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Flash Flood Warning 68, NWS Tulsa, OK

June 23, 2019LeFlore County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this flash flood warning at Jun 23, 2019, 2:26 PM CDT for LeFlore County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 6 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 23, 2019, 2:26 PM CDT (19:26 UTC)
Expired: Jun 23, 2019, 8:30 PM CDT
In force: 6 hr
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

County LeFlore County, OK

The radar

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:27 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.

Did it verify

Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this flash flood warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 12:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 240 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: 2987 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 591 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 210 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 252 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 3.0
Supercell composite: 16.9

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

237 
WGUS54 KTSA 231926
FFWTSA
OKC079-240130-
/O.NEW.KTSA.FF.W.0068.190623T1926Z-190624T0130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
226 PM CDT Sun Jun 23 2019

The National Weather Service in Tulsa has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Southern Le Flore County in southeastern Oklahoma...

* Until 830 PM CDT Sunday.

* At 226 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing 
  heavy rain across the warned area. 1 to 3 inches of rain have 
  fallen. Flash flooding is expected to begin shortly.

* Some locations that may experience flooding include...
  Heavener...                       Octavia...
  Talimena State Park...            Heavener Runestone State Park...
  Whitesboro...                     Muse...
  Big Cedar...                      Hodgen...
  Summerfield...                    

Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 3 inches 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 3464 9494 3468 9494 3468 9495 3491 9500
      3491 9499 3492 9445 3451 9446 3451 9491

$$

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Tulsa, OK wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Jun 23, 12:46 PM CDT, 1 hour 40 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 23, 12:46 PM CDT, 1 hour 40 minutes before

Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
1246 PM CDT Sun Jun 23 2019

.AVIATION...
CONCERNING TAF SITES KTUL/KRVS/KBVO/KMLC/KXNA/KFYV/KFSM/KROG.
Showers and thunderstorms will continue sagging southeast across
southeast Oklahoma and western Arkansas this afternoon. Variable,
but mainly MVFR, flight conditions will be seen into this evening,
with most sites improving to VFR by late evening.

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /Issued 1021 AM CDT Sun Jun 23 2019/

DISCUSSION...
MCS continues to make steady progress south and east across the
forecast area. Expect this will be the main show for today with
little chance of redevelopment in its wake. Will likely see some
intensification of storms from southeast Oklahoma into west
central Arkansas by early afternoon, and this is where the main
severe weather threat will be for the rest of today.

Have adjusted pops for the rest of today based on current trends.
Will leave afternoon highs as is for now, but will monitor
temperature trends over the next few hours.

Update on the way.

&&

.TSA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OK...Flash Flood Watch through Monday morning for OKZ049-053>076.

AR...Flash Flood Watch through Monday morning for ARZ001-002-010-011-
     019-020-029.

&&

AVIATION.....05

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 23, 1:20 PM CDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
120 PM CDT Sun Jun 23 2019

ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-241000-
Adair OK-Benton AR-Carroll AR-Cherokee OK-Choctaw OK-Craig OK-
Crawford AR-Creek OK-Delaware OK-Franklin AR-Haskell OK-Latimer OK-
Le Flore OK-Madison AR-Mayes OK-McIntosh OK-Muskogee OK-Nowata OK-
Okfuskee OK-Okmulgee OK-Osage OK-Ottawa OK-Pawnee OK-Pittsburg OK-
Pushmataha OK-Rogers OK-Sebastian AR-Sequoyah OK-Tulsa OK-Wagoner OK-
Washington OK-Washington AR-
120 PM CDT Sun Jun 23 2019

This Outlook is for Northwest and West Central Arkansas as well as
much of Eastern Oklahoma.

.DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight.
TORNADO.
	RISK...Limited.
	AREA...Southeast Oklahoma and West Central Arkansas.
	ONSET...Ongoing.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.
	RISK...Significant.
	AREA...Southeast Oklahoma and West Central Arkansas.
	ONSET...Ongoing.

FLASH FLOOD.
	RISK...Elevated.
	AREA...Southeast Oklahoma and Northwest Arkansas.
	ONSET...Ongoing.

HEAVY RAIN.
	RISK...Significant.
	AREA...Southeast Oklahoma and West Central Arkansas.
	ONSET...Ongoing.

DISCUSSION...
Thunderstorms from southeast Oklahoma into west central Arkansas
will continue to sag southeast this afternoon. Some of these
storms are likely to be severe, with large hail and damaging winds
being the main threats. An isolated tornado cannot be ruled out.
These storms will also produce heavy rainfall, which will continue
to result in flash flooding, and also river flooding.

SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT...
Activation of the Regional Spotter Network Expected.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday.
MONDAY through SATURDAY...Thunderstorm Potential.

EXTENDED DISCUSSION...
Thunderstorms will be exiting southeast Oklahoma later tonight
into early Monday morning. Low chances for mainly diurnal
showers and thunderstorms will persist through all of the upcoming
week.

weather.gov/tulsa contains additional information.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 23, 12:50 PM CDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1250 PM CDT SUN JUN 23 2019

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1237 PM     FLASH FLOOD      3 NE BRUSHY             35.59N 94.69W
06/23/2019                   SEQUOYAH           OK   PUBLIC

            FLOODING NOTED IN A PUBLIC MPING REPORT.

&&

KAH

Local storm report, Jun 23, 1:31 PM CDT, 55 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
131 PM CDT SUN JUN 23 2019

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1249 PM     FLASH FLOOD      RUDY                    35.53N 94.27W
06/23/2019                   CRAWFORD           AR   BROADCAST MEDIA

            HIGHWAY 282 CLOSED NEAR FROG BAYOU DUE TO FLOOD WATERS.
            PUBLIC PHOTO RELAYED BY BROADCAST MEDIA TWITTER.

&&

KAH

Local storm report, Jun 23, 1:32 PM CDT, 54 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
132 PM CDT SUN JUN 23 2019

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0129 AM     FLASH FLOOD      SILOAM SPRINGS          36.19N 94.54W
06/23/2019                   BENTON             AR   BROADCAST MEDIA

            WATER COVERING THE ROAD AT THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 43
            AND MT OLIVE IN SILOAM SPRINGS. PUBLIC PHOTO RELAYED BY
            BROADCAST MEDIA TWITTER.

&&

KAH

Local storm report, Jun 23, 1:37 PM CDT, 49 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
137 PM CDT SUN JUN 23 2019

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0137 PM     FLASH FLOOD      3 SE FAYETTEVILLE       36.03N 94.12W
06/23/2019                   WASHINGTON         AR   BROADCAST MEDIA

            VEHICLE STUCK IN FLOOD WATER ACROSS DEAD HORSE MOUNTAIN
            ROAD IN THE FAR SOUTHEAST PORTION OF FAYETTEVILLE. PHOTO
            RECEIVED VIA BROADCAST MEDIA TWITTER.

&&

KAH

Special weather statement, Jun 23, 1:47 PM CDT, 39 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
147 PM CDT Sun Jun 23 2019

OKZ049-073-075-076-231945-
Pittsburg OK-Latimer OK-Pushmataha OK-Le Flore OK-
147 PM CDT Sun Jun 23 2019

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN PUSHMATAHA...SOUTHERN
LATIMER...LE FLORE AND SOUTHERN PITTSBURG COUNTIES UNTIL 245 PM
CDT...

At 146 PM CDT, strong thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 8 miles southeast of Wardville to 4 miles east of
Heavener Runestone State Park. Movement was southeast at 10 mph.

Wind gusts 40 to 50 mph will be possible with these storms.

Locations in or near the path include...
Clayton...                        Heavener...
Hartshorne...                     Talihina...
Wister...                         Howe...
Kiowa...                          Albion...
Ashland...                        Octavia...
Talimena State Park...            Snow...
Higgins...                        Heavener Runestone State Park...
Tuskahoma...                      Big Cedar...
Stanley...                        Kiamichi...
Whitesboro...                     Clayton Lake State Park...

LAT...LON 3450 9578 3451 9567 3459 9567 3459 9588
      3468 9589 3468 9609 3477 9609 3501 9445
      3452 9446 3451 9504 3443 9505 3431 9578
TIME...MOT...LOC 1846Z 303DEG 9KT 3459 9591 3491 9450

Local storm report, Jun 23, 2:23 PM CDT, 3 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
223 PM CDT SUN JUN 23 2019

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0945 AM     TSTM WND DMG     SCHULTER                35.51N 95.96W
06/23/2019                   OKMULGEE           OK   TRAINED SPOTTER

