Flash Flood Warning 79, NWS Tulsa, OK

Issued

May 29, 2015, 6:32 PM CDT (23:32 UTC)

Expired

May 30, 2015, 12:30 AM CDT

In force

6 hr

Issued by

NWS Tulsa, OK

Area

Storm-based polygon

Flood severity

None

Counties Choctaw County, OK, Latimer County, OK, LeFlore County, OK, Pittsburg County, OK, Pushmataha County, OK

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 152 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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762 
WGUS54 KTSA 292332
FFWTSA
OKC023-077-079-121-127-300530-
/O.NEW.KTSA.FF.W.0079.150529T2332Z-150530T0530Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  CHOCTAW COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...
  LATIMER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...
  PUSHMATAHA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...
  SOUTHERN PITTSBURG COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...
  SOUTHWESTERN LE FLORE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...

* UNTIL 1230 AM CDT

* AT 630 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS 
ALREADY OCCURRED IN SOME AREAS WITH AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES 
POSSIBLE THROUGH THE EVENING. 

* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
  OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT COULD EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  ANTLERS...CLAYTON...HUGO...WILBURTON...ALBION...ASHLAND...BENGAL...
  BIG CEDAR...BLANCO...BOSWELL...CLAYTON LAKE STATE PARK...CLOUDY...
  DAMON...DUNBAR...FANSHAWE...FORT TOWSON...GOODLAND...HARTSHORNE...
  HIGGINS...HUGO LAKE STATE PARK...KELLOND...KENT...KIAMICHI...
  KIOWA...KOSOMA...MESSER...MOYERS...MUSE...NASHOBA AND OCTAVIA.

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. IT ONLY TAKES A FEW INCHES OF SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER
TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.

&&

LAT...LON 3393 9559 3387 9584 3394 9594 3416 9598
      3417 9578 3450 9579 3451 9568 3459 9568
      3459 9588 3468 9589 3468 9608 3480 9610
      3505 9493 3451 9446 3450 9504 3424 9504
      3423 9514 3393 9516 3395 9522 3386 9539

$$

917 
WGUS74 KTSA 300314
FFSTSA

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1014 PM CDT FRI MAY 29 2015

OKC023-077-079-121-127-300530-
/O.CON.KTSA.FF.W.0079.000000T0000Z-150530T0530Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CHOCTAW OK-LE FLORE OK-PITTSBURG OK-PUSHMATAHA OK-LATIMER OK-
1014 PM CDT FRI MAY 29 2015

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR LATIMER...PUSHMATAHA...
SOUTHERN PITTSBURG...SOUTHWESTERN LE FLORE AND CHOCTAW COUNTIES UNTIL
1230 AM CDT...

AT 1010 PM CDT...RAINFALL WAS ENDING ACROSS THE AREA AND THE THREAT
FOR RAPID WATER RISES ALSO ENDING.  THEREFORE THIS WARNING WILL BE 
ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 1230 AM...BUT FLOODING CONTINUES AT MANY 
LOCATIONS IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND AN AREAL FLOOD WARNING WILL BE 
IN EFFECT FOR THESE AREAS UNTIL 9 AM SATURDAY.

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. IT ONLY TAKES A FEW INCHES OF SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER
TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.

&&

LAT...LON 3393 9559 3387 9584 3394 9594 3416 9598
      3417 9578 3450 9579 3451 9568 3459 9568
      3459 9588 3468 9589 3468 9608 3480 9610
      3505 9493 3451 9446 3450 9504 3424 9504
      3423 9514 3393 9516 3395 9522 3386 9539

$$

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.