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Flash Flood Warning 85, NWS Tulsa, OK

June 17, 20155 counties in Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this flash flood warning at Jun 17, 2015, 5:37 PM CDT for 5 counties in Oklahoma. It was in force for 8 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: Jun 17, 2015, 5:37 PM CDT (22:37 UTC)
Expired: Jun 18, 2015, 1:30 AM CDT
In force: 8 hr
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Creek County, OK, McIntosh County, OK, Muskogee County, OK, Okfuskee County, OK, Okmulgee County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:35 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 17, 7:30 PM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	5 S Hectorville, OK	RURAL ROADS...FIELDS AND BAR DITCHES REPORTED FLOODED IN MANY PARTS OF NORTHERN OKMULGEE COUNTY.

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 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 142 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 225 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -30 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 621 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 7 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -2 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 7 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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

561 
WGUS54 KTSA 172237
FFWTSA
OKC037-091-101-107-111-180630-
/O.NEW.KTSA.FF.W.0085.150617T2237Z-150618T0630Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
537 PM CDT WED JUN 17 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  MCINTOSH COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...
  MUSKOGEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA...
  OKFUSKEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA...
  OKMULGEE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA...
  SOUTHERN CREEK COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA...

* UNTIL 130 AM CDT THURSDAY

* AT 535 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. ONE TO TWO INCHES OF 
RAINFALL HAS ALREADY OCCURRED WITH ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES POSSIBLE 
THROUGH MIDNIGHT.  

* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
  OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT COULD EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  BRISTOW...EUFAULA...MUSKOGEE...OKEMAH...OKMULGEE...BALD HILL...
  BEARDEN...BEGGS...BOLEY...BOYNTON...BRAGGS...BRIARTOWN...CASTLE...
  CHECOTAH...CLEARVIEW...COUNCIL HILL...DEPEW...DEWAR...FORT
  GIBSON...GRAYSON...GREENLEAF STATE PARK...HANNA...HASKELL...
  HENRYETTA...HOFFMAN...KEEFETON...LAKE EUFAULA STATE PARK...
  MORRIS...OKFUSKEE AND OKMULGEE STATE PARK.

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. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN 
WATER BEGINS RISING.

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 3584 9662 3586 9566 3576 9559 3582 9537
      3581 9513 3553 9513 3546 9505 3526 9524
      3533 9541 3522 9560 3525 9560 3518 9575
      3520 9580 3515 9598 3529 9599 3528 9643
      3545 9645 3545 9655 3539 9655 3540 9663

$$

2 follow-up statements

285 
WGUS74 KTSA 172346
FFSTSA

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
646 PM CDT WED JUN 17 2015

OKC037-091-101-107-111-180630-
/O.CON.KTSA.FF.W.0085.000000T0000Z-150618T0630Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CREEK OK-MCINTOSH OK-MUSKOGEE OK-OKFUSKEE OK-OKMULGEE OK-
646 PM CDT WED JUN 17 2015

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR OKMULGEE...OKFUSKEE...
MUSKOGEE...MCINTOSH AND SOUTHERN CREEK COUNTIES UNTIL 130 AM CDT
THURSDAY...

AT 643 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE WARNED AREA. OVER TWO 
INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS ALREADY OCCURRED IN SOME AREAS...WITH AN 
ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES POSSIBLE THROUGH MIDNIGHT. FLOODED ROADS 
WERE REPORTED IN NORTHEAST OKMULGEE COUNTY AT 530 PM. 

RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
BRISTOW...EUFAULA...MUSKOGEE...OKEMAH...OKMULGEE...BALD HILL...
BEARDEN...BEGGS...BOLEY...BOYNTON...BRAGGS...BRIARTOWN...CASTLE...
CHECOTAH...CLEARVIEW...COUNCIL HILL...DEPEW...DEWAR...FORT GIBSON...
GRAYSON...GREENLEAF STATE PARK...HANNA...HASKELL...HENRYETTA...
HOFFMAN...KEEFETON...LAKE EUFAULA STATE PARK...MORRIS...OKFUSKEE AND
OKMULGEE STATE PARK.

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 3584 9662 3586 9566 3576 9559 3582 9537
      3581 9513 3553 9513 3546 9505 3526 9524
      3533 9541 3522 9560 3525 9560 3518 9575
      3520 9580 3515 9598 3529 9599 3528 9643
      3545 9645 3545 9655 3539 9655 3540 9663

$$

387 
WGUS74 KTSA 180238
FFSTSA

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
938 PM CDT WED JUN 17 2015

OKC037-091-101-107-111-180630-
/O.CON.KTSA.FF.W.0085.000000T0000Z-150618T0630Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CREEK OK-MCINTOSH OK-MUSKOGEE OK-OKFUSKEE OK-OKMULGEE OK-
938 PM CDT WED JUN 17 2015

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR OKMULGEE...OKFUSKEE...
MUSKOGEE...MCINTOSH AND SOUTHERN CREEK COUNTIES UNTIL 130 AM CDT...

AT 937 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS 
ALREADY OCCURRED WITH AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES POSSIBLE...WITH
ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINS CONTINUING THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO
THURSDAY MORNING.  ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS MAY BE REQUIRED. 

RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
BRISTOW...EUFAULA...MUSKOGEE...OKEMAH...OKMULGEE...BALD HILL...
BEARDEN...BEGGS...BOLEY...BOYNTON...BRAGGS...BRIARTOWN...CASTLE...
CHECOTAH...CLEARVIEW...COUNCIL HILL...DEPEW...DEWAR...FORT GIBSON...
GRAYSON...GREENLEAF STATE PARK...HANNA...HASKELL...HENRYETTA...
HOFFMAN...KEEFETON...LAKE EUFAULA STATE PARK...MORRIS...OKFUSKEE AND
OKMULGEE STATE PARK.

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 3584 9662 3586 9566 3576 9559 3582 9537
      3581 9513 3553 9513 3546 9505 3526 9524
      3533 9541 3522 9560 3525 9560 3518 9575
      3520 9580 3515 9598 3529 9599 3528 9643
      3545 9645 3545 9655 3539 9655 3540 9663

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 16, 7:06 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Haskell, LeFlore, Sequoyah	3 hr
Jun 17, 2:45 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	Pushmataha	54 hr
Jun 17, 8:20 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	Choctaw	10 days
Jun 17, 8:32 AM CDT	River Flood Advisory	TSA	Ottawa	52 hr
Jun 17, 1:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Choctaw	45 min
Jun 17, 2:05 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	Okmulgee	9 days
Jun 17, 2:23 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Choctaw	112 min
Jun 17, 2:29 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	Creek	58 hr
Jun 17, 2:29 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	Cherokee	4 days
Jun 17, 2:29 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	Muskogee	64 hr
Jun 17, 2:32 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Choctaw	103 min
Jun 17, 2:47 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	LeFlore	3 days
Jun 17, 3:10 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	McIntosh	35 min
Jun 17, 3:51 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Muskogee	39 min
Jun 17, 4:33 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Muskogee	42 min
Jun 17, 4:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	LeFlore	46 min
Jun 17, 5:02 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Haskell, McIntosh, Muskogee, Okfuskee, Okmulgee	58 min
Jun 17, 5:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Muskogee	46 min
Jun 17, 5:26 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Okfuskee	64 min
Jun 17, 5:51 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Muskogee, Okmulgee	39 min
Jun 17, 6:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Creek, Okmulgee, Tulsa	42 min

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.