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Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Tulsa, OK

March 25, 20154 counties in Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this flash flood warning at Mar 25, 2015, 7:21 PM CDT for 4 counties in Oklahoma. It was in force for 4 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
Mar 25, 2015, 7:21 PM CDT (00:21 UTC)
Expired
Mar 25, 2015, 11:30 PM CDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Craig County, OK, Mayes County, OK, Rogers County, OK, Wagoner County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 15 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:22 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 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 210 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 00:00Z on 2015-03-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1928 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 00:00Z on 2015-03-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 171 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
1928 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-15 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1591 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
171 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
294 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.1
Supercell composite
16.1

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The text

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

289 
WGUS54 KTSA 260021
FFWTSA
OKC035-097-131-145-260430-
/O.NEW.KTSA.FF.W.0004.150326T0021Z-150326T0430Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN WAGONER COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA...
  SOUTH CENTRAL CRAIG COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA...
  SOUTHEASTERN ROGERS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA...
  WESTERN MAYES COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA...

* UNTIL 1130 PM CDT

* AT 720 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED AREA. 1 TO 2 INCHES
  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...
  CLAREMORE...PRYOR...ADAIR...BIG CABIN...CHOUTEAU...FOYIL...INOLA
  AND TIAWAH.

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 3658 9510 3608 9537 3606 9576 3616 9576
      3616 9571 3642 9563

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 25, 7:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek, Okfuskee, Okmulgee42 min
Mar 25, 7:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAAdair, Cherokee, Delaware, Mayes, Rogers, Wagoner40 min
Mar 25, 7:22 PM CDTTornado WarningTSACherokee, Mayes23 min
Mar 25, 7:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek, Muskogee, Okmulgee, Tulsa, Wagoner48 min
Mar 25, 7:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOkfuskee, Okmulgee43 min
Mar 25, 7:33 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSACreek, Tulsa, Wagoner4 hr
Mar 25, 7:35 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAAdair, Cherokee, Delaware, Mayes25 min
Mar 25, 7:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAAdair, Cherokee, Delaware, Mayes, Wagoner50 min
Mar 25, 7:58 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAAdair, Cherokee32 min
Mar 25, 8:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMcIntosh, Okfuskee, Okmulgee41 min
Mar 25, 8:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAAdair52 min
Mar 25, 8:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAAdair42 min
Mar 25, 8:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSACherokee, McIntosh, Muskogee, Wagoner43 min
Mar 25, 8:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAHaskell, McIntosh, Muskogee48 min
Mar 25, 9:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAHaskell, McIntosh, Okfuskee, Pittsburg46 min
Mar 25, 9:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAHaskell, LeFlore, Muskogee, Sequoyah44 min
Mar 25, 9:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAAdair28 min
Mar 25, 9:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAAdair, Haskell, LeFlore, Sequoyah52 min
Mar 25, 9:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAPittsburg39 min
Mar 25, 10:18 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAMuskogee42 min
Mar 25, 10:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAHaskell, Latimer, Pittsburg66 min
Mar 25, 10:29 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningTSACraig, Creek, Mayes, Osage, Pawnee, Rogers and 2 more6 hr
Mar 25, 10:38 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAPittsburg22 min
Mar 25, 11:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAPittsburg, Pushmataha38 min
Mar 25, 11:14 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSATulsa4 hr
Mar 25, 11:24 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAHaskell, LeFlore36 min
Mar 25, 11:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALatimer, Pittsburg, Pushmataha46 min
Mar 25, 11:46 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSALeFlore44 min
Mar 26, 12:19 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAChoctaw, Pushmataha41 min
Mar 26, 12:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALeFlore, Pushmataha46 min
Mar 26, 1:00 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAChoctaw30 min
Mar 26, 1:03 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALeFlore27 min
Mar 26, 8:43 AM CDTRiver Flood AdvisoryTSACherokee52 hr
Mar 26, 4:04 PM CDTFreeze WarningTSANowata, Washington5 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Oklahoma, 2015Every flash flood warning in 2015

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.