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Flash Flood Warning 50, NWS Tulsa, OK

May 23, 2015Craig County, Mayes County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this flash flood warning at May 23, 2015, 10:24 PM CDT for Craig County, Mayes County, 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 23, 2015, 10:24 PM CDT (03:24 UTC)
Expired
May 24, 2015, 4:30 AM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Craig County, OK, Mayes County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:24 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 24, 12:45 AM CDTFLASH FLOODAdair, OKWATER INTO THE CORNER OF THE HOUSE
May 24, 1:07 AM CDTFLASH FLOODMazie, OKEAST-WEST ROAD 630 IS FLOODED AND IMPASSABLE
May 24, 4:34 AM CDTFLASH FLOOD3 Nw Salina, OKN4830 ROAD WASHED OUT SOUTH OF E480 ROAD.

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, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 131 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, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2015-05-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 34 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, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2015-05-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 124 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
34 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-173 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
919 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
124 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
150 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.0

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The text

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

558 
WGUS54 KTSA 240324
FFWTSA
OKC035-097-240930-
/O.NEW.KTSA.FF.W.0050.150524T0324Z-150524T0930Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1024 PM CDT SAT MAY 23 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  CRAIG COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA...
  MAYES COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA...

* UNTIL 430 AM CDT SUNDAY

* AT 1022 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR 
INDICATED   THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN MOVING INTO THE 
WARNED AREA. RAINFALL RATES BETWEEN 1.5 AND 2.5 INCHES PER HOUR HAVE 
BEEN OBSERVED WITH THE BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS AS IT HAS MOVED ACROSS 
NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA THIS EVENING. IN ADDITION...MORE STORMS ARE 
MOVING IN FROM THE SOUTH...AND WILL MERGE WITH THE ACTIVITY COMING 
IN FROM THE WEST...ENHANCING THE FLASH FLOOD POTENTIAL.

* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
  OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT COULD EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  PRYOR...VINITA...ADAIR...BIG CABIN...BLUEJACKET...CHEROKEE STATE
  PARK...CHOUTEAU...DISNEY...KETCHUM...LANGLEY...LOCUST GROVE...
  PENSACOLA...ROSE...SALINA...SPAVINAW...SPAVINAW STATE PARK...WELCH
  AND WHITE OAK.

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 3697 9504 3695 9500 3617 9501 3616 9512
      3607 9512 3607 9544 3651 9544 3652 9533
      3660 9533 3660 9543 3694 9543 3696 9540
      3700 9540 3701 9501

$$

LACY

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 23, 7:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage60 min
May 23, 7:09 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSALatimer51 min
May 23, 7:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek, Osage, Pawnee43 min
May 23, 7:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAOkfuskee49 min
May 23, 7:30 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTSACreek, Osage, Pawnee, Tulsa, Washington90 min
May 23, 7:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage, Washington50 min
May 23, 7:56 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedTSAOkfuskee34 min
May 23, 7:57 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSACreek, Tulsa48 min
May 23, 8:00 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTSACreek, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Osage, Tulsa90 min
May 23, 8:01 PM CDTTornado WarningTSALatimer29 min
May 23, 8:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek, Okmulgee, Osage, Pawnee, Tulsa35 min
May 23, 8:18 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSACreek, Okfuskee6 hr
May 23, 8:18 PM CDTTornado WarningTSALatimer, LeFlore, Pushmataha42 min
May 23, 8:23 PM CDTTornado WarningTSACreek, Okfuskee, Okmulgee37 min
May 23, 8:31 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAOkfuskee29 min
May 23, 8:32 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTSALatimer, Pittsburg, Pushmataha88 min
May 23, 8:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSANowata, Rogers, Washington23 min
May 23, 8:43 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSAOkmulgee, Tulsa6 hr
May 23, 8:43 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSATulsa32 min
May 23, 8:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSANowata, Rogers, Washington50 min
May 23, 8:55 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAHaskell, Latimer35 min
May 23, 8:58 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSAOsage, Pawnee, Washington6 hr
May 23, 9:10 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSARogers, Tulsa50 min
May 23, 9:21 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSANowata, Rogers6 hr
May 23, 9:29 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAHaskell, Muskogee, Sequoyah46 min
May 23, 9:43 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSAWagoner6 hr
May 23, 9:45 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningTSATulsa47 hr
May 23, 9:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACraig, Mayes, Nowata, Rogers, Tulsa, Wagoner43 min
May 23, 9:48 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningTSAWashington60 hr
May 23, 10:07 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAMayes53 min
May 23, 10:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACraig, Nowata, Rogers41 min
May 23, 10:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACraig, Mayes, Rogers, Wagoner50 min
May 23, 10:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSACherokee28 min
May 23, 10:36 PM CDTTornado WarningTSACherokee, Mayes14 min
May 23, 10:41 PM CDTFlash Flood Warning EmergencyTSACreek, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Tulsa6 hr
May 23, 10:48 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAAdair, Cherokee27 min
May 23, 11:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSASequoyah29 min
May 23, 11:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSACraig, Mayes29 min
May 23, 11:19 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTSAAdair, Cherokee, Choctaw, Delaware, Haskell, Latimer and 7 more116 min
May 23, 11:24 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAOkmulgee, Wagoner36 min
May 24, 12:10 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningTSACreek, Nowata, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Osage, Pawnee and 4 more24 hr
May 24, 12:18 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSACherokee, Craig, Delaware, Mayes, Muskogee, Nowata and 4 more6 hr
May 24, 12:24 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSAHaskell, Latimer, McIntosh, Muskogee, Okfuskee, Okmulgee and 2 more6 hr
May 24, 1:43 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSAAdair, Cherokee, Delaware, Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore and 2 more6 hr
May 24, 5:46 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSACherokee, Craig, Delaware, Mayes, Muskogee, Nowata and 4 more6 hr
May 24, 5:48 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSAHaskell, Latimer, McIntosh, Muskogee, Okfuskee, Okmulgee and 2 more6 hr
May 24, 7:14 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSAAdair, Cherokee, Delaware, Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore and 2 more3 hr
May 24, 8:53 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSAAdair, Delaware, LeFlore, Sequoyah12 hr
May 24, 9:07 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningTSAAdair47 hr
May 24, 9:07 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningTSACherokee3 days
May 24, 9:42 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningTSAOttawa3 days
May 24, 9:49 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSAAdair, Cherokee, Choctaw, Delaware, Haskell, Latimer and 3 more12 hr
May 24, 10:16 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningTSALeFlore9 days
May 24, 10:19 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningTSASequoyah10 days
May 24, 11:26 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSACherokee, Craig, Delaware, Haskell, Latimer, McIntosh and 5 more11 hr
May 24, 1:12 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSACherokee, Delaware, Haskell, Latimer, Muskogee, Ottawa and 2 more10 hr
May 24, 3:09 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningTSAMuskogee24 hr
May 24, 3:27 PM CDTRiver Flood AdvisoryTSACherokee, Delaware36 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.