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Flash Flood Warning 5, NWS Tulsa, OK

June 24, 2018Okfuskee County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this flash flood warning at Jun 24, 2018, 1:39 AM CDT for Okfuskee County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 12 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: Jun 24, 2018, 1:39 AM CDT (06:39 UTC)
Expired: Jun 24, 2018, 1:30 PM CDT
In force: 12 hr
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

County Okfuskee County, OK

The radar

The Norman radar (KTLX), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:41 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

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 94 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 3256 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -9 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1229 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 36 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 157 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.6
Supercell composite: 9.8

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

590 
WGUS54 KTSA 240639
FFWTSA
OKC107-241230-
/O.NEW.KTSA.FF.W.0005.180624T0639Z-180624T1230Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
139 AM CDT SUN JUN 24 2018

The National Weather Service in Tulsa has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Okfuskee County in east central Oklahoma...

* Until 730 AM CDT

* At 135 AM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing 
  heavy rain across the warned area. Radar estimates that between 2 
  and 4 inches of rain has fallen since 10 PM. Flash flooding is 
  expected to begin shortly.

* Some locations that may experience flooding include...
  Okemah...                         Okfuskee...
  Boley...                          Weleetka...
  Paden...                          Bearden...
  Castle...                         Clearview...
  Welty...                          Pharoah...
  Mason...                          

Additional heavy rainfall is occurring over the warned area and is 
expected to continue over the next couple of hours.

This includes Interstate 40 in Oklahoma between mile markers 212 and
231.
 
LAT...LON 3564 9662 3564 9619 3555 9619 3555 9609
      3538 9609 3538 9606 3529 9605 3529 9644
      3546 9644 3546 9647 3543 9650 3543 9652
      3545 9655 3544 9657 3541 9654 3539 9654
      3541 9658 3540 9662

$$

Lacy

2 follow-up statements

751 
WGUS74 KTSA 240809
FFSTSA

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
309 AM CDT SUN JUN 24 2018

OKC107-241230-
/O.CON.KTSA.FF.W.0005.000000T0000Z-180624T1230Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Okfuskee OK-
309 AM CDT SUN JUN 24 2018

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 AM CDT FOR
OKFUSKEE COUNTY...

At 306 AM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy 
rain across the warned area. Radar estimates that between 3 and 6 
inches of rain has fallen since 10 PM Saturday evening. Significant 
flash flooding is likely occurring over central portions of Okfuskee 
county at the current time.

Some locations that may experience flooding include...
Okemah...                         Okfuskee...
Boley...                          Weleetka...
Paden...                          Bearden...
Castle...                         Clearview...
Welty...                          Pharoah...
Mason...                          

The rains are gradually coming to an end over the county as the 
storms move off to the east.

This includes Interstate 40 in Oklahoma between mile markers 212 and
231.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.

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

&&

LAT...LON 3564 9662 3564 9619 3555 9619 3555 9609
      3538 9609 3538 9606 3529 9605 3529 9644
      3546 9644 3546 9647 3543 9650 3543 9652
      3545 9655 3544 9657 3541 9654 3539 9654
      3541 9658 3540 9662

$$

Lacy

023 
WGUS54 KTSA 241208
FFWTSA
OKC107-241830-
/O.EXT.KTSA.FF.W.0005.000000T0000Z-180624T1830Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
708 AM CDT SUN JUN 24 2018

The National Weather Service in Tulsa has extended the

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Okfuskee County in east central Oklahoma...

* Until 130 PM CDT Sunday

* At 706 AM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms continue to 
  move across the warned area. Radar estimates that between 5 and 8 
  inches of rain has fallen from the overnight storms. Flash 
  flooding is already occurring, and will only be exacerbated by 
  additional thunderstorm activity.

* Some locations that may experience flooding include...
  Okemah...                         Okfuskee...
  Boley...                          Weleetka...
  Paden...                          Bearden...
  Castle...                         Clearview...
  Welty...                          Pharoah...
  Mason...                          

This includes Interstate 40 in Oklahoma between mile markers 212 and
231.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.

