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Flash Flood Warning 5, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this flash flood warning at Jun 2, 2014, 7:46 PM CDT for Osage County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 3 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 2, 2014, 7:46 PM CDT (00:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 2, 2014, 11:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Osage County, OK
The radar
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:45 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 2, 9:00 PM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 0 | 2 S Wynona, OK | WYNONA MESONET SITE 3.31 INCHES OF RAIN BETWEEN 710 PM AND 900 PM. DAILY TOTAL WITH RAIN FROM OVERNIGHT 4.78 AS OF 9PM. |
| Jun 2, 9:00 PM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 4.78 | 2 S Wynona, OK | WYNONA MESONET SITE 3.31 INCHES OF RAIN BETWEEN 710 PM AND 900 PM. DAILY TOTAL WITH RAIN FROM OVERNIGHT 4.78 AS OF 9PM. |
| Jun 2, 9:20 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Wynona, OK | RESIDENTIAL CULVERT WASHED OUT ON OKLAHOMA STREET BLOCKING VEHICLES IN DRIVEWAY. |
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, 0.8 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
- 1124 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1594 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 11 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 85 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 1.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
805
WGUS54 KTSA 030046
FFWTSA
OKC113-030400-
/O.NEW.KTSA.FF.W.0005.140603T0046Z-140603T0400Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
746 PM CDT MON JUN 2 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN OSAGE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA...
* UNTIL 1100 PM CDT
* AT 745 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED AREA. 2 INCHES
OF RAINFALL HAS ALREADY OCCURRED WITH AN ADDITIONAL 2 INCHES
POSSIBLE.
* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT COULD EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
FAIRFAX...HOMINY AND WYNONA.
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.
&&
LAT...LON 3664 9667 3659 9622 3633 9637 3651 9673
3654 9673
$$1 follow-up statement
805
WGUS74 KTSA 030239
FFSTSA
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
939 PM CDT MON JUN 2 2014
OKC113-030400-
/O.CON.KTSA.FF.W.0005.000000T0000Z-140603T0400Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
OSAGE OK-
939 PM CDT MON JUN 2 2014
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN OSAGE COUNTY
UNTIL 1100 PM CDT...
AT 934 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT
THE HEAVY RAINFALL HAD ENDED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. ALTHOUGH NO
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS EXPECTED...3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN
OVER THE PAST 24 HOURS BETWEEN FAIRFAX AND WYNONA. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF
WILL LIKELY CONTINUE IN THESE AREAS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD TO
UNKNOWN DEPTHS. IT ONLY TAKES TWO FEET OF RUSHING WATER TO CARRY AWAY
MOST SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES AND PICKUPS. TAKE A DIFFERENT ROUTE TO
REACH YOUR DESTINATION OR WAIT UNTIL THE WATER RECEDES.
REMEMBER...MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY
YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN TULSA.
&&
LAT...LON 3664 9667 3659 9622 3633 9637 3651 9673
3654 9673
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 7:05 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | Osage | 115 min |
| Jun 2, 7:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Osage | 65 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.