Alert archive / Oklahoma / Flash Flood Watches in 2019
Flash Flood Watch 9, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this flash flood watch at Jun 6, 2019, 3:20 AM CDT for 22 counties in Oklahoma; 4 counties in Arkansas. It took effect at Jun 6, 2019, 4:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 21 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 6, 2019, 3:20 AM CDT (08:20 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 6, 2019, 4:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Jun 7, 2019, 1:28 AM CDT
- In force
- 21 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Flood severity
- None
All 26 counties
Benton County, AR, Carroll County, AR, Madison County, AR, Washington County, AR, Adair County, OK, Cherokee County, OK, Choctaw County, OK, Craig County, OK, Creek County, OK, Delaware County, OK, Haskell County, OK, Latimer County, OK, Mayes County, OK, McIntosh County, OK, Muskogee County, OK, Nowata County, OK, Okfuskee County, OK, Okmulgee County, OK, Ottawa County, OK, Pawnee County, OK, Pittsburg County, OK, Pushmataha County, OK, Rogers County, OK, Tulsa County, OK, Wagoner County, OK, Washington County, OK
The radar
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:22 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
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 176 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
- 904 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -39 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1609 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 8 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -37 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 35 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood watch 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 watch went out at Jun 6, 2:58 AM CDT, 22 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 6, 2:58 AM CDT, 22 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 5, 5:09 PM CDT, 10 hours 11 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Tulsa OK 509 PM CDT Wed Jun 5 2019 ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-061000- 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- 509 PM CDT Wed Jun 5 2019 This Outlook is for Northwest and West Central Arkansas as well as much of Eastern Oklahoma. .DAY ONE...Tonight. FLASH FLOOD. RISK...Limited. AREA...Southeast Oklahoma and West Central Arkansas. ONSET...Ongoing. HEAVY RAIN. RISK...Limited. AREA...Southeast Oklahoma and West Central Arkansas. ONSET...Ongoing. THUNDERSTORMS WITH DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. RISK...Significant. AREA...Eastern Oklahoma and Northwest Arkansas. ONSET...Ongoing. DISCUSSION... Scattered showers and thunderstorms will continue to slowly diminish through this evening from southeast Oklahoma into northwest Arkansas. Gusty winds and small hail will be possible with the strongest storms until around sunset, but the greater threat will be locally heavy rainfall that may result in some localized flooding. Additional showers and thunderstorms may move into the area from the west late tonight. SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT... Spotter Activation Not Expected. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday. THURSDAY...Severe Thunderstorm Potential...Heavy Rain Potential. FRIDAY and SATURDAY...Thunderstorm Potential. SUNDAY and TUESDAY...No Hazards. EXTENDED DISCUSSION... An upper low over New Mexico will move east across the southern Great Plains on Thursday. Thunderstorms will continue to increase in number through the day along with the threat of heavy rainfall and localized flash flooding. The overall threat of storms will decrease over the weekend once the upper level system exits the region. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PLANNING STATEMENT... Continue to monitor the latest forecasts, especially in areas that are still dealing with overland flooding. Lake levels remain well above normal and any additional heavy rain may lead to increased river levels. weather.gov/tulsa contains additional information.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 8:07 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Latimer, LeFlore | 5 hr |
| Jun 6, 8:44 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | LeFlore | 47 hr |
| Jun 6, 1:36 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | Adair, Cherokee | 3 hr |
| Jun 6, 1:54 PM CDT | River Flood Advisory | TSA | Cherokee | 13 hr |
| Jun 6, 2:36 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | Osage, Pawnee | 3 hr |
| Jun 6, 2:37 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | Creek, Okmulgee, Tulsa | 3 hr |
| Jun 6, 3:20 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Creek, Muskogee, Okmulgee, Osage, Pawnee, Rogers and 2 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 6, 4:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Rogers | 35 min |
| Jun 6, 4:22 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Rogers, Wagoner | 6 hr |
| Jun 6, 5:06 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Adair, LeFlore, Sequoyah | 6 hr |
| Jun 6, 5:36 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Haskell, LeFlore, Muskogee, Sequoyah | 6 hr |
| Jun 6, 6:00 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Craig, Mayes, Rogers | 5 hr |
| Jun 6, 6:46 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | TSA | Osage, Rogers, Tulsa, Wagoner | 6 hr |
| Jun 6, 3:11 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | Washington | 3 hr |
| Jun 6, 3:51 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Washington | 6 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Watches in Oklahoma, 2019Flash Flood Watches in Arkansas, 2019Every flash flood watch 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.