Alert archive / Oklahoma / Flash Flood Warnings in 2017
Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this flash flood warning at Apr 16, 2017, 8:44 PM CDT for Osage County, Oklahoma. 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
- Apr 16, 2017, 8:44 PM CDT (01:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 16, 2017, 11:45 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 Tulsa radar (KINX), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:47 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 16, 9:00 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 2 Nw Pawhuska, OK | 3 TO 4 INCHES OF WATER OVERFLOWING SEVERAL LOW WATER CROSSING COUNTY ROADS. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 199 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
- 1796 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -33 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 690 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 30 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 110 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.5
- Supercell composite
- 3.1
The text
As transmitted.
067
WGUS54 KTSA 170144
FFWTSA
OKC113-170445-
/O.NEW.KTSA.FF.W.0002.170417T0144Z-170417T0445Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
844 PM CDT SUN APR 16 2017
The National Weather Service in Tulsa has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Northern Osage County in northeastern Oklahoma...
* Until 1145 PM CDT
* At 844 PM 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...
Bartlesville... Pawhuska...
Barnsdall... Shidler...
Burbank... Elgin...
Grainola... Foraker...
Bigheart... Pearsonia...
Osage Hills State Park... Okesa...
Eastern Kaw Lake... Webb City...
Wah Sha She State Park... Tallant...
Apperson... Pershing...
Nelagoney...
Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 2 inches are possible in
the warned area.
LAT...LON 3700 9622 3690 9600 3653 9600 3670 9683
3677 9682 3678 9675 3700 9675
$$2 follow-up statements
785
WGUS74 KTSA 170233
FFSTSA
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
933 PM CDT SUN APR 16 2017
OKC113-170445-
/O.CON.KTSA.FF.W.0002.000000T0000Z-170417T0445Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Osage OK-
933 PM CDT SUN APR 16 2017
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1145 PM CDT FOR
NORTHERN OSAGE COUNTY...
At 932 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy
rain across the warned area. 1 to 3 inches of rain have
fallen.
Some locations that may experience flooding include...
Bartlesville... Pawhuska...
Barnsdall... Shidler...
Burbank... Elgin...
Grainola... Foraker...
Bigheart... Pearsonia...
Osage Hills State Park... Okesa...
Eastern Kaw Lake... Webb City...
Wah Sha She State Park... Tallant...
Apperson... Pershing...
Nelagoney...
Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 2 inches are possible in
the warned area.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the
dangers of flooding.
Please report flooding to your local law enforcement agency when you
can do so safely.
&&
LAT...LON 3700 9622 3690 9600 3653 9600 3670 9683
3677 9682 3678 9675 3700 9675
$$139
WGUS74 KTSA 170442
FFSTSA
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
1142 PM CDT SUN APR 16 2017
OKC113-170451-
/O.EXP.KTSA.FF.W.0002.000000T0000Z-170417T0445Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Osage OK-
1142 PM CDT SUN APR 16 2017
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHERN OSAGE COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
1145 PM CDT...
The heavy rain has ended. Flooding is no longer expected to pose a
threat. Please continue to heed any remaining road closures.
LAT...LON 3700 9622 3690 9600 3653 9600 3670 9683
3677 9682 3678 9675 3700 9675
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 16, 7:07 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | Osage | 113 min |
| Apr 16, 7:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage | 62 min |
| Apr 16, 8:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage, Washington | 44 min |
| Apr 16, 8:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Craig, Ottawa | 46 min |
| Apr 16, 8:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Nowata, Osage, Rogers, Washington | 65 min |
| Apr 16, 8:47 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | Washington | 3 hr |
| Apr 16, 9:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Craig | 30 min |
| Apr 16, 9:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Craig, Nowata, Rogers | 53 min |
| Apr 16, 9:28 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | Nowata | 3 hr |
| Apr 16, 9:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Craig, Delaware, Ottawa | 59 min |
| Apr 16, 9:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Delaware, Ottawa | 35 min |
| Apr 16, 10:02 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | Craig, Delaware, Ottawa | 3 hr |
| Apr 16, 10:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Rogers | 33 min |
| Apr 16, 10:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Delaware, Ottawa | 35 min |
| Apr 16, 10:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Mayes | 38 min |
| Apr 16, 10:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Craig, Delaware, Mayes, Ottawa | 34 min |
| Apr 17, 1:12 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | Creek, Okmulgee, Tulsa | 3 hr |
| Apr 17, 4:52 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | Osage | 3 hr |
| Apr 17, 8:43 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | Pawnee | 2 hr |
| Apr 17, 8:53 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | Osage, Tulsa | 40 hr |
| Apr 17, 10:46 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | Osage | 15 hr |
| Apr 17, 11:41 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | TSA | Osage | 9 hr |
| Apr 17, 2:13 PM CDT | River Flood Advisory | TSA | Tulsa | 49 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.