Alert archive / Oklahoma / Flash Flood Warnings in 2015
Flash Flood Warning 20, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this flash flood warning at May 9, 2015, 7:54 PM CDT for Crawford County, Sebastian County, Washington County, Arkansas; 5 counties in Oklahoma. It was in force for 6 hr. 3 reports 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
- May 9, 2015, 7:54 PM CDT (00:54 UTC)
- Expired
- May 10, 2015, 2:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Crawford County, AR, Sebastian County, AR, Washington County, AR, Adair County, OK, Cherokee County, OK, Haskell County, OK, LeFlore County, OK, Sequoyah County, OK
The radar
The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 12 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:57 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 9, 8:28 PM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 1 | Van Buren, AR | ONE INCH OF RAIN FELL IN 27 MINUTES |
| May 9, 8:30 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Sallisaw, OK | SEVERAL ROADS CLOSED IN SALLISAW DUE TO HIGH WATER |
| May 10, 12:15 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Fort Smith, AR | OVER ONE FOOT OF WATER COVERING THE ROAD ON WHEELER AVENUE NEAR THE CROSS SECTION WITH FRESNO IN FORT SMITH. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 174 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
- 81 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -90 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 881 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 73 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 112 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
394
WGUS54 KTSA 100054
FFWTSA
ARC033-131-143-OKC001-021-061-079-135-100700-
/O.NEW.KTSA.FF.W.0020.150510T0054Z-150510T0700Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
754 PM CDT SAT MAY 9 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
CRAWFORD COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS...
EASTERN HASKELL COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...
NORTHERN LE FLORE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...
NORTHERN SEBASTIAN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS...
SEQUOYAH COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA...
SOUTHEASTERN CHEROKEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA...
SOUTHERN ADAIR COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA...
SOUTHWESTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS...
* UNTIL 200 AM CDT SUNDAY
* AT 753 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED AREA. 2 TO 3
INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS OCCURRED IN THE LAST 24 HOURS. AN
ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 200 AM.
* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT COULD EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
CEDARVILLE...FORT SMITH...MOUNTAINBURG...NATURAL DAM...SALLISAW...
VAN BUREN...ALMA...ARKOMA...BARLING...BLACKBURN...BLOOMER...
BOKOSHE...BONANZA...BRENTWOOD...BRUSHY...BRUSHY LAKE STATE PARK...
BUNCH...BURNVILLE...CAMERON...CHESTER...COOKSON...DEVILS DEN STATE
PARK...DYER...EXCELSIOR...FIGURE FIVE...FORT SMITH REGIONAL
AIRPORT...GANS...GREENWOOD...HACKETT AND JENNY LIND.
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 3520 9407 3508 9493 3572 9512 3591 9409
3545 9406 3522 9408
$$1 follow-up statement
199
WGUS74 KTSA 100403
FFSTSA
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1103 PM CDT SAT MAY 9 2015
ARC033-131-143-OKC001-021-061-079-135-100700-
/O.CON.KTSA.FF.W.0020.000000T0000Z-150510T0700Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CRAWFORD AR-SEBASTIAN AR-WASHINGTON AR-CHEROKEE OK-HASKELL OK-
LE FLORE OK-SEQUOYAH OK-ADAIR OK-
1103 PM CDT SAT MAY 9 2015
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN WASHINGTON
AND CRAWFORD COUNTIES IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS...AND NORTHERN SEBASTIAN
COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS...AND SEQUOYAH AND SOUTHEASTERN
CHEROKEE COUNTIES IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA...AND SOUTHERN ADAIR
COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA...AND NORTHERN LE FLORE AND EASTERN
HASKELL COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA UNTIL 200 AM CDT...
AT 1103 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN MAINLY ACROSS PARTS OF NORTHERN
LEFLORE AND SEBASTIAN COUNTIES. 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS
ALREADY OCCURRED WITH AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES POSSIBLE AS MORE
STORMS MOVE IN FROM THE WEST AND SOUTHWEST.
RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
CEDARVILLE...FORT SMITH...MOUNTAINBURG...NATURAL DAM...SALLISAW...VAN
BUREN...ALMA...ARKOMA...BARLING...BLACKBURN...BLOOMER...BOKOSHE...
BONANZA...BRENTWOOD...BRUSHY...BRUSHY LAKE STATE PARK...BUNCH...
BURNVILLE...CHESTER...COOKSON...DEVILS DEN STATE PARK...DYER...
EXCELSIOR...FIGURE FIVE...FORT SMITH REGIONAL AIRPORT...GANS...
GREENWOOD...HACKETT...JENNY LIND AND KEOTA.
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.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. DO
NOT ENTER THE WATER. TURN AROUND AND MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO
ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN
WATER BEGINS RISING.
