SAT JUN 1 2013 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF ARKANSAS AND OKLAHOMA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN ARKANSAS...BENTON...CARROLL...CRAWFORD...FRANKLIN... MADISON...SEBASTIAN AND WASHINGTON. IN OKLAHOMA...ADAIR... CHEROKEE...HASKELL...LATIMER...LE FLORE...MCINTOSH... MUSKOGEE...OKFUSKEE...OKMULGEE...PITTSBURG AND SEQUOYAH. * UNTIL 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON * WIDESPREAD EXCESSIVE RAINFALL HAS FALLEN THIS MORNING AND OVERNIGHT ACROSS EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA...ESPECIALLY ALONG THE INTERSTATE 40 CORRIDOR...WHERE 5 TO 8 INCHES OF RAIN HAS OCCURRED OVER THE PAST 24 HOURS. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING ACROSS FAR SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA BEFORE ENDING THIS AFTERNOON. ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL WORSEN THE ONGOING FLOODING. * THE HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ALSO CAUSE ONGOING MAIN-STEM RIVER FLOODING TO BE PROLONGED AND POSSIBLY MORE SIGNIFICANT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS RAPIDLY RISING WATER OR FLOODING IS POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA. IF YOU ARE IN THE WATCH AREA...KEEP INFORMED...AND BE READY FOR QUICK ACTION IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR IF A WARNING IS ISSUED. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD TO UNKNOWN DEPTHS. TAKE A DIFFERENT ROUTE TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION OR WAIT UNTIL THE WATER RECEDES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS FLOODING EVENT. ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT: WEATHER.GOV/TULSA. && $$
459 WGUS64 KTSA 011756 FFATSA FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 1256 PM CDT SAT JUN 1 2013 ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ065-066-068>076-011900- /O.CAN.KTSA.FF.A.0003.000000T0000Z-130601T1800Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BENTON-CARROLL-WASHINGTON AR-MADISON-CRAWFORD-FRANKLIN-SEBASTIAN- OKFUSKEE-OKMULGEE-CHEROKEE-ADAIR-MUSKOGEE-MCINTOSH-SEQUOYAH- PITTSBURG-HASKELL-LATIMER-LE FLORE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROGERS...BENTONVILLE...BERRYVILLE... EUREKA SPRINGS...FAYETTEVILLE...SPRINGDALE...HUNTSVILLE... VAN BUREN...OZARK...CHARLESTON...FORT SMITH...OKEMAH...OKMULGEE... TAHLEQUAH...STILWELL...MUSKOGEE...EUFAULA...SALLISAW... MCALESTER...STIGLER...WILBURTON...POTEAU 1256 PM CDT SAT JUN 1 2013 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST ARKANSAS AND EASTERN OKLAHOMA HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE HEAVIER PRECIPITATION HAS SHIFTED SOUTHEAST OF THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. A FEW ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS...HOWEVER OVERALL PRECIPITATION COVERAGE SHOULD REMAIN LIMITED. DUE TO THE HEAVY RAINFALL OVER THE PAST FEW DAYS...PORTIONS OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA WILL CONTINUE TO EXPERIENCE EXCESS RUNOFF... ESPECIALLY ALONG THE INTERSTATE 40 CORRIDOR WHERE 5 TO 8 INCHES OCCURRED. SEVERAL ROADS ACROSS THE AREA REMAIN IMPASSABLE DUE TO HIGH WATER...INCLUDING NUMEROUS SECONDARY ROADS. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD TO UNKNOWN DEPTHS. TAKE A DIFFERENT ROUTE TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION OR WAIT UNTIL THE WATER RECEDES. $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Tulsa, OK wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood watch went out at May 30, 6:41 AM CDT, 4 hours 11 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 30, 6:41 AM CDT, 4 hours 11 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 641 AM CDT THU MAY 30 2013 .DISCUSSION... THE 12Z TAF DISCUSSION IS INCLUDED BELOW. && .AVIATION... CONCERNING TAF SITES KTUL/KRVS/KBVO/KMLC/KXNA/KFYV/KFSM. MVFR CIGS COULD HANG ON FOR MUCH OF THE DAY BEFORE CLIMBING TO VFR LEVEL THIS AFTERNOON. TSRA WILL AFFECT KBVO EARLY THEN THERE SHOULD BE A BREAK FOR MUCH OF THE DAY...ASIDE