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

&&

LAT...LON 3564 9662 3564 9619 3555 9619 3555 9609
      3538 9609 3538 9606 3529 9605 3529 9644
      3546 9644 3546 9647 3543 9650 3543 9652
      3545 9655 3544 9657 3541 9654 3539 9654
      3541 9658 3540 9662

$$

Lacy

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 23, 10:36 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Okfuskee	54 min
Jun 23, 11:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Okfuskee, Okmulgee	55 min
Jun 23, 11:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Creek, Okmulgee, Tulsa	54 min
Jun 23, 11:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Okfuskee, Okmulgee	62 min
Jun 24, 12:07 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Creek	38 min
Jun 24, 12:22 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Tulsa	68 min
Jun 24, 12:26 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Muskogee, Wagoner	64 min
Jun 24, 12:44 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Okfuskee	3 hr
Jun 24, 1:18 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Cherokee, Mayes, Wagoner	42 min
Jun 24, 1:49 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Pawnee	26 min
Jun 24, 1:57 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Mayes	32 min
Jun 24, 2:15 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	McIntosh, Pittsburg	30 min
Jun 24, 2:31 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Tulsa	29 min
Jun 24, 2:37 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Pittsburg	38 min
Jun 24, 2:46 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Tulsa	3 hr
Jun 24, 3:08 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	McIntosh, Okfuskee, Okmulgee	52 min
Jun 24, 3:14 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	McIntosh, Muskogee	31 min
Jun 24, 3:22 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Osage, Pawnee	53 min
Jun 24, 3:27 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	McIntosh, Okfuskee, Okmulgee	3 hr
Jun 24, 3:37 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Osage	38 min
Jun 24, 3:49 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Haskell, McIntosh, Muskogee, Pittsburg	41 min
Jun 24, 3:56 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Pittsburg	34 min
Jun 24, 4:01 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Creek, Osage, Pawnee, Tulsa	59 min
Jun 24, 4:05 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Latimer, Pittsburg	40 min
Jun 24, 4:32 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Creek, Muskogee, Okmulgee, Osage, Pawnee, Rogers and 2 more	58 min
Jun 24, 4:32 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore, Muskogee, Sequoyah	43 min
Jun 24, 4:37 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Haskell, Latimer, Pittsburg	23 min
Jun 24, 4:49 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Pittsburg	41 min
Jun 24, 5:00 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Okfuskee, Okmulgee	45 min
Jun 24, 5:04 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Creek, Tulsa	3 hr
Jun 24, 5:08 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Pittsburg	22 min
Jun 24, 5:12 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	LeFlore, Sequoyah	48 min
Jun 24, 5:16 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Cherokee, Haskell, McIntosh, Muskogee, Okfuskee, Okmulgee and 4 more	44 min
Jun 24, 5:23 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	McIntosh, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Pittsburg	52 min
Jun 24, 5:27 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Latimer, Pittsburg	48 min
Jun 24, 5:47 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Haskell, Latimer, Pittsburg, Pushmataha	43 min
Jun 24, 5:50 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore, McIntosh and 3 more	40 min
Jun 24, 6:03 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	McIntosh, Muskogee, Pittsburg	3 hr
Jun 24, 6:19 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore, Pittsburg, Pushmataha	41 min
Jun 24, 6:21 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Haskell, LeFlore, Sequoyah	39 min
Jun 24, 6:49 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	LeFlore, Sequoyah	56 min
Jun 24, 6:56 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	LeFlore, Pushmataha	49 min
Jun 24, 1:20 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	TSA	Okfuskee	12 hr
Jun 24, 3:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Haskell, Latimer, McIntosh, Pittsburg	28 min
Jun 24, 3:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Latimer, Pittsburg, Pushmataha	41 min
Jun 24, 4:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Choctaw, Latimer, LeFlore, Pushmataha	66 min
Jun 24, 4:37 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Sequoyah	38 min
Jun 24, 5:08 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	LeFlore	37 min
Jun 24, 5:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Choctaw	48 min
Jun 24, 5:14 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	LeFlore, Sequoyah	3 hr
Jun 24, 5:24 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Choctaw	51 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.