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Flash Flood Warning 6, NWS Tulsa, OK

May 25, 20166 counties in Oklahoma; Benton County, Washington County, Arkansas

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this flash flood warning at May 25, 2016, 7:46 AM CDT for 6 counties in Oklahoma; Benton County, Washington County, Arkansas. It was in force for 3 hr. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: May 25, 2016, 7:46 AM CDT (12:46 UTC)
Expired: May 25, 2016, 10:45 AM CDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Benton County, AR, Washington County, AR, Adair County, OK, Cherokee County, OK, Delaware County, OK, Mayes County, OK, Rogers County, OK, Wagoner County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:45 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 25, 8:35 AM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	4 Nw Salina, OK	NUMEROUS ROADS FLOODED AND CLOSED THROUGHOUT MAYES CO. INCLUDING THE INTERSECTION OF 438 AND 460 ROADS...A QUARTER MILE OF HWY 28 WEST OF 426 RD...AND 380 RD BETWEEN 427 AND 429 ROADS. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR. ROADS REMAINED CLOSED AS OF 3PM MAY 25 ACCORDING T

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 126 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1507 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -15 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 11 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

885 
WGUS54 KTSA 251246
FFWTSA
ARC007-143-OKC001-021-041-097-131-145-251545-
/O.NEW.KTSA.FF.W.0006.160525T1246Z-160525T1545Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN BENTON COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN ARKANSAS...
  NORTHWESTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN ARKANSAS...
  MAYES COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA...
  SOUTHEASTERN ROGERS COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA...
  DELAWARE COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA...
  NORTHERN CHEROKEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA...
  NORTHEASTERN WAGONER COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA...
  NORTHERN ADAIR COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA...

* UNTIL 1045 AM CDT

* AT 744 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
  HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE
  FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  CLAREMORE...                      TAHLEQUAH...
  SILOAM SPRINGS...                 JAY...
  PRYOR...                          PRYOR CREEK...
  GENTRY...                         TONTITOWN...
  LINCOLN...                        CHOUTEAU...
  INOLA...                          CAVE SPRINGS...
  DECATUR...                        WESTVILLE...
  LOCUST GROVE...                   SALINA...
  WEST SILOAM SPRINGS...            COLCORD...
  KANSAS...                         ADAIR...

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

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 44 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 244 AND 263.
 
LAT...LON 3625 9420 3593 9439 3586 9479 3601 9541
      3614 9571 3641 9559 3649 9468

$$

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, 1:51 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	McIntosh, Muskogee, Wagoner	4 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, 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
May 24, 9:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Crawford, Washington	29 min
May 25, 4:16 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Madison	44 min
May 25, 4:40 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Crawford	35 min
May 25, 4:49 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Crawford, Sebastian	41 min
May 25, 8:46 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Washington	59 min
May 25, 8:57 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Benton, Crawford, Washington	48 min
May 25, 9:19 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Madison	41 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.