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Flash Flood Warning 46, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this flash flood warning at May 23, 2015, 8:43 PM CDT for Okmulgee County, Tulsa County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 6 hr. 31 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 23, 2015, 8:43 PM CDT (01:43 UTC)
- Expired
- May 24, 2015, 2:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Okmulgee County, OK, Tulsa County, OK
The radar
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:43 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 23, 9:06 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 1 Sw Sand Springs, OK | SPOTTER REPORTS FLOODING WITH 2 TO 3 INCHES OF WATER OVER ROADWAY. |
| May 23, 9:24 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Tulsa, OK | STREET FLOODING ON 51ST ST BETWEEN HARVARD AND YALE. |
| May 23, 9:32 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Tulsa, OK | MAJOR FLOODING IN EAST TULSA TO 3FT AT 90TH E AVE AND S 33RD ST. |
| May 23, 9:35 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Tulsa, OK | FLOODING IN FRONT OF SAMS ON SHERIDAN BETWEEN 41ST AND 51ST, DEPTH OF 12 TO 18 INCHES WITH 4 AUTOS STALLED IN HIGH WATER. |
| May 23, 9:37 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Tulsa, OK | STREET FLOODING AT 61ST AND UTICA. |
| May 23, 9:38 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Skiatook, OK | OSAGE STREET IN SKIATOOK CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER. SOCIAL MEDIA REPORT. |
| May 23, 9:40 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Tulsa, OK | STREET AND YARD FLOODING AT 26TH ST AND 139TH E AVE. |
| May 23, 9:53 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Tulsa, OK | STREET FLOODED AT 41ST AND YALE. |
| May 23, 9:58 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Tulsa, OK | CREEK TURNPIKE ON RAMP CLOSED EAST BOUND AT MEMORIAL DUE TO FLOODING AND STALLED CAR. |
| May 23, 9:58 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Tulsa, OK | VICINITY OF 31ST AND YALE WITH THE BA UNDERPASS HAS BECOME IMPASSABLE DUE TO STREET FLOODING. |
| May 23, 10:04 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Tulsa, OK | HWY 20 BETWEEN SKIATOOK AND COLLINSVILLE NEARLY IMPASSABLE. VEHICLE WATER RESCUE UNDERWAY. |
| May 23, 10:15 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Tulsa, OK | STREET FLOODING AT 300 WEST UTICA PL. |
| May 23, 10:17 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Tulsa, OK | MAJOR FLOODING AT 49TH AND 72ND E AVE. |
| May 23, 10:37 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Broken Arrow, OK | SIGNIFICANT STREET FLOODING NEAR 71ST ST AND ELM IN BROKEN ARROW. |
| May 23, 10:45 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Broken Arrow, OK | ROADWAY CLOSED AT 101ST AND LYNN LANE DUE TO FLOODING. |
| May 23, 10:48 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 3 Nw Broken Arrow, OK | WATER OVERTOPPING A BRIDGE NEAR 13500 E 51ST ST |
| May 23, 10:53 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 4 Ene Tulsa, OK | RISING FLOOD WATERS AT INTERSECTION OF 108TH E AVE AND ADMIRAL BLVD. WATER AT A DEPTH OF 5 INCHES. |
| May 23, 10:54 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Tulsa, OK | SEVERAL RETENTION PONDS IN THE VICINITY OF HWY 51 AND HWY 169 ARE NEARLY FULL AND THREATENING TO OVERTOP THEIR BANKS. |
| May 23, 11:03 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Broken Arrow, OK | HOUSTON STREET IN BROKEN ARROW CLOSED. ALSO FLOODING AT THE WOODLAND PARK AT ASPEN CREEK NEIGHBORHOOD IN BROKEN ARROW, NEAR 71ST AND ASPEN. |
| May 23, 11:13 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Okmulgee, OK | COUNTY ROADS HWY 75 TO 75A FLOODED. BRIDGES WASHED OUT. CARS STRNADED AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE CANNOT REACH THEM. |
| May 23, 11:16 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Sand Springs, OK | SIGNIFICANT STREET FLOODING. |
| May 23, 11:17 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Glenpool, OK | SIGNIFICANT FLOODING AT HWY 75 AND 141ST STREET. |
| May 23, 11:19 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 5 N Tulsa, OK | STREET FLOODING AT LEWIS AND 46TH ST NORTH. |
| May 23, 11:20 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Glenpool, OK | VILLAGE SHOPPING CENTER AT HWY 75 AND 138TH ST FLOODED AND EVACUATED. |