FROM A ROGUE SHOWER OR STORM. STORMS WILL FORM THIS AFTERNOON ALONG DRYLINE TO OUR WEST AND MOVE INTO NE OK THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO NW AR BY THIS EVENING. MVFR CIGS WILL RETURN TO ALL SITES AGAIN BY 12Z FRI MORNING. LACY && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 427 AM CDT THU MAY 30 2013/ DISCUSSION... A FEW CONVECTIVE CLUSTERS CONTINUE IN AREAS ALONG AND NORTH OF U.S. 412 EARLY THIS MORNING CONTINUE TO BE FUELED BY 50+ KNOT LOW LEVEL JET ANALYZED OVER CENTRAL/WESTERN OK. THIS SHOULD CONTINUE THROUGH THE EARLY PART OF THE MORNING...AND WILL ALSO HAVE TO KEEP AN EYE ON FORWARD PROPAGATING MCS MOVING ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL KS WHICH COULD BRUSH FAR NORTHERN AREAS THIS MORNING AS WELL. SEVERE THREAT IS MINIMAL BUT THESE FEATURES MAY HAVE SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. AIRMASS ALREADY RECOVERING FROM EXTREME SE THROUGH NW OKLAHOMA IN WAKE OF OVERNIGHT STORMS AND EVENTUALLY SHOULD RECOVER TO SOME DEGREE OVER EASTERN OK THIS AFTERNOON. MOST SHORT RANGE MODELS CONTINUE TO BREAK OUT CONVECTION RELATIVELY EARLY TODAY FURTHER COMPLICATING MATTERS. LARGER PICTURE CONTINUES TO BE DEEP TROUGH DEVELOPING OVER CENTRAL U.S. WITH DRY LINE MIXING A BIT FARTHER EAST INTO WESTERN OK BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. WIND PROFILES SHOW MUCH LESS BACKING OF MID LEVEL WINDS TODAY WITH BETTER CHANCE OF STORMS REMAINING DISCRETE. DEGREE OF INSTABILITY DOES REMAIN IN QUESTION BUT SHOULD SEE AN AXIS OF HIGHER VALUES EAST OF THE DRY LINE WITH STORMS DEVELOPING OVER CENTRAL OK LATE AND MOVING TOWARD NE OKLAHOMA IN THE EVENING. WITH MORE DISCRETE STORM MODE ALL TYPES OF SEVERE WOULD BE POSSIBLE. MID LEVEL TEMPS BEGIN TO WARM TONIGHT WITH CAP STRENGTH QUICKLY INCREASING...WHICH WOULD CAUSE STORMS TO WANE OVERNIGHT. CONVECTIVE COMPLEX MAY DEVELOP TONIGHT ON EDGE OF CAP MAINLY NORTHEAST OF OUR AREA. CAP REMAINS IN PLACE MOST OF FRIDAY WITH VOLATILE AIRMASS SPREADING OVER MUCH OF THE FORECAST AREA. AGAIN...WIND PROFILES SUPPORTIVE OF SUPERCELLS WHICH SHOULD DEVELOP RAPIDLY ALONG DRY LINE AND FRONT TO OUR WEST AND NORTHWEST LATE AFTERNOON. THIS COULD BE A SIGNIFICANT SEVERE WEATHER EVENT GIVEN EXTREME INSTABILITY FORECAST...STAY TUNED. THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD EXPAND IN COVERAGE FRIDAY EVENING AND OVERNIGHT AS FRONT SLOWLY PUSHES SOUTH...LEADING TO POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT HEAVY RAINFALL IN SOME AREAS. MOST LIKELY THIS WILL BE NORTH OF I-40...WHERE A FLASH FLOOD WATCH WILL EVENTUALLY BE NEEDED FOR FRIDAY NIGHT AND POSSIBLY INTO SATURDAY. RAIN SHOULD TAPER OFF SATURDAY EVENING WITH SUNDAY TURING OUT TO BE A NICE AFTERNOON WITH DRIER AIR AND TEMPERATURES SEVERAL DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL RETURN BY MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK AS BOUNDARY RETREATS NORTH. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... TUL 81 72 84 67 / 60 30 40 90 FSM 81 70 86 69 / 70 30 10 80 MLC 80 73 87 72 / 50 20 10 60 BVO 81 70 84 65 / 60 40 60 90 FYV 76 67 83 68 / 80 40 20 80 BYV 77 67 83 66 / 90 60 30 90 MKO 79 70 86 69 / 60 30 10 80 MIO 79 71 83 66 / 70 40 40 90 F10 80 72 86 69 / 50 30 10 70 HHW 83 71 88 70 / 50 20 10 40 && .TSA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OK...NONE. AR...NONE. && AVIATION...30
Hazardous weather outlook, May 30, 8:27 AM CDT, 2 hours 25 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
827 AM CDT THU MAY 30 2013
ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-311000-
ADAIR OK-BENTON AR-CARROLL AR-CHEROKEE OK-CHOCTAW OK-CRAIG OK-
CRAWFORD AR-CREEK OK-DELAWARE OK-FRANKLIN AR-HASKELL OK-LATIMER OK-
LE FLORE OK-MADISON AR-MAYES OK-MCINTOSH OK-MUSKOGEE OK-NOWATA OK-
OKFUSKEE OK-OKMULGEE OK-OSAGE OK-OTTAWA OK-PAWNEE OK-PITTSBURG OK-
PUSHMATAHA OK-ROGERS OK-SEBASTIAN AR-SEQUOYAH OK-TULSA OK-WAGONER OK-
WASHINGTON OK-WASHINGTON AR-
827 AM CDT THU MAY 30 2013
...SEVERE STORMS WITH SOME TORNADO POTENTIAL TONIGHT AND FRIDAY...
THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS AS WELL AS
MUCH OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.
TORNADO.
RISK...LIMITED.
AREA....NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA.
ONSET...AFTER 4 PM.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.
RISK...ELEVATED.
AREA...EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.
ONSET...ONGOING...WITH GREATEST THREAT AFTER 4 PM.
FLASH FLOOD.
RISK...LIMITED.
AREA...NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA.
ONSET...ONGOING.
HEAVY RAIN.
RISK...LIMITED.
AREA...NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA.
ONSET...ONGOING.
SIGNIFICANT WINDS.
RISK...LIMITED.
AREA...EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.
ONSET...ONGOING.
DISCUSSION...
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED THIS MORNING ACROSS PARTS OF
SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA. THESE STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO
MOVE EASTWARD INTO PARTS OF FAR SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND PERHAPS WEST
CENTRAL ARKANSAS THROUGH NOON. A FEW OF THE STORMS MAY PRODUCE HAIL
TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS...ALTHOUGH THE GREATER SEVERE STORM THREAT
IN EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS IS EXPECTED TO BE THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO INITIATE ALONG THE
DRYLINE OVER WEST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA THIS AFTERNOON. THE STORMS WILL
MOVE EAST INTO NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON OR EARLY
EVENING HOURS. THE DEEP LAYER SHEAR PROFILE SUGGESTS THAT DISCRETE
SUPERCELL STORMS WILL BE MORE LIKELY WHEN COMPARED TO YESTERDAY. ANY
SUSTAINED SUPERCELLS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY LARGE
HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND TORNADOES. TORNADO POTENTIAL WILL BE
ENHANCED IF STORMS CAN ANCHOR ALONG AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY LEFT FROM
THE MORNING STORMS. STORMS WILL EVENTUALLY CONGEAL INTO CLUSTERS OR
LINES AND MOVE EAST INTO SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS
THIS EVENING.
TRAINING OF STORMS OVER THE SAME AREAS OF NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA THAT
RECEIVED HEAVY RAINFALL EARLIER THIS MORNING MAY LEAD TO FLOODING
LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT.
SOUTH WINDS WILL GUST IN THE 25 TO 30 MPH RANGE ACROSS NORTHEAST
AND EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.
SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT...
ACTIVATION OF THE REGIONAL SPOTTER NETWORK LIKELY.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.
FRIDAY...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL...HIGH WIND POTENTIAL...
HEAVY RAIN POTENTIAL.
SATURDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL.
SUNDAY AND MONDAY...NO HAZARDS.
TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL.
EXTENDED DISCUSSION...
A COLD FRONT WILL SAG INTO NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA FRIDAY AFTERNOON...AND
INTO NORTHWEST ARKANSAS FRIDAY NIGHT...INTERACTING WITH A VERY
UNSTABLE AIRMASS OVER THE REGION. WINDS ALOFT WILL REMAIN FAVORABLE
FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF ORGANIZED STORMS. EARLY IN THE EVENT THE
THREAT FOR VERY LARGE HAIL AND TORNADOES EXISTS...WITH A TRANSITION
TOWARD DAMAGING WINDS AND HEAVY RAINFALL INTO FRIDAY NIGHT. WINDS
ALOFT WILL BE PARALLEL TO THE BOUNDARY...SUGGESTING THAT STORMS WILL
GROW INTO CLUSTERS AND TRAIN OVER THE SAME AREAS. WIDESPREAD
FLOODING WILL BECOME AN INCREASING CONCERN BECAUSE OF THIS...WITH
ISOLATED AREAS POTENTIALLY SEEING AS MUCH AS 9 TO 10 INCHES OF RAIN
THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING.
