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Flash Flood Warning 26, NWS Tulsa, OK

May 19, 2017Creek County, Okfuskee County, Okmulgee County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this flash flood warning at May 19, 2017, 6:04 PM CDT for Creek County, Okfuskee County, Okmulgee County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 8 hr. 4 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
May 19, 2017, 6:04 PM CDT (23:04 UTC)
Expired
May 20, 2017, 2:00 AM CDT
In force
8 hr
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Creek County, OK, Okfuskee County, OK, Okmulgee County, OK

The radar

The Norman radar (KTLX), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:06 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 19, 8:34 PM CDTFLASH FLOODOkmulgee, OKWATER 6 INCHES DEEP ON SOME STREETS IN TOWN. SOME STREETS CLOSED.
May 19, 9:45 PM CDTFLASH FLOODBeggs, OKHIGHWAY 16 IN BEGGS CLOSED. SECTION OF HIGHWAY 75 CLOSED. SEVERAL OTHER KEY ROADWAYS ACROSS THE COUNTY CLOSED. MOTORISTS STRANDED. ALL CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING.
May 19, 10:08 PM CDTFLASH FLOODOkmulgee, OKNUMEROUS ROADS CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING.
May 19, 11:47 PM CDTFLASH FLOODPreston, OKALTERNATE 75 BETWEEN PRESTON AND BEGGS CLOSED DUE TO WATER OVER THE ROADWAY. ALSO, HECTORVILLE ROAD CLOSED FROM BETWEEN LEWIS AND 240 ROAD.

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 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 88 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 2017-05-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 525 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Norman, OK at 12:00Z on 2017-05-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 295 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
525 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-227 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
813 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
295 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
318 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.8

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The text

As transmitted.

832 
WGUS54 KTSA 192304
FFWTSA
OKC037-107-111-200500-
/O.NEW.KTSA.FF.W.0026.170519T2304Z-170520T0500Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
604 PM CDT FRI MAY 19 2017

The National Weather Service in Tulsa has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Southeastern Creek County in northeastern Oklahoma...
  Northwestern Okmulgee County in northeastern Oklahoma...
  Okfuskee County in east central Oklahoma...

* Until midnight CDT

* At 603 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...
  Okmulgee...                       Okemah...
  Okfuskee...                       Beggs...
  Boley...                          Paden...
  Bearden...                        Slick...
  Castle...                         Clearview...
  Preston...                        Okmulgee State Park...
  Welty...                          Mason...

Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 2 inches are possible in the 
warned area.

This includes Interstate 40 in Oklahoma between mile markers 212 and
228.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the
dangers of flooding.

&&

LAT...LON 3558 9662 3587 9614 3567 9580 3529 9634
      3529 9644 3546 9644 3546 9647 3543 9650
      3543 9652 3546 9654 3544 9657 3543 9656
      3542 9656 3541 9654 3539 9654 3541 9658
      3540 9660 3540 9662

$$
1 follow-up statement
561 
WGUS54 KTSA 200447
FFWTSA
OKC037-107-111-200700-
/O.EXT.KTSA.FF.W.0026.000000T0000Z-170520T0700Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
1147 PM CDT FRI MAY 19 2017

The National Weather Service in Tulsa has extended the

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Southeastern Creek County in northeastern Oklahoma...
  Northwestern Okmulgee County in northeastern Oklahoma...
  Okfuskee County in east central Oklahoma...

* Until 200 AM CDT

* At 1146 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated light to moderate rain 
  across the warned area. 3 to 5 inches of rain have fallen.
  Flash flooding is already occurring.

* Some locations that may experience flooding include...
  Okmulgee...                       Okemah...
  Okfuskee...                       Beggs...
  Boley...                          Paden...
  Bearden...                        Slick...
  Castle...                         Clearview...
  Preston...                        Okmulgee State Park...
  Welty...                          Mason...

Additional rainfall amounts of less than one half inch are possible 
in the warned area.

This includes Interstate 40 in Oklahoma between mile markers 212 and
228.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the
dangers of flooding.

