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Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Tulsa, OK

May 25, 2016McIntosh County, Muskogee County, Wagoner County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this flash flood warning at May 25, 2016, 1:51 AM CDT for McIntosh County, Muskogee County, Wagoner County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 4 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: May 25, 2016, 1:51 AM CDT (06:51 UTC)
Expired: May 25, 2016, 5:45 AM CDT
In force: 4 hr
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties McIntosh County, OK, Muskogee County, OK, Wagoner County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:50 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 00:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 171 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: 1931 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -30 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1052 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 128 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 194 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.3
Supercell composite: 11.9

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The text

As transmitted.

558 
WGUS54 KTSA 250651
FFWTSA
OKC091-101-145-251045-
/O.NEW.KTSA.FF.W.0004.160525T0651Z-160525T1045Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
151 AM CDT WED MAY 25 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN MCINTOSH COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA...
  WAGONER COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA...
  MUSKOGEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA...

* UNTIL 545 AM CDT

* AT 149 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
  HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN FELL WITH
  STORMS EARLIER TODAY AND ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES IS POSSIBLE WITH
  STORMS TONIGHT. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  BROKEN ARROW...                   MUSKOGEE...
  WAGONER...                        COWETA...
  CHECOTAH...                       HASKELL...
  WARNER...                         OKAY...
  PORTER...                         OKTAHA...
  TAFT...                           BOYNTON...
  COUNCIL HILL...                   RENTIESVILLE...
  TULLAHASSEE...                    STONEBLUFF...
  ONETA...                          KEEFETON...
  LAKE EUFAULA STATE PARK...        WAINWRIGHT...

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 40 IN OKLAHOMA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 245 AND
278.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.

&&

LAT...LON 3546 9586 3547 9582 3555 9582 3555 9571
      3572 9571 3573 9577 3585 9577 3586 9579
      3590 9579 3590 9576 3604 9576 3600 9525
      3597 9528 3593 9527 3592 9528 3588 9526
      3539 9528 3543 9587

$$

1 follow-up statement

790 
WGUS74 KTSA 251043
FFSTSA

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
543 AM CDT WED MAY 25 2016

OKC091-101-145-251051-
/O.EXP.KTSA.FF.W.0004.000000T0000Z-160525T1045Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MCINTOSH OK-WAGONER OK-MUSKOGEE OK-
543 AM CDT WED MAY 25 2016

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHERN MCINTOSH...WAGONER AND
MUSKOGEE COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 545 AM CDT...

THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED. OVERNIGHT RAINFALL AMOUNTS RANGED FROM 2
TO 4 INCHES AND RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL MAY KEEP SOME
AREAS FLOODED THROUGH THE DAY.  HOWEVER NO ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL
IS EXPECTED. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY REMAINING ROAD CLOSURES.

LAT...LON 3546 9586 3547 9582 3555 9582 3555 9571
      3572 9571 3573 9577 3585 9577 3586 9579
      3590 9579 3590 9576 3604 9576 3600 9525
      3597 9528 3593 9527 3592 9528 3588 9526
      3539 9528 3543 9587

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 24, 7:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	McIntosh, Muskogee, Okmulgee	49 min
May 24, 7:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Cherokee, Muskogee	47 min
May 24, 8:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Haskell, McIntosh, Muskogee, Sequoyah	31 min
May 24, 8:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Haskell, Muskogee, Sequoyah	49 min
May 24, 9:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Sequoyah	33 min
May 24, 10:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Okfuskee	48 min
May 24, 10:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Creek, Okfuskee	44 min
May 24, 10:36 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Pawnee	39 min
May 24, 10:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Creek	48 min
May 24, 11:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Okmulgee	47 min
May 24, 11:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Osage	45 min
May 24, 11:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Pawnee	44 min
May 24, 11:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Creek, Okfuskee	45 min
May 24, 11:38 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Creek	4 hr
May 25, 12:13 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Creek, Okfuskee, Okmulgee	47 min
May 25, 12:24 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Atoka	36 min
May 25, 12:43 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Creek, Muskogee, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Tulsa	47 min
May 25, 12:45 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Pushmataha	45 min
May 25, 12:47 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Tulsa	4 hr
May 25, 1:25 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	McIntosh, Muskogee, Okmulgee, Wagoner	50 min
May 25, 1:34 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Muskogee, Okmulgee, Wagoner	26 min
May 25, 1:45 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	Creek	27 hr
May 25, 1:52 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Pittsburg, Pushmataha	53 min
May 25, 2:14 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	McIntosh, Muskogee, Okmulgee	46 min
May 25, 2:39 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Latimer, Pittsburg, Pushmataha	51 min
May 25, 2:50 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Cherokee, Delaware, Muskogee	3 hr
May 25, 2:55 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Muskogee, Sequoyah	65 min
May 25, 3:02 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Pushmataha	4 hr
May 25, 3:20 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Adair, Sequoyah	55 min
May 25, 3:24 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Pushmataha	51 min
May 25, 3:46 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	LeFlore	44 min
May 25, 3:49 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	TSA	Creek, Okfuskee, Okmulgee	36 hr
May 25, 4:31 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	LeFlore	44 min
May 25, 6:11 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Osage	34 min
May 25, 6:22 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	TSA	Pushmataha	36 hr
May 25, 6:45 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Craig, Delaware, Mayes, Nowata and 6 more	3 hr
May 25, 7:46 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Delaware, Mayes, Rogers, Wagoner	3 hr
May 25, 8:01 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Cherokee, Creek, Tulsa, Wagoner	3 hr
May 25, 8:23 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	Okmulgee	4 days
May 25, 8:23 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	Pushmataha	30 hr
May 25, 8:39 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, McIntosh, Muskogee, Okmulgee, Sequoyah and 2 more	2 hr
May 25, 10:00 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Delaware, Mayes, Rogers, Wagoner	30 hr
May 25, 2:40 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	Rogers, Tulsa	47 hr
May 25, 2:46 PM CDT	River Flood Advisory	TSA	Cherokee	66 hr
May 25, 2:46 PM CDT	River Flood Advisory	TSA	Cherokee, Delaware	22 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.