&&
LAT...LON 3520 9407 3508 9493 3572 9512 3591 9409
3545 9406 3522 9408
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 9, 7:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Crawford, Sebastian | 45 min |
| May 9, 8:45 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Crawford, Franklin, Madison, Sebastian, Washington | 9 hr |
| May 10, 12:46 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Sebastian | 44 min |
| May 10, 12:49 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Crawford, Sebastian | 56 min |
| May 10, 1:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Crawford, Franklin, Sebastian | 48 min |
| May 10, 1:57 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Crawford, Sebastian, Washington | 3 hr |
| May 10, 2:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Crawford, Franklin | 29 min |
| May 10, 4:34 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | Crawford, Sebastian | 59 hr |
| May 10, 4:57 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | TSA | Crawford, Sebastian, Washington | 6 hr |
| May 10, 5:22 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | Crawford | 20 hr |
| May 10, 5:27 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | TSA | Crawford, Franklin, Madison, Sebastian, Washington | 6 hr |
| May 10, 8:11 AM CDT | River Flood Advisory | TSA | Crawford, Franklin | 37 hr |
| May 10, 8:19 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | Franklin, Johnson, Logan | 3 days |
| May 10, 9:48 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Crawford, Franklin, Madison, Sebastian, Washington | 6 hr |
| May 10, 10:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Crawford, Sebastian | 48 min |
| May 10, 10:51 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Sebastian | 24 min |
| May 10, 11:01 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Sebastian | 14 min |
| May 10, 11:03 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Benton, Carroll, Madison, Washington | 72 min |
| May 10, 11:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Crawford, Franklin, Sebastian | 62 min |
| May 10, 11:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Madison | 48 min |
| May 10, 12:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Carroll, Madison | 37 min |
| May 10, 2:52 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | TSA | Crawford, Franklin, Madison, Sebastian, Washington | 24 hr |
| May 9, 7:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Sequoyah | 46 min |
| May 9, 9:17 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | Pushmataha | 71 hr |
| May 9, 9:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Latimer | 38 min |
| May 9, 10:29 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Latimer, McIntosh, Pittsburg | 6 hr |
| May 9, 10:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Latimer | 45 min |
| May 9, 10:50 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore | 115 min |
| May 9, 11:08 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Latimer, LeFlore | 6 hr |
| May 9, 11:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Pittsburg | 50 min |
| May 9, 11:12 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | LeFlore | 5 days |
| May 9, 11:12 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | LeFlore | 63 hr |
| May 9, 11:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | McIntosh, Pittsburg | 45 min |
| May 10, 12:05 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Haskell | 40 min |
| May 10, 12:29 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Haskell, Latimer, McIntosh, Muskogee, Pittsburg, Sequoyah | 4 hr |
| May 10, 4:27 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | TSA | Haskell, Latimer, McIntosh, Muskogee, Pittsburg, Sequoyah | 6 hr |
| May 10, 7:54 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Creek, Okfuskee, Okmulgee | 66 min |
| May 10, 8:00 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Creek, Okfuskee, Okmulgee | 6 hr |
| May 10, 8:35 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Creek, Osage, Pawnee, Tulsa | 6 hr |
| May 10, 8:37 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Latimer, McIntosh, Pittsburg | 53 min |
| May 10, 8:44 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Haskell, Latimer, McIntosh, Muskogee, Okmulgee, Pittsburg and 1 more | 6 hr |
| May 10, 8:45 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Choctaw, Pushmataha | 60 min |
| May 10, 8:55 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | Choctaw | 55 hr |
| May 10, 8:57 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | Okmulgee | 6 days |
| May 10, 9:01 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Okmulgee, Tulsa | 44 min |
| May 10, 9:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | McIntosh, Muskogee, Okmulgee, Wagoner | 50 min |
| May 10, 9:19 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Latimer, Pittsburg | 26 min |
| May 10, 9:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Choctaw, Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore, McIntosh, Muskogee and 3 more | 65 min |
| May 10, 9:32 AM CDT | River Flood Advisory | TSA | Ottawa | 45 hr |
| May 10, 9:41 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Mayes, Rogers, Tulsa, Wagoner | 4 hr |
| May 10, 9:43 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Latimer, LeFlore | 32 min |
| May 10, 9:46 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Cherokee, Mayes, Muskogee, Wagoner | 59 min |
| May 10, 9:52 AM CDT | River Flood Advisory | TSA | Cherokee | 71 hr |
| May 10, 12:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Haskell, Latimer, Pittsburg | 107 min |
| May 10, 1:21 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | TSA | Creek, Haskell, Latimer, McIntosh, Mayes, Muskogee and 5 more | 24 hr |
| May 10, 4:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Pittsburg | 35 min |
| May 10, 5:52 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore, Pittsburg, Pushmataha | 6 hr |
| May 10, 5:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Pushmataha | 46 min |
| May 10, 6:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Pushmataha | 35 min |
| May 10, 6:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Pittsburg, Pushmataha | 39 min |
| May 10, 6:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Latimer, Pittsburg, Pushmataha | 38 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.