&&

LAT...LON 3558 9662 3587 9614 3567 9580 3529 9634
      3529 9644 3546 9644 3546 9647 3543 9650
      3543 9652 3546 9654 3544 9657 3543 9656
      3542 9656 3541 9654 3539 9654 3541 9658
      3540 9660 3540 9662

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 18, 7:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek, Okfuskee43 min
May 18, 7:43 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAOsage32 min
May 18, 8:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSACreek, Tulsa45 min
May 18, 8:06 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAOkfuskee24 min
May 18, 8:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek, Rogers, Tulsa35 min
May 18, 8:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek, Okfuskee42 min
May 18, 8:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage, Rogers, Tulsa, Wagoner, Washington48 min
May 18, 9:05 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTSACreek, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Tulsa115 min
May 18, 9:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek, Okmulgee, Osage, Pawnee, Tulsa, Wagoner24 min
May 18, 9:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek, Okfuskee, Okmulgee48 min
May 18, 9:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek, Okmulgee, Osage, Rogers, Tulsa, Wagoner and 1 more49 min
May 18, 9:35 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSACraig, Nowata25 min
May 18, 9:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMcIntosh, Pittsburg65 min
May 18, 9:48 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAPittsburg42 min
May 18, 9:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMcIntosh, Muskogee, Okfuskee, Okmulgee36 min
May 18, 10:00 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAMcIntosh30 min
May 18, 10:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACherokee, Haskell, Latimer, McIntosh, Muskogee, Pittsburg and 1 more57 min
May 18, 10:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACherokee, Mayes, Muskogee, Okmulgee, Rogers, Tulsa and 1 more38 min
May 18, 10:23 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAMuskogee, Wagoner37 min
May 18, 10:28 PM CDTTornado WarningTSACherokee, McIntosh, Muskogee, Sequoyah47 min
May 18, 10:37 PM CDTTornado WarningTSACherokee, Mayes, Muskogee, Wagoner38 min
May 18, 10:42 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTSARogers3 hr
May 18, 10:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAAdair, Cherokee, Delaware, Haskell, LeFlore, Mayes and 3 more48 min
May 18, 11:00 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAAdair, Cherokee45 min
May 18, 11:01 PM CDTTornado WarningTSACherokee, Delaware, Mayes, Wagoner44 min
May 18, 11:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACraig, Delaware, Mayes, Ottawa, Rogers48 min
May 18, 11:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAHaskell, Latimer, LeFlore, Pittsburg, Pushmataha48 min
May 18, 11:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAAdair, Delaware, Sequoyah59 min
May 18, 11:32 PM CDTTornado WarningTSADelaware43 min
May 18, 11:34 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAAdair, Delaware41 min
May 18, 11:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMcIntosh, Pittsburg48 min
May 18, 11:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALeFlore, Sequoyah42 min
May 18, 11:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALatimer, LeFlore, Pittsburg, Pushmataha62 min
May 19, 2:16 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAPawnee44 min
May 19, 3:26 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSATulsa34 min
May 19, 3:58 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSATulsa32 min
May 19, 8:46 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningTSAOsage23 hr
May 19, 8:46 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningTSAOsage, Tulsa62 hr
May 19, 8:46 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningTSATulsa71 hr
May 19, 8:46 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningTSACreek38 hr
May 19, 8:56 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningTSAWashington71 hr
May 19, 8:56 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningTSARogers, Tulsa4 days
May 19, 8:56 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningTSAOttawa5 days
May 19, 10:57 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSATulsa33 min
May 19, 11:07 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAOsage23 min
May 19, 1:18 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAMuskogee27 min
May 19, 1:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSACherokee, Delaware, Mayes43 min
May 19, 2:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAAdair, Cherokee, Delaware, Mayes26 min
May 19, 2:21 PM CDTRiver Flood AdvisoryTSACherokee3 days
May 19, 2:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAAdair, Delaware41 min
May 19, 3:46 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAAdair29 min
May 19, 4:03 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAOkfuskee, Okmulgee27 min
May 19, 4:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Tulsa, Wagoner42 min
May 19, 4:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek, Okfuskee, Okmulgee48 min
May 19, 5:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAWagoner29 min
May 19, 5:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAMayes, Okmulgee, Wagoner30 min
May 19, 5:16 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTSACreek, Mayes, Muskogee, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Rogers and 2 more119 min
May 19, 5:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSADelaware, Mayes2 min
May 19, 5:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSADelaware, Mayes51 min
May 19, 6:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACherokee, Delaware, Mayes, Muskogee, Ottawa, Wagoner60 min
May 19, 6:19 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAOkfuskee26 min
May 19, 6:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek, Okfuskee, Okmulgee62 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.