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Flash Flood Warning 24, NWS Tulsa, OK

October 6, 2016Nowata County, Osage County, Washington County, Oklahoma

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2016-10-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 914 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 2016-10-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 247 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 6, 1:38 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage, Pawnee67 min
Oct 6, 2:08 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage37 min
Oct 6, 2:42 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAOsage48 min
Oct 6, 4:16 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAOsage44 min
Oct 6, 4:57 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTSAOsage4 hr
Oct 6, 5:41 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSAOsage4 hr
Oct 6, 7:07 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAOsage, Washington38 min
Oct 6, 7:23 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAPawnee52 min
Oct 6, 8:15 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAWashington45 min
Oct 6, 8:17 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningTSAOttawa5 days
Oct 6, 8:42 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTSANowata, Osage, Pawnee, Washington3 hr
Oct 6, 2:23 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningTSANowata41 hr
Oct 6, 2:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAOsage31 min
Oct 6, 2:35 PM CDTFlash Flood WatchTSANowata, Pawnee, Washington13 hr

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.