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Flash Flood Warning 39, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this flash flood warning at May 24, 2019, 8:37 AM CDT for Osage County, Pawnee County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 3 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
- May 24, 2019, 8:37 AM CDT (13:37 UTC)
- Expired
- May 24, 2019, 11:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Osage County, OK, Pawnee County, OK
The radar
The Vance AFB radar (KVNX), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 12:00Z, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 163 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
- 1636 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -12 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 669 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 302 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 340 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.6
- Supercell composite
- 13.5
The text
As transmitted.
900
WGUS54 KTSA 241337
FFWTSA
OKC113-117-241630-
/O.NEW.KTSA.FF.W.0039.190524T1337Z-190524T1630Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
837 AM CDT Fri May 24 2019
The National Weather Service in Tulsa has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Northern Osage County in northeastern Oklahoma...
Western Pawnee County in northeastern Oklahoma...
* Until 1130 AM CDT.
* At 836 AM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
heavy rain moving into the warned area. A quick one to two inches
of rain is possible, which could lead to flash flooding on already
saturated soils.
* Some locations that may experience flooding include...
Pawhuska... Pawnee...
Fairfax... Shidler...
Ralston... Burbank...
Elgin... Skedee...
Grainola... Foraker...
Bigheart... Pearsonia...
Sunset Lake... Sooner Lake...
Southern Kaw Lake... Webb City...
Wah Sha She State Park... Apperson...
LAT...LON 3700 9601 3616 9682 3624 9682 3625 9692
3633 9693 3634 9703 3651 9703 3655 9690
3658 9689 3660 9692 3659 9705 3668 9706
3670 9703 3668 9694 3675 9689 3674 9683
3677 9682 3678 9675 3700 9675
$$
Lacy1 follow-up statement
510
WGUS74 KTSA 241434
FFSTSA
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
934 AM CDT Fri May 24 2019
OKC113-117-241630-
/O.CON.KTSA.FF.W.0039.000000T0000Z-190524T1630Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Osage OK-Pawnee OK-
934 AM CDT Fri May 24 2019
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1130 AM CDT FOR
NORTHERN OSAGE AND WESTERN PAWNEE COUNTIES...
At 932 AM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy
rain across the warned area. The Burbank Mesonet reported .78 inches
of rain over the past hour. Flash flooding remains possible.
Some locations that may experience flooding include...
Pawhuska... Pawnee...
Fairfax... Shidler...
Ralston... Burbank...
Elgin... Skedee...
Grainola... Foraker...
Bigheart... Pearsonia...
Sunset Lake... Sooner Lake...
Southern Kaw Lake... Webb City...
Wah Sha She State Park... Apperson...
The heavier rains will be moving out of the warned area soon.
Conditions should improve by midday.
LAT...LON 3700 9601 3616 9682 3624 9682 3625 9692
3633 9693 3634 9703 3651 9703 3655 9690
3658 9689 3660 9692 3659 9705 3668 9706
3670 9703 3668 9694 3675 9689 3674 9683
3677 9682 3678 9675 3700 9675
$$
LacyThe office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 9:22 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | Nowata, Osage, Rogers, Washington | 4 hr |
| May 24, 12:25 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | TSA | Craig, Creek, Nowata, Ottawa, Pawnee, Rogers and 2 more | 44 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.