Alert archive / Oklahoma / Flash Flood Warnings in 2017
Flash Flood Warning 18, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this flash flood warning at Apr 29, 2017, 8:04 PM CDT for 6 counties in Oklahoma. It was in force for 4 hr. 5 reports 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
- Apr 29, 2017, 8:04 PM CDT (01:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 30, 2017, 12:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Creek County, OK, Okfuskee County, OK, Okmulgee County, OK, Osage County, OK, Pawnee County, OK, Tulsa County, OK
The radar
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:07 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 29, 8:29 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 4 Ne Tulsa, OK | 4 INCHES OF RUNNING WATER IN STREETS |
| Apr 29, 9:30 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Tulsa, OK | 86TH SREET NORTH BETWEEN SHERIDAN AND YALE IS CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING |
| Apr 29, 10:24 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Schulter, OK | CHERRY ROAD IN SCHULTER ROAD CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER |
| Apr 29, 10:54 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Okmulgee, OK | BIXBY RD CLOSED BETWEEN ADAMS RD AND FERGUSON RD DUE TO HIGH WATER. SNAKE CREEK IS OUT OF ITS BANKS. |
| Apr 29, 11:00 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Owasso, OK | 106TH ST IMPASSABLE DUE TO WATER BETWEEN 161 ST EAST AVE AND 193 EAST AVE. 193 EAST AVE FLOODED NORTH OF 106TH ST. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 341 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
- 3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 619 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 49 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 229 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 13.3
The text
As transmitted.
837
WGUS54 KTSA 300104
FFWTSA
OKC037-107-111-113-117-143-300500-
/O.NEW.KTSA.FF.W.0018.170430T0104Z-170430T0500Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
804 PM CDT SAT APR 29 2017
The National Weather Service in Tulsa has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Southeastern Osage County in northeastern Oklahoma...
Creek County in northeastern Oklahoma...
Southeastern Pawnee County in northeastern Oklahoma...
Okmulgee County in northeastern Oklahoma...
Tulsa County in northeastern Oklahoma...
Okfuskee County in east central Oklahoma...
* Until midnight CDT
* At 803 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
heavy rain across the warned area. 1 to 3 inches of rain have
fallen today. Flash flooding is expected to begin shortly.
* Some locations that may experience flooding include...
Tulsa... Broken Arrow...
Sand Springs... Okmulgee...
Bristow... Okemah...
Owasso... Bixby...
Sapulpa... Jenks...
Okfuskee... Glenpool...
Skiatook... Catoosa...
Henryetta... Collinsville...
Mannford... Drumright...
Kiefer... Morris...
Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 2 inches are possible in the
warned area.
This includes the following highways,
Interstate 40 in Oklahoma between mile markers 212 and 244.
Interstate 44 between mile markers 178 and 232.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the
dangers of flooding.
&&
LAT...LON 3615 9662 3643 9600 3642 9580 3616 9581
3616 9577 3590 9576 3590 9582 3586 9582
3585 9577 3559 9572 3555 9582 3538 9588
3537 9598 3529 9598 3529 9644 3546 9644
3543 9650 3545 9655 3539 9654 3540 9662
$$1 follow-up statement
056
WGUS74 KTSA 300321
FFSTSA
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
1021 PM CDT SAT APR 29 2017
OKC037-107-111-113-117-143-300500-
/O.CON.KTSA.FF.W.0018.000000T0000Z-170430T0500Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Osage OK-Creek OK-Pawnee OK-Okmulgee OK-Tulsa OK-Okfuskee OK-
1021 PM CDT SAT APR 29 2017
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN OSAGE...CREEK...SOUTHEASTERN PAWNEE...OKMULGEE...TULSA
AND OKFUSKEE COUNTIES...
At 1020 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated that much of the rain has
ended across the warned area. 2 to 4 inches of rain have fallen
today and flash flooding is likely continuing.
Some locations that may experience flooding include...
Tulsa... Broken Arrow...
Sand Springs... Okmulgee...
Bristow... Okemah...
Owasso... Bixby...
Sapulpa... Jenks...
Okfuskee... Glenpool...
Skiatook... Catoosa...
Henryetta... Collinsville...
Mannford... Drumright...
Kiefer... Morris...
This includes the following highways,
Interstate 40 in Oklahoma between mile markers 212 and 244.
Interstate 44 between mile markers 178 and 232.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the
dangers of flooding.
&&
LAT...LON 3615 9662 3643 9600 3642 9580 3616 9581
3616 9577 3590 9576 3590 9582 3586 9582
3585 9577 3559 9572 3555 9582 3538 9588
3537 9598 3529 9598 3529 9644 3546 9644
3543 9650 3545 9655 3539 9654 3540 9662
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 29, 7:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Haskell, Latimer, Muskogee, Pittsburg | 35 min |
| Apr 29, 7:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Cherokee | 48 min |
| Apr 29, 7:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Haskell, Muskogee | 28 min |
| Apr 29, 7:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Nowata | 51 min |
| Apr 29, 7:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | McIntosh | 30 min |
| Apr 29, 7:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Muskogee | 36 min |
| Apr 29, 8:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Okfuskee | 26 min |
| Apr 29, 8:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Okmulgee | 23 min |
| Apr 29, 8:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Wagoner | 25 min |
| Apr 29, 9:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | LeFlore | 32 min |
| Apr 29, 9:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Choctaw | 18 min |
| Apr 29, 11:09 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | TSA | Creek, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Osage, Pawnee, Tulsa | 36 hr |
| Apr 29, 11:17 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | TSA | Haskell, McIntosh, Muskogee, Pittsburg, Sequoyah | 36 hr |
| Apr 29, 11:25 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, Craig, Delaware, Mayes, Muskogee and 4 more | 36 hr |
| Apr 30, 3:02 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | Nowata | 53 hr |
| Apr 30, 4:11 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, Choctaw, Craig, Creek, Delaware and 16 more | 17 hr |
| Apr 30, 7:35 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Delaware, Mayes | 4 days |
| Apr 30, 7:46 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Mayes | 5 days |
| Apr 30, 10:40 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | Cherokee, Delaware | 11 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.