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Flash Flood Warning 27, NWS Tulsa, OK

May 19, 20178 counties in Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this flash flood warning at May 19, 2017, 7:06 PM CDT for 8 counties in Oklahoma. It was in force for 7 hr. 9 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, 7:06 PM CDT (00:06 UTC)
Expired
May 20, 2017, 2:00 AM CDT
In force
7 hr
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Cherokee County, OK, Creek County, OK, Mayes County, OK, Muskogee County, OK, Okmulgee County, OK, Rogers County, OK, Tulsa County, OK, Wagoner County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:07 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 19, 7:38 PM CDTFLASH FLOOD2 S Kiefer, OKFLOODING ON HIGHWAY 75A BETWEEN 161ST STREET SOUTH AND 171ST STREET SOUTH.
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, 10:07 PM CDTFLASH FLOOD1 W Wagoner, OKFLOODING ON CHEROKEE ST IN WAGONER. FLOODED NEIGHBORHOODS. CREEKS AND DITCHES ARE FULL, DRAINS AT CAPACITY AND OVERFLOWING.
May 19, 10:08 PM CDTFLASH FLOODOkmulgee, OKNUMEROUS ROADS CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING.
May 19, 11:05 PM CDTFLASH FLOODMorris, OKHIGHWAY 62 EAST OF MORRIS CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING.
May 19, 11:19 PM CDTFLASH FLOODLocust Grove, OKFLOODED ROADS.
May 19, 11:20 PM CDTFLASH FLOODLocust Grove, OKSIGNIFICANT STREET FLOODING IN TOWN.
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

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 204 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, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2017-05-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2017-05-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -186 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1427 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-186 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-113 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

025 
WGUS54 KTSA 200006
FFWTSA
OKC021-037-097-101-111-131-143-145-200700-
/O.NEW.KTSA.FF.W.0027.170520T0006Z-170520T0700Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

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

The National Weather Service in Tulsa has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Southeastern Rogers County in northeastern Oklahoma...
  East central Creek County in northeastern Oklahoma...
  Mayes County in northeastern Oklahoma...
  Wagoner County in northeastern Oklahoma...
  Northwestern Cherokee County in east central Oklahoma...
  Northwestern Muskogee County in east central Oklahoma...
  Okmulgee County in northeastern Oklahoma...
  Southeastern Tulsa County in northeastern Oklahoma...

* Until 200 AM CDT Saturday

* At 700 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing 
  heavy rain across spreading into the western portions of the 
  warned area. 1 to 3 inches of rain have already fallen and an 
  additional 1 to 3 inches is likely. Flash flooding is expected to 
  begin shortly.

* Some locations that may experience flooding include...
  Southeastern Tulsa...             Broken Arrow...
  Muskogee...                       Okmulgee...
  Wagoner...                        Pryor...
  Bixby...                          Jenks...
  Glenpool...                       Coweta...
  Pryor Creek...                    Henryetta...
  Fort Gibson...                    Chouteau...
  Haskell...                        Inola...
  Kiefer...                         Morris...
  Locust Grove...                   Salina...

Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 3 inches are possible in the 
warned area.

This includes Interstate 40 in Oklahoma near mile marker 233.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3591 9502 3555 9580 3555 9582 3554 9582
      3542 9608 3555 9609 3555 9612 3590 9621
      3651 9503 3651 9501

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 19, 7:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMcIntosh, Muskogee, Okfuskee, Okmulgee47 min
May 19, 7:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSADelaware29 min
May 19, 7:22 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSATulsa23 min
May 19, 7:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACherokee, Mayes, Muskogee, Okmulgee, Rogers, Tulsa and 1 more50 min
May 19, 8:02 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSACherokee, Delaware, Mayes, Ottawa6 hr
May 19, 8:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAAdair, Cherokee, Craig, Delaware, Mayes, Ottawa61 min
May 19, 8:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMuskogee, Okmulgee, Wagoner47 min
May 19, 8:46 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningTSAAdair, Delaware35 hr
May 19, 8:46 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningTSACherokee56 hr
May 19, 9:00 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSAMcIntosh, Muskogee, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Pittsburg6 hr
May 19, 9:03 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAMcIntosh57 min
May 19, 9:09 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAOttawa51 min
May 19, 9:40 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAAdair, Cherokee50 min
May 19, 9:50 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningTSAOkmulgee5 days
May 19, 9:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMcIntosh, Pittsburg39 min
May 19, 9:55 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSAAdair, Cherokee, Delaware, Muskogee, Sequoyah6 hr
May 19, 10:28 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAPittsburg32 min
May 19, 10:39 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAAdair36 min
May 19, 11:01 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSAHaskell, Latimer, LeFlore, McIntosh, Muskogee, Pittsburg and 1 more6 hr
May 19, 11:03 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSAAdair, Cherokee, Sequoyah6 hr
May 19, 11:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAAdair23 min
May 20, 12:47 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAPittsburg43 min
May 20, 1:47 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAChoctaw, Pushmataha58 min
May 20, 1:51 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningTSACherokee, Creek, Delaware, Mayes, Muskogee, Okfuskee and 5 more18 hr
May 20, 2:20 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSALatimer55 min
May 20, 2:48 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSALeFlore57 min
May 20, 3:09 AM CDTRiver Flood AdvisoryTSAAdair, Cherokee, Delaware36 hr
May 20, 4:13 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningTSALeFlore54 hr
May 20, 4:19 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSALeFlore, Pushmataha4 hr
May 20, 8:55 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningTSAAdair, Cherokee, Delaware, Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore and 3 more36 hr
May 20, 8:58 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningTSAOttawa46 hr
May 20, 8:58 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningTSAOttawa45 hr
May 20, 9:30 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningTSACreek17 hr
May 20, 9:30 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningTSARogers, Tulsa16 hr
May 20, 9:41 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningTSAAdair, Cherokee, Delaware37 hr
May 20, 10:07 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningTSALeFlore19 hr
May 20, 10:07 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningTSASequoyah18 hr
May 20, 2:39 PM CDTRiver Flood AdvisoryTSACherokee, Delaware12 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.