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Flash Flood Warning 80, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this flash flood warning at Jun 12, 2015, 5:17 PM CDT for Nowata 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
- Jun 12, 2015, 5:17 PM CDT (22:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 12, 2015, 9:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Nowata County, OK
The radar
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 152 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
- 1078 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -32 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 878 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 9 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 74 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 148 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
118 WGUS54 KTSA 122217 FFWTSA OKC105-130230- /O.NEW.KTSA.FF.W.0080.150612T2217Z-150613T0230Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 517 PM CDT FRI JUN 12 2015 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN NOWATA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA... * UNTIL 930 PM CDT * AT 515 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED AREA. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT BETWEEN 2 AND 2.5 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS ALREADY OCCURRED WITH AN ADDITIONAL HALF INCH TO AN INCH POSSIBLE. * RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT COULD EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... NOWATA. 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. && LAT...LON 3688 9544 3660 9543 3667 9569 3688 9549 $$ LACY
1 follow-up statement
449 WGUS74 KTSA 130000 FFSTSA FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 700 PM CDT FRI JUN 12 2015 OKC105-130230- /O.CON.KTSA.FF.W.0080.000000T0000Z-150613T0230Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ NOWATA OK- 700 PM CDT FRI JUN 12 2015 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN NOWATA COUNTY UNTIL 930 PM CDT... AT 659 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED AREA. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT AS MUCH AS 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER THE PAST 1 TO 2 HOURS ALONG A NARROW ZONE OF SOUTHEAST NOWATA COUNTY. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE... NOWATA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD TO UNKNOWN DEPTHS. IT ONLY TAKES TWO FEET OF RUSHING WATER TO CARRY AWAY MOST SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES AND PICKUPS. TAKE A DIFFERENT ROUTE TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION OR WAIT UNTIL THE WATER RECEDES. REMEMBER... MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. && LAT...LON 3678 9552 3683 9544 3660 9543 3667 9569 $$ LACY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 3:20 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | TSA | Craig, Creek, Nowata, Ottawa, Pawnee, Rogers and 2 more | 36 hr |
| Jun 12, 4:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Craig | 30 min |
| Jun 12, 4:37 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | Craig, Nowata | 113 min |
| Jun 12, 4:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Nowata | 35 min |
| Jun 12, 4:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Craig | 27 min |
| Jun 12, 5:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Nowata | 34 min |
| Jun 12, 5:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Nowata | 30 min |
| Jun 12, 5:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Craig | 30 min |
| Jun 12, 5:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Craig | 34 min |
| Jun 12, 6:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Osage | 34 min |
| Jun 12, 6:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Nowata | 27 min |
| Jun 12, 6:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Nowata, Rogers | 26 min |
| Jun 12, 6:26 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | Craig, Nowata, Ottawa | 2 hr |
| Jun 12, 6:35 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Craig | 4 hr |
| Jun 12, 6:57 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Nowata, Rogers | 4 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.