Alert archive / Oklahoma / Flash Flood Warnings in 2014
Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS Tulsa, OK
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.
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 8, 8:00 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 3 Sw Haywood, OK | HIGHWAY 31 CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER |
| Jun 8, 8:00 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 4 Sw Haileyville, OK | HIGHWAY 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 8:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | LeFlore | 24 min |
| Jun 7, 11:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | McIntosh | 25 min |
| Jun 7, 11:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Haskell | 42 min |
| Jun 8, 12:14 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Pittsburg | 61 min |
| Jun 8, 12:15 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Okfuskee | 30 min |
| Jun 8, 12:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore, McIntosh, Pittsburg | 57 min |
| Jun 8, 12:48 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore, McIntosh, Pittsburg | 57 min |
| Jun 8, 1:03 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Latimer, Pittsburg, Pushmataha | 57 min |
| Jun 8, 1:10 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | LeFlore | 65 min |
| Jun 8, 1:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Latimer, LeFlore, Pittsburg, Pushmataha | 63 min |
| Jun 8, 2:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore, Sequoyah | 42 min |
| Jun 8, 8:25 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | TSA | Latimer, Pittsburg, Pushmataha | 5 hr |
| Jun 8, 6:03 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | Cherokee, Muskogee, Wagoner | 3 hr |
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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.