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Flash Flood Warning 8, NWS Tulsa, OK

March 25, 2015Tulsa County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this flash flood warning at Mar 25, 2015, 11:14 PM CDT for Tulsa County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 4 hr. 1 report 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
Mar 25, 2015, 11:14 PM CDT (04:14 UTC)
Expired
Mar 26, 2015, 3:00 AM CDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Tulsa County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:13 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
Mar 25, 11:14 PM CDTFLASH FLOODBroken Arrow, OKHAIKEY CREEK OUT OF BANKS. RIVER GAGE REPORT.

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

The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 4.2 hours before the alert went out and 160 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, Norman, OK at 00:00Z on 2015-03-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1928 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Norman, OK at 00:00Z on 2015-03-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 171 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
1928 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-15 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1591 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
171 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
294 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.1
Supercell composite
16.1

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The text

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

520 
WGUS54 KTSA 260414
FFWTSA
OKC143-260800-
/O.NEW.KTSA.FF.W.0008.150326T0414Z-150326T0800Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1114 PM CDT WED MAR 25 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN TULSA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA...

* UNTIL 300 AM CDT

* AT 1113 PM CDT...OBSERVATIONS ALONG HAIKEY CREEK IN THE SOUTHERN 
PORTION OF TULSA COUNTY HAVE INDICATED THAT THE CREEK IS FLOODING 
FROM THE HEAVY RAINS THAT FELL EARLIER. 

* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
  OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT COULD EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  BROKEN ARROW...TULSA...BIXBY...GLENPOOL...JENKS AND JENKS RIVERSIDE
  AIRPORT.

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 3606 9603 3605 9576 3591 9577 3590 9577
      3590 9582 3586 9582 3586 9603

$$

LACY

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 25, 7:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek, Okfuskee, Okmulgee42 min
Mar 25, 7:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAAdair, Cherokee, Delaware, Mayes, Rogers, Wagoner40 min
Mar 25, 7:21 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSACraig, Mayes, Rogers, Wagoner4 hr
Mar 25, 7:22 PM CDTTornado WarningTSACherokee, Mayes23 min
Mar 25, 7:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek, Muskogee, Okmulgee, Tulsa, Wagoner48 min
Mar 25, 7:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOkfuskee, Okmulgee43 min
Mar 25, 7:33 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSACreek, Tulsa, Wagoner4 hr
Mar 25, 7:35 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAAdair, Cherokee, Delaware, Mayes25 min
Mar 25, 7:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAAdair, Cherokee, Delaware, Mayes, Wagoner50 min
Mar 25, 7:58 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAAdair, Cherokee32 min
Mar 25, 8:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMcIntosh, Okfuskee, Okmulgee41 min
Mar 25, 8:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAAdair52 min
Mar 25, 8:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAAdair42 min
Mar 25, 8:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSACherokee, McIntosh, Muskogee, Wagoner43 min
Mar 25, 8:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAHaskell, McIntosh, Muskogee48 min
Mar 25, 9:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAHaskell, McIntosh, Okfuskee, Pittsburg46 min
Mar 25, 9:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAHaskell, LeFlore, Muskogee, Sequoyah44 min
Mar 25, 9:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAAdair28 min
Mar 25, 9:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAAdair, Haskell, LeFlore, Sequoyah52 min
Mar 25, 9:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAPittsburg39 min
Mar 25, 10:18 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAMuskogee42 min
Mar 25, 10:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAHaskell, Latimer, Pittsburg66 min
Mar 25, 10:29 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningTSACraig, Creek, Mayes, Osage, Pawnee, Rogers and 2 more6 hr
Mar 25, 10:38 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAPittsburg22 min
Mar 25, 11:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAPittsburg, Pushmataha38 min
Mar 25, 11:24 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAHaskell, LeFlore36 min
Mar 25, 11:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALatimer, Pittsburg, Pushmataha46 min
Mar 25, 11:46 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSALeFlore44 min
Mar 26, 12:19 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAChoctaw, Pushmataha41 min
Mar 26, 12:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALeFlore, Pushmataha46 min
Mar 26, 1:00 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAChoctaw30 min
Mar 26, 1:03 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALeFlore27 min
Mar 26, 8:43 AM CDTRiver Flood AdvisoryTSACherokee52 hr
Mar 26, 4:04 PM CDTFreeze WarningTSANowata, Washington5 hr

Nearby

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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.