Alert archive / Oklahoma / Flash Flood Warnings in 2017
Flash Flood Warning 45, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this flash flood warning at Aug 14, 2017, 3:19 PM CDT for Pittsburg County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 5 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
- Aug 14, 2017, 3:19 PM CDT (20:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 14, 2017, 8:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Pittsburg County, OK
The radar
The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:19 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 14, 4:15 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 1 Ne Krebs, OK | SWIFT WATER RESCUE ON KREBS LAKE RD. SOME COUNTY ROADS WERE ALSO FLOODED AND STATE HIGHWAY 270 BRIEFLY HAD WATER OVER IT. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. |
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, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 161 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 749 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 53 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 115 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
939
WGUS54 KTSA 142019
FFWTSA
OKC121-150115-
/O.NEW.KTSA.FF.W.0045.170814T2019Z-170815T0115Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
319 PM CDT MON AUG 14 2017
The National Weather Service in Tulsa has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Pittsburg County in southeastern Oklahoma...
* Until 815 PM CDT
* At 317 PM CDT, the public reported flooded roads near Haywood in
western Pittsburgh county. Radar estimates 1 to 3 inches of rain
have fallen across the warned area over the past 4 hours. Flash
flooding may be ongoing or is expected to begin shortly.
* Some locations that may experience flooding include...
Mcalester... Krebs...
Quinton... Kiowa...
Savanna... Crowder...
Alderson... Canadian...
Ashland... Haywood...
Blocker... Arrowhead State Park...
Scipio... Arpelar...
Dow... Bache...
Featherston...
Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 2 are possible in the warned
area.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
LAT...LON 3504 9609 3524 9545 3516 9545 3515 9536
3504 9535 3503 9538 3503 9551 3496 9551
3482 9566 3469 9592 3468 9609
$$1 follow-up statement
146
WGUS74 KTSA 150013
FFSTSA
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
713 PM CDT MON AUG 14 2017
OKC121-150115-
/O.CON.KTSA.FF.W.0045.000000T0000Z-170815T0115Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Pittsburg OK-
713 PM CDT MON AUG 14 2017
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM CDT FOR
PITTSBURG COUNTY...
At 712 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated that rains had ended across
Pittsburgh county. Rainfall totals are estimated 2 to 4 inches
across northern portions of Pittsburgh county. Flash flooding may
be ongoing before waters slowly recede this evening.
Some locations that may experience flooding include...
Mcalester... Krebs...
Quinton... Kiowa...
Savanna... Crowder...
Alderson... Canadian...
Ashland... Haywood...
Blocker... Arrowhead State Park...
Scipio... Arpelar...
Dow... Bache...
Featherston...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
&&
LAT...LON 3504 9609 3524 9545 3516 9545 3515 9536
3504 9535 3503 9538 3503 9551 3496 9551
3482 9566 3469 9592 3468 9609
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 14, 6:12 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Okfuskee | 33 min |
| Aug 14, 6:42 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Okfuskee | 48 min |
| Aug 14, 7:31 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Okmulgee | 29 min |
| Aug 14, 7:37 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Okmulgee | 23 min |
| Aug 14, 2:53 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | Pittsburg | 3 hr |
| Aug 14, 4:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Latimer | 47 min |
| Aug 14, 5:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Choctaw | 36 min |
| Aug 14, 6:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Choctaw | 50 min |
| Aug 14, 6:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Choctaw | 34 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.