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Flash Flood Warning 76, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this flash flood warning at May 29, 2015, 2:53 PM CDT for Craig County, Delaware County, Ottawa County, 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
- May 29, 2015, 2:53 PM CDT (19:53 UTC)
- Expired
- May 29, 2015, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Craig County, OK, Delaware County, OK, Ottawa County, OK
The radar
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:52 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
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 115 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
- 535 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -52 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 864 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 130 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 123 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
972
WGUS54 KTSA 291953
FFWTSA
OKC035-041-115-300000-
/O.NEW.KTSA.FF.W.0076.150529T1953Z-150530T0000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
253 PM CDT FRI MAY 29 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
CRAIG COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA...
DELAWARE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA...
OTTAWA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA...
* UNTIL 700 PM CDT
* AT 250 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER PARTS OF THE WARNED AREA.
ONE TO 1.5 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS ALREADY OCCURRED NEAR AND SOUTH OF
VINITA. HEAVY RAIN IN THAT AREA WILL SPREAD TO THE NORTH NORTHEAST
THROUGH 5 PM. RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED OVER PARTS
OF OTTAWA...CRAIG...AND DELAWARE COUNTIES BEFORE THE RAIN ENDS.
* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT COULD EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
JAY...MIAMI...VINITA...AFTON...BERNICE...BERNICE STATE PARK...BIG
CABIN...BLUEJACKET...CHLOETA...CLEORA...COLCORD...COMMERCE...
FAIRLAND...GROVE...HONEY CREEK STATE PARK...KANSAS...KETCHUM...
LEACH...NARCISSA...OAKS...PICHER...QUAPAW...TWIN OAKS...WELCH...
WEST SILOAM SPRINGS...WHITE OAK AND WYANDOTTE.
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.
LOW WATER CROSSINGS IN HILLY TERRAIN ARE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS IN
HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS FLOODED ROADS. FIND
ALTERNATE ROUTES.
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.
TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY
YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN TULSA.
&&
LAT...LON 3700 9462 3649 9462 3616 9457 3617 9501
3651 9500 3651 9532 3659 9533 3660 9542
3694 9543 3696 9540 3701 9540
$$1 follow-up statement
492
WGUS74 KTSA 292349
FFSTSA
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
649 PM CDT FRI MAY 29 2015
OKC035-041-115-292359-
/O.CAN.KTSA.FF.W.0076.000000T0000Z-150530T0000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CRAIG OK-DELAWARE OK-OTTAWA OK-
649 PM CDT FRI MAY 29 2015
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR OTTAWA...DELAWARE
AND CRAIG COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED...AND THE LIGHT RAIN CONTINUES TO DIMINISH OVER
THE WARNED AREA. HOWEVER...STREAMS AND CREEKS IN THE WARNED AREA MAY
BE SLOW TO RECEDE...SO PONDING OF WATER MAY CONTINUE THROUGH THE
EVENING IN LOW LYING AREAS.
AN AREAL FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THIS AREA UNTIL 930 PM
TONIGHT.
IF FLOODING HAS BEEN OBSERVED...PLEASE REPORT IT TO YOUR LOCAL LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
LAT...LON 3700 9462 3649 9462 3616 9457 3617 9501
3651 9500 3651 9532 3659 9533 3660 9542
3694 9543 3696 9540 3701 9540
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 28, 9:04 PM CDT | River Flood Advisory | TSA | Pushmataha | 12 hr |
| May 29, 12:16 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | Choctaw, Haskell, Latimer, Pittsburg, Pushmataha | 3 hr |
| May 29, 3:55 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | Choctaw, Pushmataha | 95 min |
| May 29, 8:20 AM CDT | River Flood Advisory | TSA | Cherokee | 4 days |
| May 29, 8:41 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | Pushmataha | 54 hr |
| May 29, 11:31 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Creek, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Osage, Tulsa, Washington | 6 hr |
| May 29, 12:08 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | McIntosh, Muskogee, Nowata, Okmulgee, Rogers, Tulsa and 1 more | 6 hr |
| May 29, 1:25 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, Craig, Delaware, Mayes, Muskogee and 3 more | 3 hr |
| May 29, 1:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Haskell | 33 min |
| May 29, 1:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Muskogee, Sequoyah | 43 min |
| May 29, 1:39 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Mayes | 6 hr |
| May 29, 1:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Haskell, Muskogee, Sequoyah | 35 min |
| May 29, 1:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Mayes | 46 min |
| May 29, 1:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Cherokee, Wagoner | 43 min |
| May 29, 2:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Cherokee, Sequoyah | 47 min |
| May 29, 2:18 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Cherokee, Haskell, Muskogee, Sequoyah, Wagoner | 4 hr |
| May 29, 2:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Delaware, Mayes | 42 min |
| May 29, 2:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Cherokee, Mayes, Wagoner | 13 min |
| May 29, 2:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Delaware, Mayes | 29 min |
| May 29, 2:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Adair, Cherokee | 39 min |
| May 29, 2:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Delaware, Ottawa | 36 min |
| May 29, 3:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Adair, Cherokee | 25 min |
| May 29, 3:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Delaware, Ottawa | 55 min |
| May 29, 3:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Adair, Cherokee | 37 min |
| May 29, 3:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Adair | 35 min |
| May 29, 4:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Choctaw, Pushmataha | 42 min |
| May 29, 5:22 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | Choctaw, Pushmataha | 53 min |
| May 29, 5:46 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | TSA | Nowata, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Rogers, Tulsa, Wagoner | 4 hr |
| May 29, 6:32 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Choctaw, Latimer, LeFlore, Pittsburg, Pushmataha | 6 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.