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Flash Flood Warning 5, NWS Tulsa, OK

May 25, 2016Pushmataha County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this flash flood warning at May 25, 2016, 3:02 AM CDT for Pushmataha 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, 3:02 AM CDT (08:02 UTC)
Expired
May 25, 2016, 7:00 AM CDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Pushmataha County, OK

The radar

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 136 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:05 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

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 187 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, Norman, OK at 00:00Z on 2016-05-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1931 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Norman, OK at 00:00Z on 2016-05-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 128 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
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.

150 
WGUS54 KTSA 250802
FFWTSA
OKC127-251200-
/O.NEW.KTSA.FF.W.0005.160525T0802Z-160525T1200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  PUSHMATAHA COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA...

* UNTIL 700 AM CDT

* AT 302 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
  HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE
  FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  CLAYTON...                        ALBION...
  KOSOMA...                         SNOW...
  KIAMICHI...                       MOYERS...
  DUNBAR...                         TUSKAHOMA...
  STANLEY...                        NASHOBA...
  CLAYTON LAKE STATE PARK...        SARDIS...
  EUBANKS...                        FINLEY...

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED
AREA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3450 9578 3451 9567 3459 9567 3460 9552
      3466 9551 3467 9550 3468 9505 3431 9505
      3429 9578

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 24, 7:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAMcIntosh, Muskogee, Okmulgee49 min
May 24, 7:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSACherokee, Muskogee47 min
May 24, 8:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAHaskell, McIntosh, Muskogee, Sequoyah31 min
May 24, 8:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAAdair, Cherokee, Haskell, Muskogee, Sequoyah49 min
May 24, 9:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAAdair, Cherokee, Sequoyah33 min
May 24, 10:12 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAOkfuskee48 min
May 24, 10:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek, Okfuskee44 min
May 24, 10:36 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAPawnee39 min
May 24, 10:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek48 min
May 24, 11:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAOkmulgee47 min
May 24, 11:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAOsage45 min
May 24, 11:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAPawnee44 min
May 24, 11:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek, Okfuskee45 min
May 24, 11:38 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSACreek4 hr
May 25, 12:13 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek, Okfuskee, Okmulgee47 min
May 25, 12:24 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAAtoka36 min
May 25, 12:43 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek, Muskogee, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Tulsa47 min
May 25, 12:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAPushmataha45 min
May 25, 12:47 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSAOkfuskee, Okmulgee, Tulsa4 hr
May 25, 1:25 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMcIntosh, Muskogee, Okmulgee, Wagoner50 min
May 25, 1:34 AM CDTTornado WarningTSAMuskogee, Okmulgee, Wagoner26 min
May 25, 1:45 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningTSACreek27 hr
May 25, 1:51 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSAMcIntosh, Muskogee, Wagoner4 hr
May 25, 1:52 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAPittsburg, Pushmataha53 min
May 25, 2:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMcIntosh, Muskogee, Okmulgee46 min
May 25, 2:39 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALatimer, Pittsburg, Pushmataha51 min
May 25, 2:50 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTSACherokee, Delaware, Muskogee3 hr
May 25, 2:55 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAAdair, Cherokee, Muskogee, Sequoyah65 min
May 25, 3:20 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAAdair, Sequoyah55 min
May 25, 3:24 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAPushmataha51 min
May 25, 3:46 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSALeFlore44 min
May 25, 3:49 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningTSACreek, Okfuskee, Okmulgee36 hr
May 25, 4:31 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSALeFlore44 min
May 25, 6:11 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAOsage34 min
May 25, 6:22 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningTSAPushmataha36 hr
May 25, 6:45 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTSAAdair, Cherokee, Craig, Delaware, Mayes, Nowata and 6 more3 hr
May 25, 7:46 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSAAdair, Cherokee, Delaware, Mayes, Rogers, Wagoner3 hr
May 25, 8:01 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTSACherokee, Creek, Tulsa, Wagoner3 hr
May 25, 8:23 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningTSAOkmulgee4 days
May 25, 8:23 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningTSAPushmataha30 hr
May 25, 8:39 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTSAAdair, Cherokee, McIntosh, Muskogee, Okmulgee, Sequoyah and 2 more2 hr
May 25, 10:00 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningTSAAdair, Cherokee, Delaware, Mayes, Rogers, Wagoner30 hr
May 25, 2:40 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningTSARogers, Tulsa47 hr
May 25, 2:46 PM CDTRiver Flood AdvisoryTSACherokee66 hr
May 25, 2:46 PM CDTRiver Flood AdvisoryTSACherokee, Delaware22 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.