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Flash Flood Warning 101, NWS Tulsa, OK
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.
- 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
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
$$
GW2 follow-up statements
418
WGUS74 KTSA 300208
FFSTSA
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
908 PM CDT MON JUN 29 2015
OKC079-127-300430-
/O.CON.KTSA.FF.W.0101.000000T0000Z-150630T0430Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
PUSHMATAHA OK-LE FLORE OK-
908 PM CDT MON JUN 29 2015
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1130 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN PUSHMATAHA AND SOUTHWESTERN LE FLORE COUNTIES...
AT 904 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED
AREA. UPWARDS OF FOUR INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...NORTHWEST
PUSHMATAHA COUNTY NEAR ROUTE 144 AND ALSO INDIAN HIGHWAY.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...CEDAR CREEK...
WILDHORSE CREEK...BLACK FORK...UPHILL CREEK...AND LITTLE RIVER.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
&&
LAT...LON 3457 9490 3451 9483 3451 9505 3447 9505
3452 9512 3463 9512 3463 9494
$$
GW690
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 29, 7:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Pushmataha | 29 min |
| Jun 29, 7:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Latimer | 31 min |
| Jun 29, 7:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Pittsburg | 29 min |
| Jun 29, 7:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Pushmataha | 49 min |
| Jun 29, 7:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Pittsburg | 32 min |
| Jun 29, 7:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Pushmataha | 42 min |
| Jun 29, 8:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Pittsburg | 38 min |
| Jun 29, 8:09 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | Pittsburg | 5 hr |
| Jun 29, 8:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Pushmataha | 45 min |
| Jun 29, 8:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Pittsburg | 30 min |
| Jun 29, 9:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Pushmataha | 38 min |
| Jun 29, 9:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Pittsburg | 14 min |
| Jun 29, 9:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Pittsburg | 31 min |
| Jun 29, 11:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Choctaw | 36 min |
Nearby
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.