Alert archive / Oklahoma / Flash Flood Warnings in 2017
Flash Flood Warning 36, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this flash flood warning at Jul 3, 2017, 2:04 AM CDT for Choctaw County, Pushmataha County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 9 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
- Jul 3, 2017, 2:04 AM CDT (07:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 3, 2017, 11:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Choctaw County, OK, Pushmataha County, OK
The radar
The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 183 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:07 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 7.1 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1618 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -47 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1837 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 36 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 131 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 2.4
The text
As transmitted.
804
WGUS54 KTSA 030704
FFWTSA
OKC023-127-031300-
/O.NEW.KTSA.FF.W.0036.170703T0704Z-170703T1300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
204 AM CDT MON JUL 3 2017
The National Weather Service in Tulsa has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Southwestern Pushmataha County in southeastern Oklahoma...
Choctaw County in southeastern Oklahoma...
* Until 800 AM CDT
* At 200 AM CDT, Doppler radar indicated scattered thunderstorms
producing heavy rain across southwest Pushmataha and Choctaw
counties. 2 to 4 inches of rain have fallen and flash flooding is
expected to begin shortly.
* Some locations that may experience flooding include...
Hugo... Antlers...
Boswell... Fort Towson...
Sawyer... Rattan...
Soper... Kent...
Goodland... Messer...
Hugo Lake State Park... Raymond Gary State Park...
Kellond... Grant...
Ord... Fallon...
Swink... Frogville...
Apple... Speer...
Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 2 inches with locally 3 inches
are possible in the warned area through mid morning. These rainfall
amounts would likely cause significant flooding.
LAT...LON 3388 9554 3393 9556 3394 9560 3389 9569
3390 9575 3387 9577 3387 9584 3395 9594
3412 9594 3415 9598 3416 9578 3433 9578
3411 9516 3394 9516 3396 9523 3389 9526
3390 9526 3391 9527 3387 9529
$$2 follow-up statements
874
WGUS74 KTSA 030957
FFSTSA
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
457 AM CDT MON JUL 3 2017
OKC023-127-031300-
/O.CON.KTSA.FF.W.0036.000000T0000Z-170703T1300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Pushmataha OK-Choctaw OK-
457 AM CDT MON JUL 3 2017
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 AM CDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN PUSHMATAHA AND CHOCTAW COUNTIES...
At 450 AM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy
rain just west of the warned area. 4 to 5 inches of rain have
already fallen overnight. Additional thunderstorms will move into
southwestern Pushmataha and Choctaw counties with an additional 1 to
2 inches of rainfall possible through mid morning.
Some locations that may experience flooding include...
Hugo... Antlers...
Boswell... Fort Towson...
Sawyer... Rattan...
Soper... Kent...
Goodland... Messer...
Hugo Lake State Park... Raymond Gary State Park...
Kellond... Grant...
Ord... Fallon...
Swink... Frogville...
Apple... Speer...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Please report flooding to your local law enforcement agency when you
can do so safely.
&&
LAT...LON 3388 9554 3393 9556 3394 9560 3389 9569
3390 9575 3387 9577 3387 9584 3395 9594
3412 9594 3415 9598 3416 9578 3433 9578
3411 9516 3394 9516 3396 9523 3389 9526
3390 9526 3391 9527 3387 9529
$$760
WGUS54 KTSA 031244
FFWTSA
OKC023-127-031600-
/O.EXT.KTSA.FF.W.0036.000000T0000Z-170703T1600Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
744 AM CDT MON JUL 3 2017
The National Weather Service in Tulsa has extended the
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Southwestern Pushmataha County in southeastern Oklahoma...
Choctaw County in southeastern Oklahoma...
* Until 1100 AM CDT
* At 743 AM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
heavy rain across the warned area. 1 to 4 inches of rain have
fallen with the heaviest amounts across southwestern Choctaw
county. Flash flooding is likely already occurring.
* Some locations that may experience flooding include...
Hugo... Antlers...
Boswell... Fort Towson...
Sawyer... Rattan...
Soper... Kent...
Goodland... Messer...
Hugo Lake State Park... Raymond Gary State Park...
Kellond... Grant...
Ord... Fallon...
Swink... Frogville...
Apple... Speer...
Additional rainfall amounts around one inch are possible in the
warned area.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Please report flooding to your local law enforcement agency when you
can do so safely.
&&
LAT...LON 3388 9554 3393 9556 3394 9560 3389 9569
3390 9575 3387 9577 3387 9584 3395 9594
3412 9594 3415 9598 3416 9578 3433 9578
3411 9516 3394 9516 3396 9523 3389 9526
3390 9526 3391 9527 3387 9529
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2, 7:07 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | Adair, Sequoyah | 3 hr |
| Jul 2, 7:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Craig, Delaware, Mayes, Ottawa | 49 min |
| Jul 2, 7:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, Sequoyah | 29 min |
| Jul 2, 7:36 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | Craig, Delaware, Ottawa | 3 hr |
| Jul 2, 7:52 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | Latimer, Pittsburg, Pushmataha | 4 hr |
| Jul 2, 7:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Atoka | 37 min |
| Jul 2, 7:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Adair, Sequoyah | 32 min |
| Jul 2, 8:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Pushmataha | 35 min |
| Jul 2, 8:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Latimer | 32 min |
| Jul 2, 9:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Pushmataha | 34 min |
| Jul 2, 9:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Latimer, LeFlore | 31 min |
| Jul 2, 9:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | LeFlore | 33 min |
| Jul 2, 10:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Choctaw, Pushmataha | 45 min |
| Jul 2, 10:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Choctaw | 32 min |
| Jul 3, 7:58 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | Latimer, LeFlore, Pushmataha | 3 hr |
| Jul 3, 6:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Osage | 23 min |
| Jul 3, 6:53 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | Osage, Rogers, Tulsa, Washington | 3 hr |
| Jul 3, 6:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Pawnee | 35 min |
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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.