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Flash Flood Warning 10, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this flash flood warning at Jul 1, 2016, 7:17 AM CDT for Pawnee County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 4 hr. 2 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
- Jul 1, 2016, 7:17 AM CDT (12:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 1, 2016, 11:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Pawnee County, OK
The radar
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:20 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 1, 8:10 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Pawnee, OK | 6 INCHES OF WATER ACROSS THE ROADWAY NEAR THE HIGHWAY 18 AND 64 JUNCTIONS. WATER ALSO APPROACHING A MOBILE HOME ON THE NORTH SIDE OF TOWN. REPORTED BY THE SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT. |
| Jul 1, 10:30 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Pawnee, OK | WATER ENTERED THE BACK OF THE BUILDING AND FLOODED A PORTION OF THE PAWNEE PUBLIC LIBRARY. REPORT RECEIVED VIA SOCIAL MEDIA. |
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, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 141 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
- 456 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -127 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1524 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 9 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 15 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 49 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
558
WGUS54 KTSA 011217
FFWTSA
OKC117-011615-
/O.NEW.KTSA.FF.W.0010.160701T1217Z-160701T1615Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
717 AM CDT FRI JUL 1 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
PAWNEE COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA...
* UNTIL 1115 AM CDT
* AT 716 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. OVER 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS
FALLEN IN THE PAST FEW HOURS. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN
SHORTLY.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
PAWNEE... BLACKBURN...
MARAMEC... SKEDEE...
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA.
LAT...LON 3648 9700 3646 9693 3650 9685 3650 9677
3647 9671 3644 9672 3642 9669 3642 9663
3638 9660 3640 9654 3639 9652 3636 9653
3633 9657 3630 9655 3616 9660 3616 9682
3624 9682 3625 9692 3633 9693 3634 9702
$$2 follow-up statements
646
WGUS74 KTSA 011323
FFSTSA
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
823 AM CDT FRI JUL 1 2016
OKC117-011615-
/O.CON.KTSA.FF.W.0010.000000T0000Z-160701T1615Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
PAWNEE OK-
823 AM CDT FRI JUL 1 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 AM CDT FOR
WESTERN PAWNEE COUNTY...
AT 819 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED 6 INCHES OF WATER ON
ROADWAYS IN PAWNEE...WITH WATER APPROACHING AT LEAST ONE HOME. 6 TO
8 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE AREA...AND FLASH FLOODING WILL
CONTINUE...ESPECIALLY FROM PAWNEE TO THE WEST.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
PAWNEE... MARAMEC...
SKEDEE...
ALTHOUGH THE RAINFALL RATES ARE DECREASING, ADDITIONAL RAINFALL
AMOUNTS OF AROUND AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
&&
LAT...LON 3648 9700 3646 9693 3650 9685 3650 9677
3647 9671 3644 9672 3642 9669 3642 9667
3641 9664 3620 9667 3616 9682 3624 9682
3625 9692 3633 9693 3634 9702
$$774
WGUS74 KTSA 011610
FFSTSA
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1110 AM CDT FRI JUL 1 2016
OKC117-011619-
/O.EXP.KTSA.FF.W.0010.000000T0000Z-160701T1615Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
PAWNEE OK-
1110 AM CDT FRI JUL 1 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR WESTERN PAWNEE COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
1115 AM CDT...
ALTHOUGH LIGHT RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE REST OF THE MORNING,
THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED, AND ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOODING IS NO LONGER
EXPECTED. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY REMAINING ROAD CLOSURES.
LAT...LON 3648 9700 3646 9693 3650 9685 3650 9677
3647 9671 3644 9672 3642 9669 3642 9667
3641 9664 3620 9667 3616 9682 3624 9682
3625 9692 3633 9693 3634 9702
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 30, 7:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Rogers, Tulsa | 45 min |
| Jun 30, 7:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Rogers, Tulsa, Wagoner, Washington | 24 min |
| Jun 30, 7:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Osage | 34 min |
| Jun 30, 7:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Rogers, Tulsa, Wagoner | 13 min |
| Jun 30, 7:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Rogers, Tulsa | 33 min |
| Jul 1, 6:50 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | Pawnee | 3 hr |
| Jul 1, 5:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Adair | 25 min |
| Jul 1, 5:41 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | Adair, Cherokee | 3 hr |
| Jul 1, 6:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Mayes | 33 min |
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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.