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Flash Flood Warning 15, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this flash flood warning at May 25, 2021, 2:16 PM CDT for LeFlore County, Pushmataha 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 25, 2021, 2:16 PM CDT (19:16 UTC)
- Expired
- May 25, 2021, 5:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties LeFlore County, OK, Pushmataha County, OK
The radar
The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:18 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 12:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 266 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
- 2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -97 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 846 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 73 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 83 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
527
WGUS54 KTSA 251916
FFWTSA
OKC079-127-252215-
/O.NEW.KTSA.FF.W.0015.210525T1916Z-210525T2215Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
216 PM CDT Tue May 25 2021
The National Weather Service in Tulsa has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Southern Le Flore County in southeastern Oklahoma...
Northeastern Pushmataha County in southeastern Oklahoma...
* Until 515 PM CDT.
* At 216 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
heavy rain moving into the warned area. Between 3 and 4 inches of
rain have fallen from heavy rains earlier today. Flash flooding is
ongoing or expected to begin shortly.
HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas,
highways, streets and underpasses as well as other
drainage and low lying areas.
* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
Talihina... Whitesboro...
Muse... Talimena State Park...
Lake Wister State Park... Summerfield...
Honobia... Hodgen...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
In hilly terrain there are hundreds of low water crossings which are
potentially dangerous in heavy rain. Do not attempt to cross flooded
roads. Find an alternate route.
&&
LAT...LON 3468 9506 3486 9506 3486 9500 3488 9500
3495 9478 3486 9456 3451 9474 3451 9505
3450 9505 3450 9513 3468 9509
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
$$
LacyThe office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 8:05 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | Latimer, Pittsburg, Pushmataha | 3 hr |
| May 25, 9:08 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | Haskell, Pittsburg | 3 hr |
| May 25, 10:38 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | Okmulgee | 3 hr |
| May 25, 10:42 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | Latimer, LeFlore, Pushmataha | 3 hr |
| May 25, 1:57 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | Pushmataha | 41 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.