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Flash Flood Warning 27, NWS Tulsa, OK

May 10, 20154 counties in Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this flash flood warning at May 10, 2015, 8:35 AM CDT for 4 counties in Oklahoma. It was in force for 6 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
May 10, 2015, 8:35 AM CDT (13:35 UTC)
Expired
May 10, 2015, 2:30 PM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

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

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:36 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 10, 11:45 AM CDTFLASH FLOOD3 Ne Bixby, OKROAD CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER AT 131ST EAST AVENUE BETWEEN MEMORIAL AND MINGO.

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, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 155 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 2015-05-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1564 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 2015-05-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 255 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1564 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-39 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
614 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
255 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
256 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
2.9
Supercell composite
11.8

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The text

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

763 
WGUS54 KTSA 101335
FFWTSA
OKC037-113-117-143-101930-
/O.NEW.KTSA.FF.W.0027.150510T1335Z-150510T1930Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
835 AM CDT SUN MAY 10 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 230 PM CDT

* AT 835 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN MOVING INTO THE WARNED AREA. 2  
  TO 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL IS EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. 

* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
  OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT COULD EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  BROKEN ARROW...SAND SPRINGS...TULSA...BIXBY...GLENPOOL...JENKS...
  JENKS RIVERSIDE AIRPORT...KELLYVILLE...KEYSTONE STATE PARK...
  KIEFER...MANNFORD...MOUNDS...SAPULPA...TERLTON...TULSA
  INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT 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 3621 9650 3624 9581 3616 9581 3616 9577
      3591 9576 3590 9577 3590 9581 3586 9582
      3585 9597 3594 9661

$$
1 follow-up statement
549 
WGUS74 KTSA 101630
FFSTSA

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1130 AM CDT SUN MAY 10 2015

OKC037-113-117-143-101930-
/O.CON.KTSA.FF.W.0027.000000T0000Z-150510T1930Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CREEK OK-OSAGE OK-PAWNEE OK-TULSA OK-
1130 AM CDT SUN MAY 10 2015

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR TULSA...EXTREME EASTERN
PAWNEE...EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN OSAGE AND NORTHERN CREEK COUNTIES UNTIL
230 PM CDT...

AT 1130 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THAT THE HEAVY RAINFALL HAD ENDED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. ADDITIONAL
HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND FLOODING OF LOW 
LYING AREAS WILL LIKELY CONTINUE. 

RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
BROKEN ARROW...SAND SPRINGS...TULSA...BIXBY...GLENPOOL...JENKS...
JENKS RIVERSIDE AIRPORT...KELLYVILLE...KEYSTONE STATE PARK...
KIEFER...MANNFORD...MOUNDS...SAPULPA...TERLTON...TULSA INTERNATIONAL
AIRPORT 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 3621 9650 3624 9581 3616 9581 3616 9577
      3591 9576 3590 9577 3590 9581 3586 9582
      3585 9597 3594 9661

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 9, 7:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSASequoyah46 min
May 9, 7:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALeFlore, Sequoyah45 min
May 9, 7:54 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSAAdair, Cherokee, Haskell, LeFlore, Sequoyah6 hr
May 9, 9:17 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningTSAPushmataha71 hr
May 9, 9:22 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSALatimer38 min
May 9, 10:29 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSALatimer, McIntosh, Pittsburg6 hr
May 9, 10:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSALatimer45 min
May 9, 10:50 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTSAHaskell, Latimer, LeFlore115 min
May 9, 11:08 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSALatimer, LeFlore6 hr
May 9, 11:10 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAPittsburg50 min
May 9, 11:12 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningTSALeFlore5 days
May 9, 11:12 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningTSALeFlore63 hr
May 9, 11:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMcIntosh, Pittsburg45 min
May 10, 12:05 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAHaskell40 min
May 10, 12:29 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSAHaskell, Latimer, McIntosh, Muskogee, Pittsburg, Sequoyah4 hr
May 10, 12:49 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAHaskell, Latimer, Sequoyah56 min
May 10, 1:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALeFlore, Sequoyah48 min
May 10, 1:57 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSAAdair, Cherokee, Haskell, LeFlore, Sequoyah3 hr
May 10, 4:27 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningTSAHaskell, Latimer, McIntosh, Muskogee, Pittsburg, Sequoyah6 hr
May 10, 4:57 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningTSAAdair, Cherokee, Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore, Sequoyah6 hr
May 10, 5:22 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningTSASequoyah20 hr
May 10, 7:54 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSACreek, Okfuskee, Okmulgee66 min
May 10, 8:00 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSACreek, Okfuskee, Okmulgee6 hr
May 10, 8:37 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALatimer, McIntosh, Pittsburg53 min
May 10, 8:44 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSAHaskell, Latimer, McIntosh, Muskogee, Okmulgee, Pittsburg and 1 more6 hr
May 10, 8:45 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAChoctaw, Pushmataha60 min
May 10, 8:55 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningTSAChoctaw55 hr
May 10, 8:57 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningTSAOkmulgee6 days
May 10, 9:01 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAOkmulgee, Tulsa44 min
May 10, 9:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMcIntosh, Muskogee, Okmulgee, Wagoner50 min
May 10, 9:19 AM CDTTornado WarningTSALatimer, Pittsburg26 min
May 10, 9:25 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAChoctaw, Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore, McIntosh, Muskogee and 3 more65 min
May 10, 9:32 AM CDTRiver Flood AdvisoryTSAOttawa45 hr
May 10, 9:41 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSAMayes, Rogers, Tulsa, Wagoner4 hr
May 10, 9:43 AM CDTTornado WarningTSALatimer, LeFlore32 min
May 10, 9:46 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSACherokee, Mayes, Muskogee, Wagoner59 min
May 10, 9:48 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSAAdair, Cherokee, Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore, Muskogee and 1 more6 hr
May 10, 9:52 AM CDTRiver Flood AdvisoryTSACherokee71 hr
May 10, 10:27 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAAdair, LeFlore, Sequoyah48 min
May 10, 10:51 AM CDTTornado WarningTSALeFlore24 min
May 10, 11:03 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAOttawa72 min
May 10, 12:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAHaskell, Latimer, Pittsburg107 min
May 10, 1:21 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningTSACreek, Haskell, Latimer, McIntosh, Mayes, Muskogee and 5 more24 hr
May 10, 2:52 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningTSAAdair, Cherokee, Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore, Muskogee and 1 more24 hr
May 10, 4:10 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAPittsburg35 min
May 10, 5:52 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSAHaskell, Latimer, LeFlore, Pittsburg, Pushmataha6 hr
May 10, 5:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAPushmataha46 min
May 10, 6:10 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAPushmataha35 min
May 10, 6:36 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAPittsburg, Pushmataha39 min
May 10, 6:52 PM CDTTornado WarningTSALatimer, Pittsburg, Pushmataha38 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.