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Flash Flood Warning 97, NWS Tulsa, OK

June 18, 201510 counties in Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this flash flood warning at Jun 18, 2015, 5:51 PM CDT for 10 counties in Oklahoma. It was in force for 3 hr. 4 reports 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 18, 2015, 5:51 PM CDT (22:51 UTC)
Expired
Jun 18, 2015, 9:00 PM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Adair County, OK, Cherokee County, OK, Delaware County, OK, Haskell County, OK, Mayes County, OK, McIntosh County, OK, Muskogee County, OK, Rogers County, OK, Sequoyah County, OK, Wagoner County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:52 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 18, 6:00 PM CDTFLASH FLOODSallisaw, OKDRAKE ROAD CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER
Jun 18, 6:00 PM CDTHEAVY RAIN 2.28Pryor, OKTOTAL RAINFALL SINCE MIDNIGHT.
Jun 18, 6:00 PM CDTHEAVY RAIN 3.63Tahlequah, OKTOTAL RAINFALL SINCE MIDNIGHT.
Jun 18, 6:00 PM CDTHEAVY RAIN 3.67Cookson, OKTOTAL RAINFALL SINCE MIDNIGHT.

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

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 191 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, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2015-06-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 344 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, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2015-06-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 54 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
344 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-23 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
641 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
54 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
70 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

172 
WGUS54 KTSA 182251
FFWTSA
OKC001-021-041-061-091-097-101-131-135-145-190200-
/O.NEW.KTSA.FF.W.0097.150618T2251Z-150619T0200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
551 PM CDT THU JUN 18 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  ADAIR COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA...
  CHEROKEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA...
  EASTERN MCINTOSH COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...
  MAYES COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA...
  MUSKOGEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA...
  NORTHERN HASKELL COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...
  SEQUOYAH COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA...
  SOUTHERN DELAWARE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA...
  SOUTHERN ROGERS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA...
  WAGONER COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA...

* UNTIL 900 PM CDT

* AT 549 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  AREAS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN CONTINUED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.  
  2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS ALREADY OCCURRED WITH AN             
  ADDITIONAL 1 TO 1.5 INCHES POSSIBLE. 

* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
  OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT COULD EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  EUFAULA...JAY...MUSKOGEE...PRYOR...SALLISAW...STILWELL...
  TAHLEQUAH...TULSA...WAGONER...ADAIR STATE PARK...BARON...BOYNTON...
  BRAGGS...BRIARTOWN...BRUSHY...BRUSHY LAKE STATE PARK...BUNCH...
  CATOOSA...CHECOTAH...CHEROKEE LANDING STATE PARK...CHLOETA...
  CHOUTEAU...CHRISTIE...COLCORD...COOKSON...COUNCIL HILL...COWETA...
  ELDON...FORT GIBSON AND GANS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 3557 9447 3534 9471 3536 9475 3533 9479
      3527 9545 3530 9550 3526 9552 3525 9563
      3572 9571 3573 9574 3590 9578 3616 9576
      3616 9581 3625 9581 3653 9462

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 17, 7:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek24 min
Jun 17, 7:56 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningTSAOttawa65 hr
Jun 17, 8:25 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningTSAAdair59 hr
Jun 17, 8:26 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningTSARogers, Tulsa56 hr
Jun 17, 8:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAAdair43 min
Jun 17, 8:34 PM CDTRiver Flood AdvisoryTSACherokee, Delaware42 hr
Jun 17, 8:38 PM CDTRiver Flood AdvisoryTSATulsa36 hr
Jun 17, 9:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSACherokee44 min
Jun 17, 10:05 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAMayes40 min
Jun 18, 1:27 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSACreek, McIntosh, Okfuskee, Okmulgee6 hr
Jun 18, 1:47 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTSACreek, Nowata, Osage, Pawnee, Rogers, Tulsa and 2 more6 hr
Jun 18, 1:49 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTSALatimer, Pushmataha4 hr
Jun 18, 3:42 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningTSAOttawa3 days
Jun 18, 7:16 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSACreek, McIntosh, Okfuskee, Okmulgee6 hr
Jun 18, 8:31 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSACreek, Tulsa6 hr
Jun 18, 8:44 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTSAAdair, Cherokee, Haskell, McIntosh, Mayes, Muskogee and 2 more2 hr
Jun 18, 9:02 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningTSAOsage, Tulsa46 hr
Jun 18, 9:02 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningTSATulsa50 hr
Jun 18, 9:23 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningTSASequoyah53 hr
Jun 18, 9:47 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSAAdair, Cherokee, Delaware, Haskell, McIntosh, Mayes and 4 more8 hr
Jun 18, 9:58 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningTSACreek, Osage, Pawnee, Tulsa12 hr
Jun 18, 9:59 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSAHaskell, Latimer, Pittsburg8 hr
Jun 18, 10:49 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSACraig, Delaware, Mayes, Nowata, Rogers, Tulsa and 1 more6 hr
Jun 18, 1:15 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSACreek, McIntosh, Okfuskee, Okmulgee6 hr
Jun 18, 2:14 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSACreek, Tulsa6 hr
Jun 18, 2:31 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSACraig, Nowata, Ottawa, Washington6 hr
Jun 18, 4:29 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSACraig, Delaware, Mayes, Nowata, Rogers, Tulsa and 1 more4 hr
Jun 18, 6:10 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTSAHaskell, Latimer, LeFlore, Pittsburg, Sequoyah110 min
Jun 18, 6:36 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningTSACreek, McIntosh, Muskogee, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Osage and 4 more24 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.