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Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS Tulsa, OK

May 29, 2016Osage County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this flash flood warning at May 29, 2016, 2:53 PM CDT for Osage 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
May 29, 2016, 2:53 PM CDT (19:53 UTC)
Expired
May 29, 2016, 5:45 PM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Osage County, OK

The radar

The Vance AFB radar (KVNX), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:53 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 12:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 163 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 12:00Z on 2016-05-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1734 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, Norman, OK at 12:00Z on 2016-05-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -14 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
1734 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-88 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
907 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-14 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
70 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.8

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The text

As transmitted.

880 
WGUS54 KTSA 291953
FFWTSA
OKC113-292245-
/O.NEW.KTSA.FF.W.0007.160529T1953Z-160529T2245Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
253 PM CDT SUN MAY 29 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL OSAGE COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA...

* UNTIL 545 PM CDT

* AT 252 PM 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...
  PAWHUSKA...                       HOMINY...
  FAIRFAX...                        SHIDLER...
  WYNONA...                         BURBANK...
  SOUTHERN KAW LAKE...              APPERSON...
  PERSHING...                       

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 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 3669 9706 3668 9694 3675 9689 3674 9683
      3677 9682 3678 9675 3680 9675 3674 9619
      3638 9640 3642 9669 3644 9672 3654 9673
      3657 9677 3647 9688 3646 9697 3652 9701
      3655 9690 3658 9689 3660 9692 3659 9706

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 29, 4:44 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAPittsburg46 min
May 29, 5:32 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAPittsburg43 min
May 29, 6:06 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSALatimer39 min
May 29, 6:43 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAOkfuskee47 min
May 29, 11:18 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAOsage42 min
May 29, 11:29 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSACreek31 min
May 29, 1:46 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAOsage44 min
May 29, 2:07 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSARogers38 min
May 29, 2:20 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAOsage40 min
May 29, 2:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage35 min
May 29, 2:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage37 min
May 29, 3:06 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAOsage39 min
May 29, 3:23 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAWashington37 min
May 29, 3:36 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAOsage24 min
May 29, 3:41 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSATulsa34 min
May 29, 3:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage, Tulsa30 min
May 29, 4:06 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAWashington24 min
May 29, 4:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage32 min
May 29, 4:20 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTSAOsage3 hr
May 29, 4:28 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAWashington32 min
May 29, 4:49 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSALeFlore26 min
May 29, 4:55 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAMayes35 min
May 29, 4:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAWashington32 min
May 29, 5:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMayes29 min
May 29, 5:11 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAWashington34 min
May 29, 5:22 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAWagoner23 min
May 29, 5:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMayes14 min
May 29, 5:41 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAMayes34 min
May 29, 5:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSARogers, Tulsa, Wagoner30 min
May 29, 5:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACherokee, Delaware, Mayes26 min
May 29, 5:53 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAMayes37 min
May 29, 6:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACherokee, Delaware, Mayes29 min
May 29, 6:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSARogers, Tulsa, Wagoner31 min
May 29, 6:21 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTSARogers, Tulsa, Wagoner3 hr
May 29, 6:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACherokee, Mayes33 min
May 29, 6:29 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTSACherokee, Mayes3 hr
May 29, 6:43 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSARogers32 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.