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Flash Flood Watch 5, NWS Tulsa, OK

June 28, 2021Creek County, Pawnee County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this flash flood watch at Jun 28, 2021, 1:51 PM CDT for Creek County, Pawnee County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 29 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 28, 2021, 1:51 PM CDT (18:51 UTC)
Expired
Jun 29, 2021, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
29 hr
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Flood severity
None

Counties Creek County, OK, Pawnee County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:50 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 260 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 2021-06-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1005 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2021-06-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 2 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1005 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-34 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
754 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
2 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
21 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
-0.0
Supercell composite
-0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

751 
WGUS64 KTSA 281851
FFATSA

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Flood Watch
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
151 PM CDT Mon Jun 28 2021

OKZ054-059-064-290300-
/O.NEW.KTSA.FF.A.0005.210628T1851Z-210629T1200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Osage-Pawnee-Creek-
Including the cities of Pawhuska, Pawnee, and Sapulpa
151 PM CDT Mon Jun 28 2021

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING...

The National Weather Service in Tulsa has issued a

* Flash Flood Watch for a portion of northeast Oklahoma, including 
  the following counties, Creek, Osage and Pawnee.

* Through Tuesday morning.

* Numerous showers and scattered thunderstorms will continue through 
  tonight, with local rainfall amounts of 2 to 4 inches possible. 
  The heavy rain on top of already saturated ground may lead to 
  rapid onset flash flooding in some areas tonight.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

You should monitor later forecasts and be prepared to take action 
should Flash Flood Warnings be issued.

&&

$$
2 follow-up statements
236 
WGUS64 KTSA 282209
FFATSA

Flood Watch
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
509 PM CDT Mon Jun 28 2021

OKZ054-059-064-291200-
/O.CON.KTSA.FF.A.0005.000000T0000Z-210629T1200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Osage-Pawnee-Creek-
Including the cities of Pawhuska, Pawnee, and Sapulpa
509 PM CDT Mon Jun 28 2021

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING...

The Flash Flood Watch continues for

* A portion of northeast Oklahoma, including the following counties, 
  Creek, Osage and Pawnee.

* Through Tuesday morning.

* Numerous showers and scattered thunderstorms will continue through 
  tonight, with local rainfall amounts of 2 to 4 inches possible. 
  The heavy rain on top of already saturated ground may lead to 
  rapid onset flash flooding in some areas tonight.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

You should monitor later forecasts and be prepared to take action 
should Flash Flood Warnings be issued.

&&

$$
548 
WGUS64 KTSA 290757
FFATSA

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Flood Watch
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
257 AM CDT Tue Jun 29 2021

OKZ054-059-064-292000-
/O.EXT.KTSA.FF.A.0005.000000T0000Z-210630T0000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Osage-Pawnee-Creek-
Including the cities of Pawhuska, Pawnee, and Sapulpa
257 AM CDT Tue Jun 29 2021

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...

The Flash Flood Watch is now in effect for

* A portion of northeast Oklahoma, including the following counties, 
  Creek, Osage and Pawnee.

* Through this evening.

* Showers and scattered thunderstorms will continue through the day, 
  with additional local rainfall amounts of 1 to 2 inches possible. 
  The heavy rain on top of already saturated ground may lead to 
  rapid onset flash flooding in some areas.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

You should monitor later forecasts and be prepared to take action 
should Flash Flood Warnings be issued.

&&

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 28, 8:28 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningTSAOkmulgee9 days
Jun 28, 11:48 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTSAOsage4 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.