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Flash Flood Warning 15, NWS Tulsa, OK

July 3, 2016Craig County, Mayes County, Rogers County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this flash flood warning at Jul 3, 2016, 6:28 PM CDT for Craig County, Mayes County, Rogers County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 5 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, 6:28 PM CDT (23:28 UTC)
Expired
Jul 3, 2016, 11:00 PM CDT
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Craig County, OK, Mayes County, OK, Rogers County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 147 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 2016-07-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 704 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2016-07-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 279 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
704 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-53 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
928 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
279 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
270 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.0
Supercell composite
4.8

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The text

As transmitted.

806 
WGUS54 KTSA 032328
FFWTSA
OKC035-097-131-040400-
/O.NEW.KTSA.FF.W.0015.160703T2328Z-160704T0400Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN MAYES COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA...
  NORTHERN ROGERS COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA...
  SOUTHERN CRAIG COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA...

* UNTIL 1100 PM CDT

* AT 626 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 AROUND 2
  INCHES ARE LIKELY IN MANY AREAS. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO
  BEGIN SHORTLY.


* SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  VINITA...                         CHELSEA...
  LANGLEY...                        ADAIR...
  KETCHUM...                        DISNEY...
  TALALA...                         BIG CABIN...
  PENSACOLA...                      WHITE OAK...
  CHEROKEE STATE PARK...            BUSHYHEAD...

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 44 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 266 AND 286.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3643 9501 3647 9581 3651 9581 3660 9562
      3660 9543 3662 9543 3666 9500

$$
1 follow-up statement
532 
WGUS74 KTSA 040031
FFSTSA

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

OKC035-097-131-040400-
/O.CON.KTSA.FF.W.0015.000000T0000Z-160704T0400Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MAYES OK-ROGERS OK-CRAIG OK-
731 PM CDT SUN JUL 3 2016

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR
NORTHERN MAYES...NORTHERN ROGERS AND SOUTHERN CRAIG COUNTIES...

AT 729 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS
PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. AROUND AN INCH OF RAIN
HAS FALLEN WITH AN ADDITIONAL INCH POSSIBLE. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
VINITA...                         CHELSEA...
LANGLEY...                        ADAIR...
KETCHUM...                        DISNEY...
TALALA...                         BIG CABIN...
PENSACOLA...                      WHITE OAK...
CHEROKEE STATE PARK...            BUSHYHEAD...

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 44 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 266 AND 286.
 
LAT...LON 3643 9501 3647 9581 3651 9581 3660 9562
      3660 9543 3662 9543 3666 9500

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 3, 3:17 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSACraig, Ottawa, Rogers43 min
Jul 3, 3:39 AM CDTFlash Flood WatchTSAAdair, Cherokee, Craig, Creek, Delaware, Haskell and 14 more27 hr
Jul 3, 3:57 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSADelaware, Mayes, Ottawa, Rogers48 min
Jul 3, 3:46 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAPawnee29 min
Jul 3, 3:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSANowata31 min
Jul 3, 4:11 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAOsage, Pawnee34 min
Jul 3, 4:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSACraig31 min
Jul 3, 4:44 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAOsage, Pawnee, Washington46 min
Jul 3, 4:47 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSANowata, Osage, Pawnee, Rogers, Washington6 hr
Jul 3, 4:54 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAPawnee36 min
Jul 3, 5:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSACraig29 min
Jul 3, 5:08 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSACreek37 min
Jul 3, 5:16 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSACraig, Nowata5 hr
Jul 3, 5:25 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSACraig, Nowata, Washington35 min
Jul 3, 5:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAOsage, Pawnee31 min
Jul 3, 5:44 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSACreek31 min
Jul 3, 5:56 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSACraig, Nowata49 min
Jul 3, 6:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAOsage45 min
Jul 3, 6:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSACreek47 min
Jul 3, 6:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek, Okfuskee16 min
Jul 3, 6:57 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSACreek33 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.