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Flash Flood Warning 101, NWS Tulsa, OK

June 29, 2015LeFlore County, Pushmataha County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this flash flood warning at Jun 29, 2015, 7:32 PM CDT for LeFlore County, Pushmataha County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 4 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 29, 2015, 7:32 PM CDT (00:32 UTC)
Expired
Jun 29, 2015, 11:30 PM CDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties LeFlore County, OK, Pushmataha County, OK

The radar

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:35 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 232 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 2015-06-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2885 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 2015-06-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 7 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
2885 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-5 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1677 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
7 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
88 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
3.2

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The text

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

377 
WGUS54 KTSA 300032
FFWTSA
OKC079-127-300430-
/O.NEW.KTSA.FF.W.0101.150630T0032Z-150630T0430Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
732 PM CDT MON JUN 29 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN PUSHMATAHA COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA...
  SOUTHWESTERN LE FLORE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA...

* UNTIL 1130 PM CDT

* AT 723 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE 
  WARNED AREA. UP TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN. 
  ANOTHER ONE TO THREE INCHES IS LIKELY. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED 
  TO BEGIN SHORTLY.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  HONOBIA.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...
UPHILL CREEK...LITTLE RIVER AND LONG CREEK.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.

&&

LAT...LON 3457 9490 3451 9483 3451 9505 3447 9505
      3452 9512 3463 9512 3463 9494

$$
GW
2 follow-up statements
418 
WGUS74 KTSA 300208
FFSTSA

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
908 PM CDT MON JUN 29 2015

OKC079-127-300430-
/O.CON.KTSA.FF.W.0101.000000T0000Z-150630T0430Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
PUSHMATAHA OK-LE FLORE OK-
908 PM CDT MON JUN 29 2015

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1130 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN PUSHMATAHA AND SOUTHWESTERN LE FLORE COUNTIES...

AT 904 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED 
AREA. UPWARDS OF FOUR INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN. 

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...NORTHWEST 
PUSHMATAHA COUNTY NEAR ROUTE 144 AND ALSO INDIAN HIGHWAY.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...CEDAR CREEK... 
WILDHORSE CREEK...BLACK FORK...UPHILL CREEK...AND LITTLE RIVER.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.

&&

LAT...LON 3457 9490 3451 9483 3451 9505 3447 9505
      3452 9512 3463 9512 3463 9494

$$

GW
690 
WGUS74 KTSA 300423
FFSTSA

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1123 PM CDT MON JUN 29 2015

OKC079-127-300433-
/O.EXP.KTSA.FF.W.0101.000000T0000Z-150630T0430Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
PUSHMATAHA OK-LE FLORE OK-
1123 PM CDT MON JUN 29 2015

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN PUSHMATAHA AND
SOUTHWESTERN LE FLORE COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 1130 PM CDT...

THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED...AND FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE
A THREAT. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ALL ROAD CLOSURES.

LAT...LON 3457 9490 3451 9483 3451 9505 3447 9505
      3452 9512 3463 9512 3463 9494

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 29, 7:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAPushmataha29 min
Jun 29, 7:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSALatimer31 min
Jun 29, 7:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAPittsburg29 min
Jun 29, 7:41 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAPushmataha49 min
Jun 29, 7:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAPittsburg32 min
Jun 29, 7:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAPushmataha42 min
Jun 29, 8:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAPittsburg38 min
Jun 29, 8:09 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTSAPittsburg5 hr
Jun 29, 8:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAPushmataha45 min
Jun 29, 8:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAPittsburg30 min
Jun 29, 9:07 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAPushmataha38 min
Jun 29, 9:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAPittsburg14 min
Jun 29, 9:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAPittsburg31 min
Jun 29, 11:54 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAChoctaw36 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Oklahoma, 2015Every flash flood warning in 2015

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.