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Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Tulsa, OK

July 3, 20165 counties in Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this flash flood warning at Jul 3, 2016, 4:47 PM CDT for 5 counties in Oklahoma. It was in force for 6 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: Jul 3, 2016, 4:47 PM CDT (21:47 UTC)
Expired: Jul 3, 2016, 10:45 PM CDT
In force: 6 hr
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Nowata County, OK, Osage County, OK, Pawnee County, OK, Rogers County, OK, Washington County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:45 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

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 158 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: 1279 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -47 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 859 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 194 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 241 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.3
Supercell composite: 9.8

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The text

As transmitted.

479 
WGUS54 KTSA 032147
FFWTSA
OKC105-113-117-131-147-040345-
/O.NEW.KTSA.FF.W.0013.160703T2147Z-160704T0345Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
447 PM CDT SUN JUL 3 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN ROGERS COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA...
  OSAGE COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA...
  PAWNEE COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA...
  NOWATA COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA...
  WASHINGTON COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA...

* UNTIL 1045 PM CDT

* AT 445 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
  HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. AROUND AN INCH OF RAIN HAS
  FALLEN IN SOME LOCATIONS. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3
  INCHES ARE LIKELY IN MANY AREAS. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO
  BEGIN SHORTLY.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  BARTLESVILLE...                   NOWATA...
  PAWHUSKA...                       PAWNEE...
  HOMINY...                         DEWEY...
  CLEVELAND...                      FAIRFAX...
  BARNSDALL...                      SOUTH COFFEYVILLE...
  COPAN...                          RAMONA...
  WYNONA...                         OCHELATA...
  DELAWARE...                       JENNINGS...
  RALSTON...                        AVANT...
  LENAPAH...                        OSAGE...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.

&&

LAT...LON 3661 9705 3700 9582 3700 9542 3668 9543
      3616 9653 3616 9682 3624 9682 3625 9692
      3633 9693 3634 9702 3651 9703 3655 9690
      3658 9689 3660 9692 3659 9706 3660 9706

$$

1 follow-up statement

931 
WGUS74 KTSA 040028
FFSTSA

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
728 PM CDT SUN JUL 3 2016

OKC105-113-117-131-147-040345-
/O.CON.KTSA.FF.W.0013.000000T0000Z-160704T0345Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
ROGERS OK-OSAGE OK-PAWNEE OK-NOWATA OK-WASHINGTON OK-
728 PM CDT SUN JUL 3 2016

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 PM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN ROGERS...OSAGE...PAWNEE...NOWATA AND WASHINGTON
COUNTIES...

AT 724 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS
PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS WASHINGTON...ROGERS AND NOWATA COUNTIES.
1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN WITH AN ADDITIONAL INCH POSSIBLE.
FURTHER WEST ACROSS OSAGE AND PAWNEE COUNTIES THE HEAVY RAINFALL HAS
ENDED...HOWEVER RUNOFF WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE IN LOW LYING AREAS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST
FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.




LAT...LON 3661 9705 3700 9582 3700 9542 3668 9543
      3616 9653 3616 9682 3624 9682 3625 9692
      3633 9693 3634 9702 3651 9703 3655 9690
      3658 9689 3660 9692 3659 9706 3660 9706

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 3, 3:17 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Craig, Ottawa, Rogers	43 min
Jul 3, 3:39 AM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Craig, Creek, Delaware, Haskell and 14 more	27 hr
Jul 3, 3:57 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Delaware, Mayes, Ottawa, Rogers	48 min
Jul 3, 3:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Pawnee	29 min
Jul 3, 3:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Nowata	31 min
Jul 3, 4:11 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Osage, Pawnee	34 min
Jul 3, 4:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Craig	31 min
Jul 3, 4:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Osage, Pawnee, Washington	46 min
Jul 3, 4:54 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Pawnee	36 min
Jul 3, 5:01 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Craig	29 min
Jul 3, 5:08 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Creek	37 min
Jul 3, 5:16 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Craig, Nowata	5 hr
Jul 3, 5:25 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Craig, Nowata, Washington	35 min
Jul 3, 5:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Osage, Pawnee	31 min
Jul 3, 5:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Creek	31 min
Jul 3, 5:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Craig, Nowata	49 min
Jul 3, 6:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Osage	45 min
Jul 3, 6:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Creek	47 min
Jul 3, 6:28 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Craig, Mayes, Rogers	5 hr
Jul 3, 6:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Creek, Okfuskee	16 min
Jul 3, 6:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Creek	33 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.