            A VERANDA ROOF WAS DAMAGED... WIND WAS MEASURED AT 61 MPH

&&

SFP

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 22, 7:02 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore, Sequoyah	3 hr
Jun 22, 8:19 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Latimer	41 min
Jun 22, 9:04 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Haskell	41 min
Jun 22, 9:21 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Haskell, Latimer, McIntosh, Muskogee, Pittsburg	3 hr
Jun 22, 9:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Haskell	45 min
Jun 22, 10:24 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore, Sequoyah	5 hr
Jun 22, 11:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Okmulgee	32 min
Jun 22, 11:53 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	McIntosh, Muskogee, Okfuskee, Okmulgee	3 hr
Jun 22, 11:55 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Okmulgee	35 min
Jun 23, 12:21 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	McIntosh, Muskogee, Okmulgee, Wagoner	3 hr
Jun 23, 12:26 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Okmulgee	34 min
Jun 23, 12:32 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	LeFlore	3 hr
Jun 23, 12:58 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Muskogee	62 min
Jun 23, 1:01 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	LeFlore	59 min
Jun 23, 1:27 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	LeFlore	6 hr
Jun 23, 1:32 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Wagoner	43 min
Jun 23, 1:50 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Rogers	40 min
Jun 23, 2:09 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Adair, Cherokee	66 min
Jun 23, 2:19 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Mayes	56 min
Jun 23, 4:18 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Sequoyah	3 hr
Jun 23, 5:01 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Delaware	3 hr
Jun 23, 5:31 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Pawnee	29 min
Jun 23, 5:41 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Adair	3 hr
Jun 23, 5:54 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Osage	36 min
Jun 23, 6:48 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Washington	42 min
Jun 23, 7:07 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Mayes, Rogers, Tulsa, Wagoner	38 min
Jun 23, 7:13 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Creek, Rogers, Tulsa, Wagoner	3 hr
Jun 23, 7:19 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Creek, Pawnee	56 min
Jun 23, 7:26 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Craig, Nowata	64 min
Jun 23, 7:40 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Creek, Rogers, Tulsa	65 min
Jun 23, 7:51 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Mayes	24 min
Jun 23, 8:11 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Delaware, Mayes	49 min
Jun 23, 8:24 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Craig, Creek, Delaware, Mayes, Nowata, Osage and 5 more	6 hr
Jun 23, 8:27 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	Ottawa	4 days
Jun 23, 8:27 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Delaware, Mayes, Rogers	48 min
Jun 23, 8:36 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Delaware	24 min
Jun 23, 8:41 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Mayes, Rogers, Wagoner	49 min
Jun 23, 8:49 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Creek, Delaware, Mayes, Muskogee and 6 more	6 hr
Jun 23, 8:52 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Adair	6 hr
Jun 23, 8:54 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Wagoner	51 min
Jun 23, 9:02 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Delaware, Mayes	58 min
Jun 23, 9:13 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	Adair, Delaware	35 hr
Jun 23, 9:13 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Delaware	41 hr
Jun 23, 9:13 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	Cherokee	55 hr
Jun 23, 9:25 AM CDT	River Flood Advisory	TSA	Cherokee, Delaware	24 hr
Jun 23, 9:30 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Cherokee, McIntosh, Muskogee, Okfuskee, Okmulgee	45 min
Jun 23, 9:31 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	Sequoyah	33 hr
Jun 23, 9:31 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	LeFlore	3 days
Jun 23, 9:55 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Adair	50 min
Jun 23, 10:18 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Cherokee, McIntosh, Muskogee	57 min
Jun 23, 10:39 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore, McIntosh, Muskogee, Okfuskee and 3 more	6 hr
Jun 23, 11:12 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Sequoyah	48 min
Jun 23, 11:47 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Haskell, Latimer, Pittsburg	58 min
Jun 23, 12:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Latimer, LeFlore, Pittsburg	59 min
Jun 23, 1:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Latimer, LeFlore, Pushmataha	58 min
Jun 23, 2:04 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	Cherokee	12 hr
Jun 23, 2:04 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	Osage, Tulsa	36 hr
Jun 23, 2:04 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	Rogers, Tulsa	36 hr
Jun 23, 2:29 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	Ottawa	43 hr
Jun 23, 2:41 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	TSA	Adair	6 hr
Jun 23, 3:00 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	LeFlore	66 hr
Jun 23, 3:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	McIntosh	47 min
Jun 23, 3:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Haskell, McIntosh, Pittsburg	42 min
Jun 23, 4:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Haskell, Latimer, Muskogee, Sequoyah	44 min
Jun 23, 4:45 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore, McIntosh, Muskogee, Pittsburg and 2 more	3 hr
Jun 23, 5:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, LeFlore, Sequoyah	47 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Oklahoma, 2019 Every flash flood warning in 2019

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.