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Flash Flood Warning 82, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this flash flood warning at Jun 12, 2015, 6:57 PM CDT for Nowata County, Rogers 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, 6:57 PM CDT (23:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 12, 2015, 11:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Nowata County, OK, Rogers County, OK
The radar
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:57 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, 12.0 hours before the alert went out and 173 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.
578
WGUS54 KTSA 122357
FFWTSA
OKC105-131-130400-
/O.NEW.KTSA.FF.W.0082.150612T2357Z-150613T0400Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
657 PM CDT FRI JUN 12 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN ROGERS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA...
SOUTHERN NOWATA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA...
* UNTIL 1100 PM CDT
* AT 655 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED AREA. RAIN RATES
NEAR 2 INCHES PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE ALONG THE LINE OF TRAINING
THUNDERSTORMS.
* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT COULD EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...NEW
ALLUWE...TALALA AND WATOVA.
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 3660 9543 3640 9579 3642 9580 3642 9582
3660 9581 3667 9569
$$
LACY1 follow-up statement
755
WGUS74 KTSA 130126
FFSTSA
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
826 PM CDT FRI JUN 12 2015
OKC105-131-130400-
/O.CON.KTSA.FF.W.0082.000000T0000Z-150613T0400Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
NOWATA OK-ROGERS OK-
826 PM CDT FRI JUN 12 2015
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN ROGERS AND
SOUTHERN NOWATA COUNTIES UNTIL 1100 PM CDT...
AT 825 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT
THE HEAVY RAINFALL HAD ENDED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RADAR ESTIMATES
THAT BETWEEN 2 AND 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN AND FLOODING
OF LOW LYING AREAS WILL LIKELY CONTINUE.
RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
NEW ALLUWE...OOLOGAH...TALALA AND WATOVA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD TO
UNKNOWN DEPTHS. IT ONLY TAKES TWO FEET OF RUSHING WATER TO CARRY AWAY
MOST SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES AND PICKUPS. TAKE A DIFFERENT ROUTE TO
REACH YOUR DESTINATION OR WAIT UNTIL THE WATER RECEDES. REMEMBER...
MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.
&&
LAT...LON 3660 9543 3640 9579 3642 9580 3642 9582
3660 9581 3667 9569
$$
LACYThe 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, 5:17 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Nowata | 4 hr |
| 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 |
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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.