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Flash Flood Warning 24, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this flash flood warning at Oct 6, 2016, 10:13 AM CDT for Nowata County, Osage County, Washington County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 3 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
- Oct 6, 2016, 10:13 AM CDT (15:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 6, 2016, 1:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Nowata County, OK, Osage County, OK, Washington County, OK
The radar
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:15 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, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 184 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
- 914 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -148 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 980 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 247 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 222 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.1
The text
As transmitted.
281 WGUS54 KTSA 061513 FFWTSA OKC105-113-147-061815- /O.NEW.KTSA.FF.W.0024.161006T1513Z-161006T1815Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 1013 AM CDT THU OCT 6 2016 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN OSAGE COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA... NORTHWESTERN NOWATA COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA... NORTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA... * UNTIL 115 PM CDT * AT 1013 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY. * SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... BARTLESVILLE... DEWEY... COPAN... WANN... HULAH... OKESA... WAH SHA SHE STATE PARK... ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES 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 3700 9563 3674 9584 3671 9617 3700 9610 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 6, 1:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage, Pawnee | 67 min |
| Oct 6, 2:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage | 37 min |
| Oct 6, 2:42 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Osage | 48 min |
| Oct 6, 4:16 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Osage | 44 min |
| Oct 6, 4:57 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | Osage | 4 hr |
| Oct 6, 5:41 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Osage | 4 hr |
| Oct 6, 7:07 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Osage, Washington | 38 min |
| Oct 6, 7:23 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Pawnee | 52 min |
| Oct 6, 8:15 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Washington | 45 min |
| Oct 6, 8:17 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | Ottawa | 5 days |
| Oct 6, 8:42 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | Nowata, Osage, Pawnee, Washington | 3 hr |
| Oct 6, 2:23 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | Nowata | 41 hr |
| Oct 6, 2:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Osage | 31 min |
| Oct 6, 2:35 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | TSA | Nowata, Pawnee, Washington | 13 hr |
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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.