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Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS Tulsa, OK

June 8, 2014Latimer County, Pittsburg County, Pushmataha County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this flash flood warning at Jun 8, 2014, 4:40 AM CDT for Latimer County, Pittsburg County, Pushmataha County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 4 hr. 2 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 8, 2014, 4:40 AM CDT (09:40 UTC)
Expired
Jun 8, 2014, 8:30 AM CDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Latimer County, OK, Pittsburg County, OK, Pushmataha County, OK

The radar

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 147 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:40 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 8, 8:00 AM CDTFLASH FLOOD3 Sw Haywood, OKHIGHWAY 31 CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER
Jun 8, 8:00 AM CDTFLASH FLOOD4 Sw Haileyville, OKHIGHWAY 63 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, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 157 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 2014-06-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 329 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Norman, OK at 00:00Z on 2014-06-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 3 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
329 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-313 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1610 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
3 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
78 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.3

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

511 
WGUS54 KTSA 080940
FFWTSA
OKC077-121-127-081330-
/O.NEW.KTSA.FF.W.0007.140608T0940Z-140608T1330Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
440 AM CDT SUN JUN 8 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NORTH CENTRAL PUSHMATAHA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...
  SOUTHERN PITTSBURG COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...
  SOUTHWESTERN LATIMER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...

* UNTIL 830 AM CDT

* AT 439 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED AREA. 1 TO 2    
  INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS ALREADY OCCURRED WITH AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 3  
  POSSIBLE.   

* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
  OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT COULD EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  CLAYTON...MCALESTER...ALDERSON...ASHLAND...BLANCO...CLAYTON LAKE
  STATE PARK...DAMON...HARTSHORNE...HAYWOOD...HIGGINS...KIOWA...
  KREBS...MCALESTER REGIONAL AIRPORT...SAVANNA...STANLEY...TUSKAHOMA
  AND YANUSH.

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 3452 9568 3459 9568 3459 9588 3460 9589
      3468 9589 3468 9609 3468 9610 3503 9610
      3504 9608 3489 9522 3445 9529

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 7, 8:51 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSALeFlore24 min
Jun 7, 11:20 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAMcIntosh25 min
Jun 7, 11:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAHaskell42 min
Jun 8, 12:14 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAPittsburg61 min
Jun 8, 12:15 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAOkfuskee30 min
Jun 8, 12:18 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAHaskell, Latimer, LeFlore, McIntosh, Pittsburg57 min
Jun 8, 12:48 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTSAHaskell, Latimer, LeFlore, McIntosh, Pittsburg57 min
Jun 8, 1:03 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALatimer, Pittsburg, Pushmataha57 min
Jun 8, 1:10 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSALeFlore65 min
Jun 8, 1:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALatimer, LeFlore, Pittsburg, Pushmataha63 min
Jun 8, 2:33 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAHaskell, Latimer, LeFlore, Sequoyah42 min
Jun 8, 8:25 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningTSALatimer, Pittsburg, Pushmataha5 hr
Jun 8, 6:03 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTSACherokee, Muskogee, Wagoner3 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Oklahoma, 2014Every flash 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.