Alert archive / Oklahoma / Flash Flood Warnings in 2021
Flash Flood Warning 36, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this flash flood warning at Jun 8, 2021, 8:48 AM CDT for 4 counties in Oklahoma. It was in force for 4 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 8, 2021, 8:48 AM CDT (13:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 8, 2021, 12:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Haskell County, OK, Latimer County, OK, LeFlore County, OK, Pittsburg County, OK
The radar
The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 244 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
- 391 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -9 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 584 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 1 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 24 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 33 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
848
WGUS54 KTSA 081348
FFWTSA
OKC061-077-079-121-081745-
/O.NEW.KTSA.FF.W.0036.210608T1348Z-210608T1745Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
848 AM CDT Tue Jun 8 2021
The National Weather Service in Tulsa has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Southern Haskell County in southeastern Oklahoma...
Latimer County in southeastern Oklahoma...
Southern Le Flore County in southeastern Oklahoma...
Northeastern Pittsburg County in southeastern Oklahoma...
* Until 1245 PM CDT.
* At 848 AM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
heavy rain across the warned area. Between 2 and 4 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...
Wilburton... Stigler...
Heavener... Talihina...
Wister... Quinton...
Red Oak... Mccurtain...
Fanshawe... Whitefield...
Kinta... Lequire...
Bengal... Robbers Cave State Park...
Damon... Mc Curtain...
Talimena State Park... Enterprise...
Lake Wister State Park... Heavener Runestone State Park...
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 3513 9558 3521 9562 3529 9533 3526 9524
3529 9517 3490 9457 3469 9490 3468 9516
3490 9546
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
$$1 follow-up statement
521
WGUS74 KTSA 081746
FFSTSA
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
1246 PM CDT Tue Jun 8 2021
OKC061-077-079-121-081756-
/O.EXP.KTSA.FF.W.0036.000000T0000Z-210608T1745Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Haskell OK-Latimer OK-Le Flore OK-Pittsburg OK-
1246 PM CDT Tue Jun 8 2021
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR SOUTHERN HASKELL, LATIMER,
SOUTHERN LE FLORE AND NORTHEASTERN PITTSBURG COUNTIES...
The heavy rain has ended. Please continue to heed remaining road
closures.
LAT...LON 3513 9558 3521 9562 3529 9533 3526 9524
3529 9517 3490 9457 3469 9490 3468 9516
3490 9546
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 7:18 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | LeFlore | 3 hr |
| Jun 8, 3:04 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | Choctaw, Pushmataha | 3 hr |
| Jun 8, 3:20 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Choctaw, Pushmataha | 3 hr |
| Jun 8, 6:18 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Choctaw, Pushmataha | 4 hr |
| Jun 8, 7:49 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore, Pittsburg | 3 hr |
| Jun 8, 9:50 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | TSA | Choctaw, Pushmataha | 11 hr |
| Jun 8, 12:43 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | TSA | Latimer, LeFlore | 6 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Oklahoma, 2021Every flash flood warning in 2021
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.