Alert archive / Oklahoma / Flash Flood Warnings in 2015
Flash Flood Warning 113, NWS Tulsa, OK
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.
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 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 6, 10:43 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | Osage, Pawnee | 4 hr |
| Jul 7, 8:23 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Cherokee, Delaware | 6 hr |
| Jul 7, 10:22 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, Delaware, McIntosh, Muskogee, Sequoyah | 4 hr |
| Jul 7, 11:27 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | McIntosh, Muskogee, Okmulgee | 7 hr |
| Jul 7, 1:43 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, Delaware, Haskell, Mayes, Muskogee and 1 more | 8 hr |
| Jul 7, 2:01 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Cherokee, Creek, Haskell, McIntosh, Mayes, Muskogee and 5 more | 7 hr |
| Jul 7, 2:28 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | Adair | 42 hr |
| Jul 7, 2:28 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | Cherokee | 4 days |
| Jul 7, 2:30 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | Ottawa | 3 days |
| Jul 7, 2:37 PM CDT | River Flood Advisory | TSA | Cherokee, Delaware | 43 hr |
| Jul 7, 3:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | LeFlore | 49 min |
| Jul 7, 4:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | LeFlore | 52 min |
| Jul 7, 6:17 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | Haskell | 118 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.