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Flash Flood Warning 52, NWS Tulsa, OK

May 24, 201510 counties in Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this flash flood warning at May 24, 2015, 12:18 AM CDT for 10 counties in Oklahoma. It was in force for 6 hr. 8 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 24, 2015, 12:18 AM CDT (05:18 UTC)
Expired: May 24, 2015, 6:30 AM CDT
In force: 6 hr
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Cherokee County, OK, Craig County, OK, Delaware County, OK, Mayes County, OK, Muskogee County, OK, Nowata County, OK, Okmulgee County, OK, Ottawa County, OK, Rogers County, OK, Wagoner County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:21 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 24, 12:36 AM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	Coweta, OK	STREETS FLOODED JUST EAST OF HIGHWAY 51 BETWEEN 111TH AND 121ST STREETS.
May 24, 12:45 AM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	Adair, OK	WATER INTO THE CORNER OF THE HOUSE
May 24, 12:58 AM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	Miami, OK	SOME STREETS IMPASSABLE
May 24, 1:07 AM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	Mazie, OK	EAST-WEST ROAD 630 IS FLOODED AND IMPASSABLE
May 24, 1:48 AM CDT	FLOOD	Tahlequah, OK	NORTHERN SECTIONS OF TAHLEQHAH FLOODED WITH WATER CLOSE TO ENTERING BUILDINGS. BEAR CREEK ALSO REPORTED AT FULL CAPACITY. LOCAL AUTHORITIES HAVE PLACED BARRICADES AT LOW WATER CROSSINGS WITHIN CENTRAL LOCATIONS OF TAHLEQUAH.
May 24, 2:28 AM CDT	FLOOD	Hulbert, OK	HIGHWAY 80 NEAR HULBERT IS IMPASSABLE.
May 24, 4:34 AM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	3 Nw Salina, OK	N4830 ROAD WASHED OUT SOUTH OF E480 ROAD.
May 24, 5:50 AM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	Fort Gibson, OK	SEVERAL ROADS FLOODED IN AND AROUND FORT GIBSON.

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, 5.3 hours before the alert went out and 129 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

466 
WGUS54 KTSA 240518
FFWTSA
OKC021-035-041-097-101-105-111-115-131-145-241130-
/O.NEW.KTSA.FF.W.0052.150524T0518Z-150524T1130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1218 AM CDT SUN MAY 24 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  CHEROKEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA...
  CRAIG COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA...
  DELAWARE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA...
  EASTERN NOWATA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA...
  EASTERN ROGERS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA...
  MAYES COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA...
  NORTHEASTERN OKMULGEE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA...
  NORTHERN MUSKOGEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA...
  OTTAWA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA...
  WAGONER COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA...

* UNTIL 630 AM CDT

* AT 1217 AM 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...
  JAY...MIAMI...MUSKOGEE...PRYOR...TAHLEQUAH...VINITA...WAGONER...
  ADAIR...AFTON...BALD HILL...BERNICE...BERNICE STATE PARK...BIG
  CABIN...BLUEJACKET...BOYNTON...BRAGGS...CHELSEA...CHEROKEE LANDING
  STATE PARK...CHEROKEE STATE PARK...CHLOETA...CHOUTEAU...CLEORA...
  COMMERCE...COOKSON...COWETA...DISNEY...ELDON...FAIRLAND...FORT
  GIBSON AND FOYIL.

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 3699 9461 3663 9461 3616 9475 3616 9480
      3602 9480 3564 9492 3564 9512 3561 9513
      3553 9601 3597 9571 3701 9541 3700 9462

$$

1 follow-up statement

895 
WGUS74 KTSA 240704
FFSTSA

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
204 AM CDT SUN MAY 24 2015

OKC021-035-041-097-101-105-111-115-131-145-241130-
/O.CON.KTSA.FF.W.0052.000000T0000Z-150524T1130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CHEROKEE OK-CRAIG OK-DELAWARE OK-MAYES OK-MUSKOGEE OK-NOWATA OK-
OKMULGEE OK-OTTAWA OK-ROGERS OK-WAGONER OK-
204 AM CDT SUN MAY 24 2015

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WAGONER...EASTERN
ROGERS...OTTAWA...NORTHEASTERN OKMULGEE...EASTERN NOWATA...NORTHERN
MUSKOGEE...MAYES...DELAWARE...CRAIG AND CHEROKEE COUNTIES UNTIL 630
AM CDT...

AT 201 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER OTTAWA...DELAWARE...ADAIR... 
CHEROKEE AND EASTERN MUSKOGEE COUNTIES.  1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAINFALL 
HAS ALREADY OCCURRED WITH AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 POSSIBLE.  SEVERAL
ROADS IN THE WARNING AREA ARE IMPASSABLE DUE TO HIGH WATER.  

RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
JAY...MIAMI...MUSKOGEE...PRYOR...TAHLEQUAH...VINITA...WAGONER...
ADAIR...AFTON...BALD HILL...BERNICE...BERNICE STATE PARK...BIG
CABIN...BLUEJACKET...BOYNTON...BRAGGS...CHELSEA...CHEROKEE LANDING
STATE PARK...CHEROKEE STATE PARK...CHLOETA...CHOUTEAU...CLEORA...
COMMERCE...COOKSON...COWETA...DISNEY...ELDON...FAIRLAND...FORT GIBSON
AND FOYIL.

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 3699 9461 3663 9461 3616 9475 3616 9480
      3602 9480 3564 9492 3564 9512 3561 9513
      3553 9601 3597 9571 3701 9541 3700 9462

$$

The 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 Tornado observed	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	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Okmulgee, Tulsa	6 hr
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 Emergency	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, 12:24 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

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Oklahoma, 2015 Every 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.