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Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this flash flood warning at Jun 12, 2016, 8:47 AM CDT for Pittsburg County, Pushmataha County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 5 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
- Jun 12, 2016, 8:47 AM CDT (13:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 12, 2016, 1:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Pittsburg County, OK, Pushmataha County, OK
The radar
The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 150 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:50 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 12:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 169 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 126 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -186 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1188 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 60 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 78 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
453
WGUS54 KTSA 121347
FFWTSA
OKC121-127-121845-
/O.NEW.KTSA.FF.W.0009.160612T1347Z-160612T1845Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
847 AM CDT SUN JUN 12 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN PITTSBURG COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA...
CENTRAL PUSHMATAHA COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA...
* UNTIL 145 PM CDT
* AT 846 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...
KIOWA... ASHLAND...
SNOW... CLOUDY...
DUNBAR... STANLEY...
NASHOBA... CLAYTON LAKE STATE PARK...
PITTSBURG... EUBANKS...
FINLEY...
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED
ROADS. FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE.
&&
LAT...LON 3446 9578 3451 9578 3451 9567 3459 9567
3459 9588 3468 9589 3468 9609 3488 9609
3446 9510 3422 9535
$$2 follow-up statements
479
WGUS74 KTSA 121641
FFSTSA
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1141 AM CDT SUN JUN 12 2016
OKC121-127-121845-
/O.CON.KTSA.FF.W.0009.000000T0000Z-160612T1845Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
PITTSBURG OK-PUSHMATAHA OK-
1141 AM CDT SUN JUN 12 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 145 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN PITTSBURG AND CENTRAL PUSHMATAHA COUNTIES...
AT 1138 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN
HAS FALLEN ACROSS THE WARNED AROUND. WHILE RAINFALL INTENSITY HAS
DECREASED ACROSS THE WARNED AROUND...FLASH FLOODING IS LIKELY
ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
KIOWA... ASHLAND...
SNOW... CLOUDY...
DUNBAR... STANLEY...
NASHOBA... CLAYTON LAKE STATE PARK...
PITTSBURG... EUBANKS...
FINLEY...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED
ROADS. FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE.
&&
LAT...LON 3446 9578 3451 9578 3451 9567 3459 9567
3459 9588 3468 9589 3468 9609 3488 9609
3446 9510 3422 9535
$$691
WGUS74 KTSA 121850
FFSTSA
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
150 PM CDT SUN JUN 12 2016
OKC121-127-121857-
/O.EXP.KTSA.FF.W.0009.000000T0000Z-160612T1845Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
PITTSBURG OK-PUSHMATAHA OK-
150 PM CDT SUN JUN 12 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN PITTSBURG AND CENTRAL
PUSHMATAHA COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...
THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED. FLOOD WATERS ARE RECEDING. WIDESPREAD...
LIFE-THREATENING FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A THREAT.
PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY REMAINING ROAD CLOSURES AND AVOID
DRIVING INTO AREAS WHERE WATER IS OVER THE ROAD.
LAT...LON 3446 9578 3451 9578 3451 9567 3459 9567
3459 9588 3468 9589 3468 9609 3488 9609
3446 9510 3422 9535
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 8:02 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Pushmataha | 28 min |
| Jun 12, 8:27 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Pushmataha | 48 min |
| Jun 12, 8:29 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | Pittsburg, Pushmataha | 3 hr |
| Jun 12, 11:06 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Delaware | 24 min |
| Jun 12, 12:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Ottawa | 37 min |
| Jun 12, 12:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Craig | 46 min |
| Jun 12, 4:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Choctaw | 35 min |
| Jun 12, 6:16 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | Choctaw | 3 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.