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Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Tulsa, OK

March 25, 20155 counties in Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this flash flood warning at Mar 25, 2015, 6:17 PM CDT for 5 counties in Oklahoma. It was in force for 4 hr. 1 report 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
Mar 25, 2015, 6:17 PM CDT (23:17 UTC)
Expired
Mar 25, 2015, 10:30 PM CDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Creek County, OK, Osage County, OK, Pawnee County, OK, Rogers County, OK, Tulsa County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 40 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Mar 25, 7:30 PM CDTFLASH FLOODTulsa, OKESTIMATED 6 INCHES OF WATER COVERING BROKEN ARROW EXPRESSAY AT 15TH STREET.

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 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 165 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 2015-03-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1301 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Norman, OK at 12:00Z on 2015-03-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 147 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1301 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-224 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
889 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
147 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
324 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.7

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The text

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

433 
WGUS54 KTSA 252317
FFWTSA
OKC037-113-117-131-143-260330-
/O.NEW.KTSA.FF.W.0002.150325T2317Z-150326T0330Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
617 PM CDT WED MAR 25 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  EXTREME EASTERN PAWNEE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA...
  NORTHERN CREEK COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA...
  NORTHERN TULSA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA...
  SOUTHEASTERN OSAGE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA...
  WEST CENTRAL ROGERS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA...

* UNTIL 1030 PM CDT

* AT 615 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED AREA. AROUND 1 INCH
  OF RAINFALL HAS ALREADY OCCURRED WITH AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES
  POSSIBLE.

* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
  OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT COULD EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...SAND
  SPRINGS...TULSA...CATOOSA...COLLINSVILLE...KEYSTONE STATE PARK...
  MANNFORD...OWASSO...SKIATOOK...SPERRY...TULSA INTERNATIONAL
  AIRPORT...WALNUT CREEK STATE PARK AND WESTPORT.

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 3606 9657 3642 9607 3642 9563 3616 9572
      3616 9576 3606 9577

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 24, 7:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAHaskell29 min
Mar 24, 8:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSALatimer45 min
Mar 24, 8:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALatimer, LeFlore41 min
Mar 24, 8:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAPushmataha34 min
Mar 24, 8:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAPittsburg, Pushmataha45 min
Mar 24, 9:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSALeFlore30 min
Mar 24, 9:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAPushmataha47 min
Mar 24, 9:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAPushmataha27 min
Mar 24, 10:23 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAPushmataha37 min
Mar 24, 10:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAPushmataha28 min
Mar 25, 2:55 AM CDTFlash Flood WatchTSAAdair, Cherokee, Craig, Delaware, McIntosh, Mayes and 7 more25 hr
Mar 25, 2:38 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningTSAAdair45 hr
Mar 25, 2:38 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningTSACherokee3 days
Mar 25, 3:20 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSACreek25 min
Mar 25, 3:24 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAAdair36 min
Mar 25, 3:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek45 min
Mar 25, 3:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek, Pawnee40 min
Mar 25, 3:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAAdair, Delaware50 min
Mar 25, 3:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek, Osage, Pawnee45 min
Mar 25, 4:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage, Pawnee41 min
Mar 25, 4:07 PM CDTRiver Flood AdvisoryTSACherokee, Delaware33 hr
Mar 25, 4:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek, Tulsa50 min
Mar 25, 4:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage47 min
Mar 25, 4:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage, Pawnee39 min
Mar 25, 4:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACraig, Nowata, Osage, Washington50 min
Mar 25, 4:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek, Rogers, Tulsa, Wagoner20 min
Mar 25, 5:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek, Osage, Pawnee, Rogers, Tulsa, Washington42 min
Mar 25, 5:13 PM CDTTornado WarningTSACreek, Osage, Pawnee, Tulsa32 min
Mar 25, 5:22 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threatTSACreek, Osage, Pawnee, Tulsa38 min
Mar 25, 5:28 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSAOsage, Pawnee3 hr
Mar 25, 5:39 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threatTSACreek, Osage, Tulsa36 min
Mar 25, 5:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek, Osage, Pawnee, Rogers, Tulsa, Washington48 min
Mar 25, 5:45 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threatTSAOsage, Rogers, Tulsa, Wagoner30 min
Mar 25, 6:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACraig, Creek, Mayes, Osage, Pawnee, Rogers and 3 more59 min
Mar 25, 6:04 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threatTSACreek, Mayes, Osage, Rogers, Tulsa, Wagoner26 min
Mar 25, 6:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSADelaware, Ottawa32 min
Mar 25, 6:29 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAMayes, Rogers, Wagoner31 min
Mar 25, 6:33 PM CDTTornado WarningTSADelaware, Mayes27 min
Mar 25, 6:35 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAMayes, Rogers25 min
Mar 25, 6:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACherokee, Craig, Creek, Delaware, Mayes, Rogers and 2 more49 min
Mar 25, 6:58 PM CDTTornado WarningTSACherokee, Mayes, Rogers, Wagoner32 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.