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Flash Flood Warning 31, NWS Tulsa, OK

June 7, 20214 counties in Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this flash flood warning at Jun 7, 2021, 7:04 AM CDT for 4 counties in 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, 7:04 AM CDT (12:04 UTC)
Expired
Jun 7, 2021, 10:00 AM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Creek County, OK, Osage County, OK, Pawnee County, OK, Tulsa County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:08 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 7, 9:23 AM CDTFLASH FLOODTerlton, OKCIMMARON ROAD IN TERLTON WASHED OUT BY HEAVY RAINS. SOCIAL MEDIA REPORT WITH PICTURE.

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 12:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 250 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2021-06-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 355 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2021-06-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 0 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
355 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-36 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
778 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
2 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
0 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
11 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

414 
WGUS54 KTSA 071204
FFWTSA
OKC037-113-117-143-071500-
/O.NEW.KTSA.FF.W.0031.210607T1204Z-210607T1500Z/
/00000.N.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
704 AM CDT Mon Jun 7 2021

The National Weather Service in Tulsa has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Creek County in northeastern Oklahoma...
  Southeastern Osage County in northeastern Oklahoma...
  Southeastern Pawnee County in northeastern Oklahoma...
  West Central Tulsa County in northeastern Oklahoma...

* Until 1000 AM CDT.

* At 704 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.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood 
deaths occur in vehicles.

&&

LAT...LON 3646 9672 3647 9626 3608 9617 3586 9612
      3586 9614 3586 9616 3586 9618 3586 9619
      3579 9619 3572 9655 3604 9662 3615 9662
      3615 9663 3615 9665

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
EXPECTED RAINFALL...1-3 INCHES IN 2 HOURS 

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 6, 7:12 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAChoctaw33 min
Jun 6, 7:38 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAChoctaw37 min
Jun 6, 8:10 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAChoctaw35 min
Jun 6, 8:20 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTSAChoctaw89 min
Jun 6, 8:39 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAChoctaw36 min
Jun 6, 8:46 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTSAPushmataha63 min
Jun 7, 2:01 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAMcIntosh29 min
Jun 7, 2:25 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAMuskogee35 min
Jun 7, 2:27 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAOkmulgee33 min
Jun 7, 2:29 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSACreek31 min
Jun 7, 2:37 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek, Pawnee38 min
Jun 7, 2:59 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTSAMcIntosh, Muskogee, Okmulgee2 hr
Jun 7, 3:08 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAOkmulgee37 min
Jun 7, 3:32 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSAMcIntosh, Muskogee, Okmulgee3 hr
Jun 7, 3:45 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAOkmulgee30 min
Jun 7, 4:38 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTSACreek, Rogers, Tulsa, Wagoner112 min
Jun 7, 4:47 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTSAHaskell, Muskogee3 hr
Jun 7, 5:20 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSAHaskell, McIntosh, Muskogee3 hr
Jun 7, 5:31 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSACreek, Osage, Tulsa3 hr
Jun 7, 5:45 AM CDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatTSAMcIntosh, Muskogee, Okfuskee, Okmulgee3 hr
Jun 7, 6:46 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTSACreek, Osage, Pawnee, Tulsa3 hr
Jun 7, 7:15 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTSAOsage3 hr
Jun 7, 7:17 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSAMcIntosh, Okfuskee, Okmulgee3 hr
Jun 7, 8:23 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningTSACreek, Osage, Tulsa3 hr
Jun 7, 8:30 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningTSAHaskell, McIntosh, Muskogee, Okfuskee, Okmulgee6 hr
Jun 7, 9:10 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTSACreek, Okfuskee, Okmulgee3 hr
Jun 7, 9:48 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningTSACreek, Osage, Pawnee, Tulsa3 hr
Jun 7, 10:21 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTSALeFlore3 hr
Jun 7, 10:24 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningTSAMcIntosh, Okfuskee, Okmulgee6 hr
Jun 7, 10:49 AM CDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatTSAOkmulgee5 hr
Jun 7, 10:55 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningTSACreek29 hr
Jun 7, 11:35 AM CDTFlash Flood WatchTSAChoctaw, Haskell, Latimer, Pittsburg, Pushmataha23 hr
Jun 7, 1:05 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTSAAdair, Sequoyah3 hr
Jun 7, 2:05 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningTSAOkmulgee18 hr
Jun 7, 3:29 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTSALeFlore3 hr
Jun 7, 3:33 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningTSAOkmulgee12 hr
Jun 7, 4:12 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningTSAMcIntosh, Muskogee, Okfuskee12 hr

Nearby

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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.