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Flash Flood Warning 113, NWS Tulsa, OK

July 7, 201511 counties in Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this flash flood warning at Jul 7, 2015, 3:06 PM CDT for 11 counties in Oklahoma. It was in force for 6 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
Jul 7, 2015, 3:06 PM CDT (20:06 UTC)
Expired
Jul 7, 2015, 9:30 PM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Cherokee County, OK, Creek County, OK, Delaware County, OK, Mayes County, OK, Okfuskee County, OK, Okmulgee County, OK, Osage County, OK, Pawnee County, OK, Rogers County, OK, Tulsa County, OK, Wagoner County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:08 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 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 12:00Z on 2015-07-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 345 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 12:00Z on 2015-07-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 101 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
345 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-30 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
728 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
101 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
113 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

916 
WGUS54 KTSA 072006
FFWTSA
OKC021-037-041-097-107-111-113-117-131-143-145-080230-
/O.NEW.KTSA.FF.W.0113.150707T2006Z-150708T0230Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
306 PM CDT TUE JUL 7 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN ROGERS COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA...
  NORTHWESTERN OKFUSKEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA...
  TULSA COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA...
  MAYES COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA...
  SOUTHEASTERN PAWNEE COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA...
  NORTHERN WAGONER COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA...
  WEST CENTRAL DELAWARE COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA...
  CREEK COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA...
  NORTHWESTERN CHEROKEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA...
  SOUTHEASTERN OSAGE COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA...
  NORTHWESTERN OKMULGEE COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA...

* UNTIL 930 PM CDT TUESDAY
    
* AT 303 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN LIFTING NORTH   
  INTO THE WARNED AREA. AROUND AN INCH OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN    
  ACROSS SOUTHERN CREEK AND SOUTHERN TULSA COUNTIES. FLASH FLOODING  
  WILL LIKELY DEVELOP WITH AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 4 INCHES POSSIBLE   
  THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. 

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  TULSA...BROKEN ARROW...SAND SPRINGS...CLAREMORE...BRISTOW...
  PRYOR...OWASSO...BIXBY...SAPULPA...JENKS...GLENPOOL...COWETA...
  PRYOR CREEK...SKIATOOK...CATOOSA...COLLINSVILLE...VERDIGRIS...
  MANNFORD...DRUMRIGHT AND CHOUTEAU.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.

&&

LAT...LON 3600 9662 3621 9652 3642 9604 3642 9494
      3617 9501 3552 9662

$$
1 follow-up statement
925 
WGUS74 KTSA 072359
FFSTSA

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
659 PM CDT TUE JUL 7 2015

OKC021-037-041-097-107-111-113-117-131-143-145-080230-
/O.CON.KTSA.FF.W.0113.000000T0000Z-150708T0230Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
ROGERS OK-OKFUSKEE OK-TULSA OK-MAYES OK-PAWNEE OK-WAGONER OK-
DELAWARE OK-CREEK OK-CHEROKEE OK-OSAGE OK-OKMULGEE OK-
659 PM CDT TUE JUL 7 2015

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM CDT TUESDAY
FOR SOUTHERN ROGERS...NORTHWESTERN OKFUSKEE...TULSA...MAYES...
SOUTHEASTERN PAWNEE...NORTHERN WAGONER...WEST CENTRAL DELAWARE...
CREEK...NORTHWESTERN CHEROKEE...SOUTHEASTERN OSAGE AND NORTHWESTERN
OKMULGEE COUNTIES...

AT 655 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN CONTINUED 
ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RAINFALL INTENSITY IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE 
LATER THIS EVENING THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.  

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
TULSA...BROKEN ARROW...SAND SPRINGS...CLAREMORE...BRISTOW...PRYOR...
OWASSO...BIXBY...SAPULPA...JENKS...GLENPOOL...COWETA...PRYOR CREEK...
SKIATOOK...CATOOSA...COLLINSVILLE...VERDIGRIS...MANNFORD...DRUMRIGHT
AND CHOUTEAU.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.

&&

LAT...LON 3600 9662 3621 9652 3642 9604 3642 9494
      3617 9501 3552 9662

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 6, 10:43 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTSAOsage, Pawnee4 hr
Jul 7, 8:23 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSACherokee, Delaware6 hr
Jul 7, 10:22 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSAAdair, Cherokee, Delaware, McIntosh, Muskogee, Sequoyah4 hr
Jul 7, 11:27 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSAMcIntosh, Muskogee, Okmulgee7 hr
Jul 7, 1:43 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSAAdair, Cherokee, Delaware, Haskell, Mayes, Muskogee and 1 more8 hr
Jul 7, 2:01 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSACherokee, Creek, Haskell, McIntosh, Mayes, Muskogee and 5 more7 hr
Jul 7, 2:28 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningTSAAdair42 hr
Jul 7, 2:28 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningTSACherokee4 days
Jul 7, 2:30 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningTSAOttawa3 days
Jul 7, 2:37 PM CDTRiver Flood AdvisoryTSACherokee, Delaware43 hr
Jul 7, 3:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSALeFlore49 min
Jul 7, 4:08 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSALeFlore52 min
Jul 7, 6:17 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTSAHaskell118 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.