| May 23, 11:26 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 4 N Bixby, OK | LAW ENFORCEMENT HAVE CLOSED OFF ROADWAY AT 111TH AND MINGO DUE TO HIGH WATER. SOCIAL MEDIA REPORT. |
| May 23, 11:30 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Sperry, OK | WIDESPREAD STREET FLOODING IN AND AROUND SPERRY. |
| May 23, 11:34 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Broken Arrow, OK | CREEK FLOODING ROADWAY AT 121ST ST AND OLIVE. SOCIAL MEDIA REPORT. |
| May 23, 11:37 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Beggs, OK | ROAD AT 75A ON THE NORTH END OF BEGGS IMPASSABLE DUE TO HIGH WATER. |
| May 23, 11:41 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Broken Arrow, OK | STREET FLOODED AT 81ST AND 129TH E AVE. STALLED CAR. |
| May 23, 11:45 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 6 N Tulsa, OK | ROADWAYS IN NORTH TULSA FROM 56TH TO 66TH ST NORTH AND FROM LEWIS TO UTICA BLOCKED OFF DUE TO HIGH WATER. |
| May 24, 1:35 AM CDT | FLOOD | 1 N Owasso, OK | NUMEROUS FLOODED AREAS ON 106TH STREET NORTH BETWEEN 145TH AND 193RD STREETS. |
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 00:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 151 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
- 1041 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 590 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 309 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 342 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.0
- Supercell composite
- 24.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
233
WGUS54 KTSA 240143
FFWTSA
OKC111-143-240730-
/O.NEW.KTSA.FF.W.0046.150524T0143Z-150524T0730Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
843 PM CDT SAT MAY 23 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
OKMULGEE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA...
TULSA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA...
* UNTIL 230 AM CDT
* AT 842 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN MOVING INTO THE WARNED AREA.
MULTIPLE CELL MERGERS ARE TAKING PLACE...AND RAINFALL RATES HAVE
EXCEEDED 1.5 INCHES PER HOUR JUST TO THE WEST OF THE WARNED AREA.
* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT COULD EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
BROKEN ARROW...OKMULGEE...SAND SPRINGS...TULSA...BALD HILL...
BEGGS...BIXBY...COLLINSVILLE...DEWAR...GLENPOOL...GRAYSON...
HENRYETTA...HOFFMAN...JENKS...JENKS RIVERSIDE AIRPORT...KEYSTONE
STATE PARK...MORRIS...OKMULGEE STATE PARK...OWASSO...PRESTON...
SCHULTER...SPERRY...TULSA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AND WILSON.
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 3616 9581 3616 9576 3590 9576 3586 9582
3585 9576 3572 9571 3556 9571 3555 9582
3537 9588 3538 9609 3555 9609 3555 9619
3585 9619 3586 9604 3607 9603 3608 9630
3616 9630 3616 9600 3642 9600 3642 9579
$$
LACY1 follow-up statement
425
WGUS74 KTSA 240236
FFSTSA
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
936 PM CDT SAT MAY 23 2015
OKC111-143-240730-
/O.CON.KTSA.FF.W.0046.000000T0000Z-150524T0730Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
OKMULGEE OK-TULSA OK-
936 PM CDT SAT MAY 23 2015
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR TULSA AND OKMULGEE
COUNTIES UNTIL 230 AM CDT...
AT 934 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED AREA. RAINFALL
RATES BETWEEN 1.5 AND 2.5 INCHES PER HOUR HAVE BEEN MEASURED BY RAIN
GAUGES...WITH MANY REPORTS OF FLASH FLOODING OCCURRING IN TULSA.
RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
BROKEN ARROW...OKMULGEE...SAND SPRINGS...TULSA...BALD HILL...BEGGS...
BIXBY...COLLINSVILLE...DEWAR...GLENPOOL...GRAYSON...HENRYETTA...
HOFFMAN...JENKS...JENKS RIVERSIDE AIRPORT...KEYSTONE STATE PARK...
MORRIS...OKMULGEE STATE PARK...OWASSO...PRESTON...SCHULTER...
SPERRY...TULSA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AND WILSON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD TO
UNKNOWN DEPTHS. IT ONLY TAKES TWO FEET OF RUSHING WATER TO CARRY AWAY
MOST SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES AND PICKUPS. TAKE A DIFFERENT ROUTE TO
REACH YOUR DESTINATION OR WAIT UNTIL THE WATER RECEDES. REMEMBER...
MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. DO
NOT ENTER THE WATER. TURN AROUND AND MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO
ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN
WATER BEGINS RISING.
