Alert archive / Oklahoma / Flash Flood Warnings in 2015
Flash Flood Warning 98, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this flash flood warning at Jun 18, 2015, 8:32 PM CDT for 6 counties in Oklahoma. It was in force for 24 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 18, 2015, 8:32 PM CDT (01:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 19, 2015, 8:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 24 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Craig County, OK, Delaware County, OK, Mayes County, OK, Nowata County, OK, Ottawa County, OK, Rogers County, OK
The radar
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 40 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:33 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 18, 9:00 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Adair, OK | SEVERAL COUNTY ROADS CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER. |
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 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 138 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
- 198 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 609 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 69 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 52 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
502
WGUS54 KTSA 190132
FFWTSA
OKC035-041-097-105-115-131-200130-
/O.NEW.KTSA.FF.W.0098.150619T0132Z-150620T0130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
832 PM CDT THU JUN 18 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
CRAIG COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA...
DELAWARE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA...
MAYES COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA...
OTTAWA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA...
ROGERS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA...
SOUTHERN NOWATA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA...
* UNTIL 830 PM CDT FRIDAY
* AT 830 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
AREAS OF LIGHT RAIN ACROSS FAR NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA...WHICH WILL
CONTINUE TO TAPER OFF DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. ALTHOUGH
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL REMAIN LIGHT...1 TO 3 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 COULD EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
CLAREMORE...JAY...MIAMI...NOWATA...PRYOR...TULSA...VINITA...
ADAIR...AFTON...BERNICE...BERNICE STATE PARK...BIG CABIN...
BLUEJACKET...CATOOSA...CHELSEA...CHEROKEE STATE PARK...CHLOETA...
CHOUTEAU...CLEORA...COLCORD...COMMERCE...DELAWARE...DISNEY...
FAIRLAND...FOYIL...GROVE...HONEY CREEK STATE PARK...INOLA...KANSAS
AND KETCHUM.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR
IN VEHICLES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...DIPS...
OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM... EVEN A
SMALL ONE...ON FOOT OR IN A VEHICLE.
&&
LAT...LON 3664 9461 3649 9462 3616 9457 3616 9512
3607 9512 3607 9557 3609 9555 3613 9557
3613 9560 3616 9562 3616 9580 3678 9581
3701 9520 3700 9465
$$1 follow-up statement
786
WGUS74 KTSA 190135
FFSTSA
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
835 PM CDT THU JUN 18 2015
OKC035-041-097-105-115-131-190150-
/O.CAN.KTSA.FF.W.0098.000000T0000Z-150620T0130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CRAIG OK-DELAWARE OK-MAYES OK-NOWATA OK-OTTAWA OK-ROGERS OK-
835 PM CDT THU JUN 18 2015
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR ROGERS...OTTAWA...
SOUTHERN NOWATA...MAYES...DELAWARE AND CRAIG COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
EXCESS RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED OVER THE WARNED AREA. STREAMS
AND CREEKS IN THE WARNED AREA HAVE RECEDED OR WERE BEGINNING TO
RECEDE...ENDING THE FLOOD THREAT. IF FLOODING HAS BEEN OBSERVED...
PLEASE REPORT IT TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
LAT...LON 3664 9461 3649 9462 3616 9457 3616 9512
3607 9512 3607 9557 3609 9555 3613 9557
3613 9560 3616 9562 3616 9580 3678 9581
3701 9520 3700 9465
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 18, 8:38 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | TSA | Craig, Delaware, Mayes, Nowata, Ottawa, Rogers | 24 hr |
| Jun 18, 8:48 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, Sequoyah | 24 hr |
| Jun 18, 10:08 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | Tulsa | 29 hr |
| Jun 19, 2:42 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | Ottawa | 44 hr |
| Jun 19, 6:08 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | TSA | Choctaw, Latimer, Pushmataha | 24 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Oklahoma, 2015Every flash flood warning in 2015
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.