Alert archive / Oklahoma / Flash Flood Warnings in 2015
Flash Flood Warning 30, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this flash flood warning at May 10, 2015, 9:48 AM CDT for 7 counties in Oklahoma; 5 counties in Arkansas. It was in force for 6 hr. 21 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 10, 2015, 9:48 AM CDT (14:48 UTC)
- Expired
- May 10, 2015, 4:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Crawford County, AR, Franklin County, AR, Madison County, AR, Sebastian County, AR, Washington County, AR, Adair County, OK, Cherokee County, OK, Haskell County, OK, Latimer County, OK, LeFlore County, OK, Muskogee County, OK, Sequoyah County, OK
The radar
The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 27 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:48 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 10, 10:54 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Sallisaw, OK | ROAD WASHED OUT BY FLOODING RAINS AND IMPASSABLE. BROADCAST MEDIA WITH PICTURE. |
| May 10, 11:20 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Alma, AR | HIGHWAY 282 BETWEEN ALMA AND MOUNTAINBURG FLOODED. |
| May 10, 11:39 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Fort Smith, AR | SOUTH O STREET FLOODED. SOCIAL MEDIA REPORT. |
| May 10, 11:49 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Van Buren, AR | LEE CREEK RV PARK BEING EVACUATED DUE TO HIGH WATER. SOCIAL MEDIA REPORT. |
| May 10, 11:54 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Sallisaw, OK | HWY 59 FLOODED NEAR SALLISAW. SOCIAL MEDIA REPORT WITH PICTURE. |
| May 10, 11:55 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Sallisaw, OK | FLOODING ON SALLISAW CREEK AND SALLISAW GOLF COURSE. SOCIAL MEDIA REPORT WITH PICTURE. |
| May 10, 11:57 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Muldrow, OK | REDLAND ROAD FLOODED IN MULDROW. SOCIAL MEDIA REPORT WITH PICTURE. |
| May 10, 12:01 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Ozark, AR | ROAD WASHED OUT BY HIGH WATER. SOCIAL MEDIA REPORT WITH PICTURE. |
| May 10, 12:18 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Moffett, OK | STREET FLOODING IN MOFFETT. SOCIAL MEDIA REPORT. |
| May 10, 12:20 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Ozark, AR | HILLBILLY LANE OFF OF HWY 64 WEST CLOSED DUE TO RAPIDLY RISING WATER. STREET FLOODING ON WEST SCHOOL AAND GIBSON STREETS AREA. RELIEF DITCH OUT OF ITS BANKS AND WATER COVERING STREET, CONTINUING TO RISE. |
| May 10, 12:29 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Fort Smith, AR | STREET FLOODING AT 27TH ST AND MEMPHIS. |
| May 10, 12:30 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Muldrow, OK | LOW WATER CROSSING ON 1070 RD NORTH OF MULDROW FLOODED AND IMPASSABLE. |
| May 10, 12:30 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Ozark, AR | SIGNIFICANT STREET FLOODING IN AREA OF SOUTH 19TH AND NORTH 18TH OFF HWY 64. WATER ENTERING INTO SEVERAL BUSINESSES. |
| May 10, 12:36 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Pocola, OK | LOW WATER BRIDGE WASHED OUT BY HIGH WATER. SOCIAL MEDIA REPORT WITH PICTURE. |
| May 10, 12:40 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Pocola, OK | PORTION OF BARNES RD WASHED OUT BY HIGH WATER. SOCIAL MEDIA REPORT WITH PICTURE. |
| May 10, 1:03 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Alma, AR | HAMMER RD FLOODED NEAR ALMA. |
| May 10, 1:07 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Branch, AR | WATER COVERING EUCAL RD IN BRANCH. |
| May 10, 1:14 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Greenwood, AR | ROAD FLOODED AT HARTSILL CREEK IN GREENWOOD. |
| May 10, 1:51 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Muldrow, OK | ROAD WASHED OUT BY HIGH WATER AT E1100 RD IN MULDROW. SOCIAL MEDIA REPORT. |
| May 10, 2:02 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Van Buren, AR | FLOODING AT PEVEHOUSE ROAD AND RENA ROAD. |
| May 10, 4:00 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Mulberry, AR | MULBERRY RIVER OUT OF ITS BANKS. NEAR SILVER BRIDGE. VIA SOCIAL MEDIA. |
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 12:00Z, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 171 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1931 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 153 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 270 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
365
WGUS54 KTSA 101448
FFWTSA
ARC033-047-087-131-143-OKC001-021-061-077-079-101-135-102100-
/O.NEW.KTSA.FF.W.0030.150510T1448Z-150510T2100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
948 AM CDT SUN MAY 10 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
CRAWFORD COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS...
EASTERN LATIMER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...
EASTERN MUSKOGEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA...
FRANKLIN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS...
HASKELL COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...
LE FLORE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...
MADISON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS...
SEBASTIAN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS...
SEQUOYAH COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA...