THE RISK FOR STORMS WILL SHIFT SOUTHEAST WITH THE FRONT ON
SATURDAY...DOWN INTO WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS AND SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA.
ANOTHER BOUNDARY IS EXPECTED TO AFFECT THE REGION TOWARD THE
MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK...AND WILL BRING ANOTHER CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS.
WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TULSA CONTAINS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.In the hours before
Local storm report, May 30, 5:51 AM CDT, 5 hours 1 minute before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
551 AM CDT THU MAY 30 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0548 AM FLOOD SKIATOOK 36.37N 96.00W
05/30/2013 TULSA OK EMERGENCY MNGR
WATER NEAR HOUSES ALONG OAK STREET ON SOUTH SIDE OF TOWN.
&&
CASSpecial weather statement, May 30, 8:39 AM CDT, 2 hours 13 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
839 AM CDT THU MAY 30 2013
OKZ071-073-301415-
MCINTOSH OK-PITTSBURG OK-
839 AM CDT THU MAY 30 2013
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 915 AM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
MCINTOSH AND NORTHWESTERN PITTSBURG
AT 839 AM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 3 MILES NORTHWEST
OF SCIPIO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE
AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...EUFAULA...HANNA...VERNON...
RAIFORD...VIVIAN...STIDHAM...SCIPIO...INDIANOLA...CANADIAN AND LAKE
EUFAULA STATE PARK.
THIS STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WIND
GUSTS TO 40 MPH.
LAT...LON 3516 9599 3522 9599 3548 9561 3526 9545
3502 9595 3512 9602 3514 9602
TIME...MOT...LOC 1339Z 235DEG 30KT 3512 9593Special weather statement, May 30, 9:49 AM CDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
949 AM CDT THU MAY 30 2013
OKZ062-063-068-301530-
CHEROKEE OK-DELAWARE OK-MAYES OK-
949 AM CDT THU MAY 30 2013
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1030 AM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
NORTHERN CHEROKEE
IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
SOUTHERN DELAWARE AND SOUTHEASTERN MAYES
AT 949 AM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTH OF
LOCUST GROVE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL
BE AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...JAY...LEACH...CHLOETA...LOCUST
GROVE...ROSE AND LAKE EUCHA STATE PARK.
THIS STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL AND WIND
GUSTS TO 40 MPH.
LAT...LON 3653 9494 3636 9467 3606 9516 3611 9525
TIME...MOT...LOC 1449Z 223DEG 46KT 3611 9515Special weather statement, May 30, 10:41 AM CDT, 11 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1041 AM CDT THU MAY 30 2013
OKZ054-055-301630-
OSAGE OK-WASHINGTON OK-
1041 AM CDT THU MAY 30 2013
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1130 AM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
NORTHERN OSAGE AND WASHINGTON
AT 1041 AM CDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 9 MILES NORTH OF BIGHEART TO 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
PEARSONIA TO 16 MILES WEST OF FAIRFAX...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. SOME
LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THESE STORMS INCLUDE...PAWHUSKA...
WYNONA...WOLCO...FAIRFAX...BARNSDALL...PERSHING...TALLANT...
NELAGONEY...OKESA...PEARSONIA...BIGHEART...HULAH...BARTLESVILLE...
OCHELATA...DEWEY...COPAN...OSAGE HILLS STATE PARK...WAH SHA SHE STATE
PARK AND BARTLESVILLE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT.
THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH.
