Alert archive / Oklahoma / Flash Flood Warnings in 2021
Flash Flood Warning 29, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this flash flood warning at Jun 7, 2021, 5:31 AM CDT for Creek County, Osage County, Tulsa County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 3 hr. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 7, 2021, 5:31 AM CDT (10:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 7, 2021, 8:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Creek County, OK, Osage County, OK, Tulsa County, OK
The radar
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 35 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 7:00 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Tulsa, OK | INTERSTATE 44 EASTBOUND WAS BRIEFLY CLOSED IN WEST TULSA BETWEEN HIGHWAY 75 AND THE I-244 INTERCHANGE. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 208 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
- 316 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -40 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1074 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 20 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 12 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted.
908
WGUS54 KTSA 071031
FFWTSA
OKC037-113-143-071330-
/O.NEW.KTSA.FF.W.0029.210607T1031Z-210607T1330Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
531 AM CDT Mon Jun 7 2021
The National Weather Service in Tulsa has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Northeastern Creek County in northeastern Oklahoma...
Southeastern Osage County in northeastern Oklahoma...
Tulsa County in northeastern Oklahoma...
* Until 830 AM CDT.
* At 531 AM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1 and 2 inches of rain
have fallen. 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...
Tulsa... Broken Arrow...
Sand Springs... Owasso...
Bixby... Sapulpa...
Jenks... Glenpool...
Skiatook... Kiefer...
Sperry... Mounds...
Avant... Turley...
Jenks Riverside Airport... Tulsa International Airport...
Liberty... Gray...
Leonard...
Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 2 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 3649 9627 3649 9600 3642 9600 3642 9593
3620 9582 3615 9582 3615 9580 3590 9576
3590 9582 3586 9582 3586 9614
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
$$
RBD1 follow-up statement
784
WGUS74 KTSA 071224
FFSTSA
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
724 AM CDT Mon Jun 7 2021
OKC037-113-143-071330-
/O.CON.KTSA.FF.W.0029.000000T0000Z-210607T1330Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Creek OK-Osage OK-Tulsa OK-
724 AM CDT Mon Jun 7 2021
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 AM CDT THIS
MORNING FOR NORTHEASTERN CREEK, SOUTHEASTERN OSAGE AND TULSA
COUNTIES...
At 724 AM CDT, Doppler radar indicated light to moderate rain
continued across the warned area. The heaviest rains have moved
further west and south however flash flooding may be ongoing from
earlier heavy rains. Between 1 and 2 inches of rain have fallen.
HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas,
highways, streets and underpasses as well as other
drainage and low lying areas.
Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
Tulsa... Broken Arrow...
Sand Springs... Owasso...
Bixby... Sapulpa...
Jenks... Glenpool...
Skiatook... Kiefer...
Sperry... Mounds...
Avant... Turley...
Jenks Riverside Airport... Tulsa International Airport...
Liberty... Gray...
Leonard...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
&&
LAT...LON 3649 9627 3649 9600 3642 9600 3642 9593
3620 9582 3615 9582 3615 9580 3590 9576
3590 9582 3586 9582 3586 9614
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 6, 7:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Choctaw | 33 min |
| Jun 6, 7:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Choctaw | 37 min |
| Jun 6, 8:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Choctaw | 35 min |
| Jun 6, 8:20 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | Choctaw | 89 min |
| Jun 6, 8:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Choctaw | 36 min |
| Jun 6, 8:46 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | Pushmataha | 63 min |
| Jun 7, 2:01 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | McIntosh | 29 min |
| Jun 7, 2:25 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Muskogee | 35 min |
| Jun 7, 2:27 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Okmulgee | 33 min |
| Jun 7, 2:29 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Creek | 31 min |
| Jun 7, 2:37 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek, Pawnee | 38 min |
| Jun 7, 2:59 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | McIntosh, Muskogee, Okmulgee | 2 hr |
| Jun 7, 3:08 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Okmulgee | 37 min |
| Jun 7, 3:32 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | McIntosh, Muskogee, Okmulgee | 3 hr |
| Jun 7, 3:45 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Okmulgee | 30 min |
| Jun 7, 4:38 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | Creek, Rogers, Tulsa, Wagoner | 112 min |
| Jun 7, 4:47 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | Haskell, Muskogee | 3 hr |
| Jun 7, 5:20 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Haskell, McIntosh, Muskogee | 3 hr |
| Jun 7, 5:45 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | McIntosh, Muskogee, Okfuskee, Okmulgee | 3 hr |
| Jun 7, 6:46 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | Creek, Osage, Pawnee, Tulsa | 3 hr |
| Jun 7, 7:04 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Creek, Osage, Pawnee, Tulsa | 3 hr |
| Jun 7, 7:15 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | Osage | 3 hr |
| Jun 7, 7:17 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | McIntosh, Okfuskee, Okmulgee | 3 hr |
| Jun 7, 8:23 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | TSA | Creek, Osage, Tulsa | 3 hr |
| Jun 7, 8:30 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | TSA | Haskell, McIntosh, Muskogee, Okfuskee, Okmulgee | 6 hr |
| Jun 7, 9:10 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | Creek, Okfuskee, Okmulgee | 3 hr |
| Jun 7, 9:48 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | TSA | Creek, Osage, Pawnee, Tulsa | 3 hr |
| Jun 7, 10:21 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | LeFlore | 3 hr |
| Jun 7, 10:24 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | TSA | McIntosh, Okfuskee, Okmulgee | 6 hr |
| Jun 7, 10:49 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Okmulgee | 5 hr |
| Jun 7, 10:55 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | Creek | 29 hr |
| Jun 7, 11:35 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | TSA | Choctaw, Haskell, Latimer, Pittsburg, Pushmataha | 23 hr |
| Jun 7, 1:05 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | Adair, Sequoyah | 3 hr |
| Jun 7, 2:05 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | Okmulgee | 18 hr |
| Jun 7, 3:29 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | LeFlore | 3 hr |
| Jun 7, 3:33 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | TSA | Okmulgee | 12 hr |
| Jun 7, 4:12 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | TSA | McIntosh, Muskogee, Okfuskee | 12 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.