SOUTHERN ADAIR COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA...
SOUTHERN CHEROKEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA...
SOUTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS...
* UNTIL 400 PM CDT SUNDAY
* AT 946 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED AREA. TWO TO FIVE
INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS ALREADY OCCURRED WITH AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO
THREE INCHES POSSIBLE. FLASH FLOODING WILL LIKELY ONSET VERY QUICKLY
ONCE RAIN BEGINS DUE TO THE SATURATED CONDITIONS.
* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT COULD EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
CEDARVILLE...CHARLESTON...FORT SMITH...HUNTSVILLE...MOUNTAINBURG...
NATURAL DAM...OZARK...POTEAU...SALLISAW...STIGLER...STILWELL...VAN
BUREN...ADAIR STATE PARK...ALMA...ALTUS...ARKOMA...AURORA...
BARLING...BARON...BENGAL...BLACKBURN...BLOOMER...BOKOSHE...
BONANZA...BOSTON...BRAGGS...BRANCH...BRENTWOOD...BRUSHY AND BRUSHY
LAKE STATE PARK.
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 3577 9351 3576 9369 3538 9370 3536 9375
3540 9380 3532 9381 3532 9390 3523 9393
3522 9402 3513 9404 3514 9413 3507 9423
3496 9424 3492 9444 3469 9445 3470 9521
3582 9526 3587 9523 3612 9348 3607 9344
$$1 follow-up statement
413
WGUS74 KTSA 101638
FFSTSA
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1138 AM CDT SUN MAY 10 2015
ARC033-047-087-131-143-OKC001-021-061-077-079-101-135-102100-
/O.CON.KTSA.FF.W.0030.000000T0000Z-150510T2100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CRAWFORD AR-FRANKLIN AR-MADISON AR-SEBASTIAN AR-WASHINGTON AR-
CHEROKEE OK-HASKELL OK-LE FLORE OK-MUSKOGEE OK-SEQUOYAH OK-LATIMER OK-
ADAIR OK-
1138 AM CDT SUN MAY 10 2015
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN WASHINGTON...
MADISON AND CRAWFORD COUNTIES IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS...AND SEBASTIAN
AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES IN WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS...AND SEQUOYAH...
EASTERN MUSKOGEE AND SOUTHERN CHEROKEE COUNTIES IN EAST CENTRAL
OKLAHOMA...AND SOUTHERN ADAIR COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA...AND
EASTERN LATIMER...LE FLORE AND HASKELL COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
UNTIL 400 PM CDT...
AT 1136 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN MOVING ACROSS NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.
THIS ACTIVITY WILL BEGIN TO SHIFT EAST BY EARLY AFTERNOON.
ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED BY LATE AFTERNOON OR EARLY
EVENING. SIGNIFICANT FLOODING CONTINUES ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA WITH
SEVERAL ROADS CLOSED. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL FURTHER AGGRAVATE THE
ONGOING FLOODING CONDITIONS.
RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
CEDARVILLE...CHARLESTON...FORT SMITH...MOUNTAINBURG...NATURAL DAM...
OZARK...POTEAU...SALLISAW...STIGLER...STILWELL...VAN BUREN...ADAIR
STATE PARK...ALMA...ALTUS...ARKOMA...AURORA...BARLING...BARON...
BENGAL...BLACKBURN...BLOOMER...BOKOSHE...BONANZA...BOSTON...BRAGGS...
BRANCH...BRENTWOOD...BRUSHY...BRUSHY LAKE STATE PARK AND BUNCH.
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.
TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY
YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN TULSA.
&&
LAT...LON 3577 9351 3576 9369 3538 9370 3536 9375
3540 9380 3532 9381 3532 9390 3523 9393
3522 9402 3513 9404 3514 9413 3507 9423
3496 9424 3492 9444 3469 9445 3470 9521
3582 9526 3587 9523 3612 9348 3607 9344
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 9, 7:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Sequoyah | 46 min |
| May 9, 7:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | LeFlore, Sequoyah | 45 min |
| May 9, 7:54 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, Haskell, LeFlore, Sequoyah | 6 hr |
| 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, 12:49 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Haskell, Latimer, Sequoyah | 56 min |
| May 10, 1:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | LeFlore, Sequoyah | 48 min |
| May 10, 1:57 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, Haskell, LeFlore, Sequoyah | 3 hr |
| May 10, 4:27 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | TSA | Haskell, Latimer, McIntosh, Muskogee, Pittsburg, Sequoyah | 6 hr |
| May 10, 4:57 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore, Sequoyah | 6 hr |
| May 10, 5:22 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | Sequoyah | 20 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, 10:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Adair, LeFlore, Sequoyah | 48 min |
| May 10, 10:51 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | LeFlore | 24 min |
| May 10, 11:03 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Ottawa | 72 min |
| 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, 2:52 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore, Muskogee and 1 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 |
| 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, 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, 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, 11:01 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Sebastian | 14 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 |
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.