LAT...LON 3699 9580 3656 9584 3647 9638 3653 9673
3656 9675 3654 9682 3655 9689 3659 9692
3659 9698 3672 9663 3701 9635
TIME...MOT...LOC 1541Z 278DEG 30KT 3697 9626 3671 9651
3658 9697The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 29, 7:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage, Pawnee | 32 min |
| May 29, 7:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek, Osage, Pawnee, Tulsa | 57 min |
| May 29, 8:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Craig, Creek, Nowata, Osage, Rogers, Tulsa and 2 more | 57 min |
| May 29, 8:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Okmulgee | 35 min |
| May 29, 9:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Craig | 32 min |
| May 29, 9:52 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Ottawa | 38 min |
| May 29, 10:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage | 45 min |
| May 29, 11:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Washington | 26 min |
| May 29, 11:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Muskogee | 37 min |
| May 29, 11:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Pawnee | 29 min |
| May 30, 12:21 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Muskogee | 24 min |
| May 30, 12:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Cherokee, Muskogee, Sequoyah | 32 min |
| May 30, 12:35 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Cherokee, Muskogee, Sequoyah | 25 min |
| May 30, 12:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Adair, Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore, Muskogee, Sequoyah | 60 min |
| May 30, 1:08 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Washington | 52 min |
| May 30, 2:36 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Muskogee | 39 min |
| May 30, 4:12 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Osage | 33 min |
| May 30, 4:58 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | Osage, Pawnee, Rogers, Tulsa, Washington | 62 min |
| May 30, 6:52 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | Osage, Pawnee, Rogers, Tulsa, Washington | 3 hr |
| May 30, 8:14 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | Osage | 24 hr |
| May 30, 8:14 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | Osage, Tulsa | 43 hr |
| May 30, 8:14 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | Tulsa | 42 hr |
| May 30, 8:19 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | Washington | 3 days |
| May 30, 8:19 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | Rogers, Tulsa | 4 days |
| May 30, 8:22 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | Ottawa | 5 days |
| May 30, 8:39 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | McIntosh | 36 min |
| May 30, 9:49 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Delaware | 41 min |
| May 30, 10:02 AM CDT | River Flood Watch | TSA | Ottawa | 6 hr |
| May 30, 10:02 AM CDT | River Flood Watch | TSA | Adair | 48 hr |
| May 30, 10:02 AM CDT | River Flood Watch | TSA | Cherokee | 35 hr |
| May 30, 10:02 AM CDT | River Flood Watch | TSA | Cherokee, Delaware | 62 hr |
| May 30, 10:02 AM CDT | River Flood Watch | TSA | Cherokee | 48 hr |
| May 30, 10:41 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Osage, Washington | 49 min |
| May 30, 11:28 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Osage, Washington | 47 min |
| May 30, 11:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | LeFlore | 40 min |
| May 30, 12:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Osage, Pawnee, Washington | 28 min |
| May 30, 12:25 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Osage | 4 hr |
| May 30, 12:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage, Pawnee | 64 min |
| May 30, 1:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Nowata, Washington | 36 min |
| May 30, 1:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage, Pawnee | 61 min |
| May 30, 1:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | LeFlore | 37 min |
| May 30, 1:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Osage, Pawnee | 39 min |
| May 30, 2:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Osage, Pawnee | 31 min |
| May 30, 2:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage, Washington | 46 min |
| May 30, 3:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Nowata, Washington | 66 min |
| May 30, 3:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Nowata, Osage, Rogers, Tulsa, Washington | 63 min |
| May 30, 3:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Creek, Pawnee | 58 min |
| May 30, 4:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Craig, Delaware, Mayes, Nowata, Ottawa, Rogers | 47 min |
| May 30, 4:20 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | Ottawa | 39 hr |
| May 30, 4:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek, Osage, Pawnee, Rogers, Tulsa | 62 min |
| May 30, 4:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Rogers | 27 min |
| May 30, 4:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Craig, Delaware, Ottawa, Rogers | 54 min |
| May 30, 4:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Adair | 37 min |
| May 30, 5:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Craig, Delaware, Mayes | 45 min |
| May 30, 5:06 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | Creek, Tulsa | 84 min |
| May 30, 5:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek, Tulsa, Wagoner | 61 min |
| May 30, 5:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage, Pawnee | 66 min |
| May 30, 5:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Rogers | 46 min |
| May 30, 5:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Ottawa | 38 min |
| May 30, 5:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Craig, Delaware, Mayes | 45 min |
| May 30, 6:08 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | TSA | Craig, Creek, Delaware, Mayes, Nowata, Osage and 6 more | 6 hr |
| May 30, 6:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Delaware, Mayes | 29 min |
| May 30, 6:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Pawnee | 27 min |
| May 30, 6:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage, Pawnee | 56 min |
| May 30, 6:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Cherokee, Mayes, Wagoner | 36 min |
| May 30, 2:02 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Crawford, Franklin, Madison, Sebastian, Washington | 28 min |
| May 30, 2:31 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Carroll, Madison | 29 min |
| May 30, 3:02 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Carroll | 43 min |
| May 30, 12:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Franklin | 38 min |
| May 30, 12:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Sebastian | 33 min |
| May 30, 12:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Franklin | 35 min |
| May 30, 1:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Carroll | 57 min |
| May 30, 2:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Madison | 47 min |
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.