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Areal Flood Warning 3, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this areal flood warning at Jul 2, 2014, 12:57 AM CDT for 4 counties in Oklahoma. It was in force for 8 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 2, 2014, 12:57 AM CDT (05:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 2, 2014, 9:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Haskell County, OK, Latimer County, OK, LeFlore County, OK, Pittsburg County, OK
The radar
The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 201 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
- 107 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -210 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1819 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 3 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 114 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this areal flood warning 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 areal flood warning went out at Jul 1, 11:51 PM CDT, 1 hour 6 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 1, 11:51 PM CDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 630 PM CDT TUE JUL 1 2014 ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-021000- 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- 630 PM CDT TUE JUL 1 2014 THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS AS WELL AS MUCH OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. RISK...LIMITED. AREA...SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS. ONSET...THIS EVENING OR OVERNIGHT. FLASH FLOOD. RISK...LIMITED. AREA...SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS. ONSET...THIS EVENING OR OVERNIGHT. HEAVY RAIN. RISK...LIMITED. AREA...SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS. ONSET...THIS EVENING OR OVERNIGHT. DISCUSSION... A BOUNDARY STRETCHING FROM SOUTH CENTRAL OKLAHOMA ACROSS SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA FROM PITTSBURG COUNTY TO FRANKLIN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS WILL BE THE FOCUS FOR THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPMENT THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. AN UPPER IMPULSE OVERNIGHT WILL IGNITE ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT AFTER MIDNIGHT. A LIMITED THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL EXIST PRIMARILY FOR SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS WHERE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND MAY ACCOMPANY THE STRONGEST STORMS. SINCE THE BOUNDARY WILL MOVE LITTLE TONIGHT HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE FROM REPEAT THUNDERSTORMS WHICH MAY RESULT IN LOCALIZED FLOODING IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS. SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT... LOCAL SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. WEDNESDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL. THURSDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL. FRIDAY...NO HAZARDS. SATURDAY...NO HAZARDS. SUNDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL. MONDAY...NO HAZARDS. EXTENDED DISCUSSION... SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL PERSIST INTO WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY...MAINLY ACROSS SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA. HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING IN BEHIND THE COLD FRONT WILL BRING A DRIER AIRMASS INTO THE REGION FOR LATE IN THE WEEK...WITH THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND SHAPING UP TO BE SEASONALLY WARM AND DRY. WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TULSA CONTAINS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 1, 7:00 PM CDT, 5 hours 57 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
700 PM CDT TUE JUL 1 2014
OKZ076-020045-
LE FLORE OK-
700 PM CDT TUE JUL 1 2014
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 745 PM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
CENTRAL LE FLORE
AT 700 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES WEST OF
POTEAU...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED
BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...POTEAU...HOWE...WISTER...SHADY POINT...
CAMERON...PANAMA...BOKOSHE AND ROCK ISLAND.
THIS STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WIND
GUSTS TO 50 MPH.
LAT...LON 3493 9479 3520 9483 3520 9446 3507 9444
3495 9445
TIME...MOT...LOC 0000Z 264DEG 13KT 3504 9469Special weather statement, Jul 1, 7:36 PM CDT, 5 hours 21 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
736 PM CDT TUE JUL 1 2014
OKZ073-075-020115-
LATIMER OK-PITTSBURG OK-
736 PM CDT TUE JUL 1 2014
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 815 PM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
CENTRAL PITTSBURG AND WESTERN LATIMER
AT 737 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 3 MILES NORTHEAST
OF KREBS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE
AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...GOWEN...MCALESTER...DOW...BACHE...
ALDERSON...KREBS...BLOCKER AND FEATHERSTON.
THIS STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WIND
GUSTS TO 50 MPH.
LAT...LON 3515 9540 3488 9546 3484 9570 3499 9584
TIME...MOT...LOC 0037Z 232DEG 21KT 3497 9568Special weather statement, Jul 1, 8:06 PM CDT, 4 hours 51 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 1, 7:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | LeFlore | 45 min |
| Jul 1, 7:07 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | TSA | Haskell, Latimer, Pittsburg | 6 hr |
| Jul 1, 7:20 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore, Pittsburg | 6 hr |
| Jul 1, 7:32 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Pittsburg | 5 hr |
| Jul 1, 7:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Pittsburg | 39 min |
| Jul 1, 7:57 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore, Pittsburg | 5 hr |
| Jul 2, 5:09 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | Latimer, LeFlore, Pittsburg, Pushmataha | 2 hr |
| Jul 1, 8:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Sebastian | 24 min |
Nearby
Areal Flood Warnings in Oklahoma, 2014Every areal flood warning in 2014
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.