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Areal Flood Warning 3, NWS Tulsa, OK

July 2, 20144 counties in Oklahoma

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

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Norman, OK at 00:00Z on 2014-07-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 107 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Norman, OK at 00:00Z on 2014-07-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 3 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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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, Jul 1, 6:30 PM CDT, 6 hours 27 minutes before
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 9469
Special 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 9568
Special weather statement, Jul 1, 8:06 PM CDT, 4 hours 51 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 1, 7:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSALeFlore45 min
Jul 1, 7:07 PM CDTFlash Flood WatchTSAHaskell, Latimer, Pittsburg6 hr
Jul 1, 7:20 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTSAHaskell, Latimer, LeFlore, Pittsburg6 hr
Jul 1, 7:32 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSAPittsburg5 hr
Jul 1, 7:36 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAPittsburg39 min
Jul 1, 7:57 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSAHaskell, Latimer, LeFlore, Pittsburg5 hr
Jul 2, 5:09 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTSALatimer, LeFlore, Pittsburg, Pushmataha2 hr
Jul 1, 8:06 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSASebastian24 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.