Flash Flood Warning 73, NWS Tulsa, OK

Issued

May 29, 2015, 12:08 PM CDT (17:08 UTC)

Expired

May 29, 2015, 6:00 PM CDT

In force

6 hr

Issued by

NWS Tulsa, OK

Area

Storm-based polygon

Flood severity

None

Counties McIntosh County, OK, Muskogee County, OK, Nowata County, OK, Okmulgee County, OK, Rogers County, OK, Tulsa County, OK, Wagoner County, OK

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 37 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

128 
WGUS54 KTSA 291708
FFWTSA
OKC091-101-105-111-131-143-145-292300-
/O.NEW.KTSA.FF.W.0073.150529T1708Z-150529T2300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1208 PM CDT FRI MAY 29 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  EAST CENTRAL TULSA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA...
  EASTERN OKMULGEE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA...
  MCINTOSH COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...
  NOWATA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA...
  ROGERS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA...
  WAGONER COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA...
  WESTERN MUSKOGEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA...

* UNTIL 600 PM CDT

* AT 1207 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR            
  INDICATED WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY 
  RAIN OVER THE WARNED AREA. CONDITIONS REMAIN SUPPORTIVE OF RAPID   
  ONSET FLASH FLOODING.  THE HEAVIEST RAIN WILL FALL AT A RATE OF    
  ONE HALF TO ONE INCH PER HOUR AND THIS WILL RESULT IN AREAS OF     
  FLASH FLOODING TO DEVELOP. 

* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
  OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT COULD EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  BROKEN ARROW...CLAREMORE...EUFAULA...MUSKOGEE...NOWATA...TULSA...
  WAGONER...BOYNTON...CATOOSA...CHECOTAH...CHELSEA...COUNCIL HILL...
  COWETA...DELAWARE...FOYIL...GRAYSON...HANNA...HASKELL...HOFFMAN...
  INOLA...KEEFETON...LAKE EUFAULA STATE PARK...LENAPAH...NEW
  ALLUWE...OKTAHA...ONETA...OOLOGAH...PORTER...RAIFORD AND
  RENTIESVILLE.

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.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY
AUTOMOBILE.

&&

LAT...LON 3700 9541 3660 9543 3659 9533 3652 9533
      3651 9544 3608 9544 3607 9535 3531 9531
      3529 9535 3533 9540 3530 9550 3522 9560
      3525 9560 3518 9575 3519 9587 3514 9593
      3516 9599 3537 9597 3567 9580 3700 9578

$$

021 
WGUS74 KTSA 292300
FFSTSA

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
600 PM CDT FRI MAY 29 2015

OKC091-101-105-111-131-143-145-292312-
/O.EXP.KTSA.FF.W.0073.000000T0000Z-150529T2300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MCINTOSH OK-MUSKOGEE OK-NOWATA OK-OKMULGEE OK-ROGERS OK-TULSA OK-
WAGONER OK-
600 PM CDT FRI MAY 29 2015

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR WAGONER...EAST
CENTRAL TULSA...ROGERS...EASTERN OKMULGEE...NOWATA...WESTERN MUSKOGEE
AND MCINTOSH COUNTIES WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 600 PM CDT...

HOWEVER...AN AREAL FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA 
UNTIL 930 PM TONIGHT. HIGH WATER FROM EARLIER PRECIPITATION HAS NOT 
YET RECEDED IN MANY AREA. 

THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WAS FROM FAR NORTHWEST MUSKOGEE 
COUNTY...ACROSS CENTRAL AND EASTERN WAGONER COUNTY...WHERE 2 TO 3 
INCHES OF RAIN FELL TODAY. 

EXCESS RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED OVER THE WARNED AREA. STREAMS
AND CREEKS IN THE WARNED AREA HAVE RECEDED OR WERE BEGINNING TO
RECEDE...ENDING THE FLOOD THREAT. IF FLOODING HAS BEEN OBSERVED...
PLEASE REPORT IT TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.

LAT...LON 3700 9541 3660 9543 3659 9533 3652 9533
      3651 9544 3608 9544 3607 9535 3531 9531
      3529 9535 3533 9540 3530 9550 3522 9560
      3525 9560 3518 9575 3519 9587 3514 9593
      3516 9599 3537 9597 3567 9580 3700 9578

$$

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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.