&&
LAT...LON 3616 9581 3616 9576 3590 9576 3586 9582
3585 9576 3572 9571 3556 9571 3555 9582
3537 9588 3538 9609 3555 9609 3555 9619
3585 9619 3586 9604 3607 9603 3608 9630
3616 9630 3616 9600 3642 9600 3642 9579
$$
LACYThe office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 23, 7:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage | 60 min |
| May 23, 7:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Latimer | 51 min |
| May 23, 7:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek, Osage, Pawnee | 43 min |
| May 23, 7:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Okfuskee | 49 min |
| May 23, 7:30 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | Creek, Osage, Pawnee, Tulsa, Washington | 90 min |
| May 23, 7:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage, Washington | 50 min |
| May 23, 7:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Okfuskee | 34 min |
| May 23, 7:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Creek, Tulsa | 48 min |
| May 23, 8:00 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | Creek, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Osage, Tulsa | 90 min |
| May 23, 8:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Latimer | 29 min |
| May 23, 8:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek, Okmulgee, Osage, Pawnee, Tulsa | 35 min |
| May 23, 8:18 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Creek, Okfuskee | 6 hr |
| May 23, 8:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Latimer, LeFlore, Pushmataha | 42 min |
| May 23, 8:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Creek, Okfuskee, Okmulgee | 37 min |
| May 23, 8:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Okfuskee | 29 min |
| May 23, 8:32 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | Latimer, Pittsburg, Pushmataha | 88 min |
| May 23, 8:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Nowata, Rogers, Washington | 23 min |
| May 23, 8:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Tulsa | 32 min |
| May 23, 8:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Nowata, Rogers, Washington | 50 min |
| May 23, 8:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Haskell, Latimer | 35 min |
| May 23, 8:58 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Osage, Pawnee, Washington | 6 hr |
| May 23, 9:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Rogers, Tulsa | 50 min |
| May 23, 9:21 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Nowata, Rogers | 6 hr |
| May 23, 9:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Haskell, Muskogee, Sequoyah | 46 min |
| May 23, 9:43 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Wagoner | 6 hr |
| May 23, 9:45 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | Tulsa | 47 hr |
| May 23, 9:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Craig, Mayes, Nowata, Rogers, Tulsa, Wagoner | 43 min |
| May 23, 9:48 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | Washington | 60 hr |
| May 23, 10:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Mayes | 53 min |
| May 23, 10:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Craig, Nowata, Rogers | 41 min |
| May 23, 10:24 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Craig, Mayes | 6 hr |
| May 23, 10:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Craig, Mayes, Rogers, Wagoner | 50 min |
| May 23, 10:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Cherokee | 28 min |
| May 23, 10:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Cherokee, Mayes | 14 min |
| May 23, 10:41 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Creek, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Tulsa | 6 hr |
| May 23, 10:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Adair, Cherokee | 27 min |
| May 23, 11:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Sequoyah | 29 min |
| May 23, 11:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Craig, Mayes | 29 min |
| May 23, 11:19 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, Choctaw, Delaware, Haskell, Latimer and 7 more | 116 min |
| May 23, 11:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Okmulgee, Wagoner | 36 min |
| May 24, 12:10 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | TSA | Creek, Nowata, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Osage, Pawnee and 4 more | 24 hr |
| May 24, 12:18 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Cherokee, Craig, Delaware, Mayes, Muskogee, Nowata and 4 more | 6 hr |
| May 24, 12:24 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Haskell, Latimer, McIntosh, Muskogee, Okfuskee, Okmulgee and 2 more | 6 hr |
| May 24, 1:43 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, Delaware, Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore and 2 more | 6 hr |
| May 24, 5:46 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Cherokee, Craig, Delaware, Mayes, Muskogee, Nowata and 4 more | 6 hr |
| May 24, 5:48 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Haskell, Latimer, McIntosh, Muskogee, Okfuskee, Okmulgee and 2 more | 6 hr |
| May 24, 7:14 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, Delaware, Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore and 2 more | 3 hr |
| May 24, 8:53 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Adair, Delaware, LeFlore, Sequoyah | 12 hr |
| May 24, 9:07 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | Adair | 47 hr |
| May 24, 9:07 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | Cherokee | 3 days |
| May 24, 9:42 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | Ottawa | 3 days |
| May 24, 9:49 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, Choctaw, Delaware, Haskell, Latimer and 3 more | 12 hr |
| May 24, 10:16 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | LeFlore | 9 days |
| May 24, 10:19 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | Sequoyah | 10 days |
| May 24, 11:26 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Cherokee, Craig, Delaware, Haskell, Latimer, McIntosh and 5 more | 11 hr |
| May 24, 1:12 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Cherokee, Delaware, Haskell, Latimer, Muskogee, Ottawa and 2 more | 10 hr |
| May 24, 3:09 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | Muskogee | 24 hr |
| May 24, 3:27 PM CDT | River Flood Advisory | TSA | Cherokee, Delaware | 36 hr |
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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.