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Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Tulsa, OK

May 5, 2022Latimer County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this flash flood warning at May 5, 2022, 3:46 AM CDT for Latimer County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 2 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 5, 2022, 3:46 AM CDT (08:46 UTC)
Expired
May 5, 2022, 5:55 AM CDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Latimer County, OK

The radar

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:45 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 00:00Z, 8.8 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 00:00Z on 2022-05-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2022-05-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 75 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
571 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
75 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
167 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.8

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The text

As transmitted.

497 
WGUS54 KTSA 050846
FFWTSA
OKC077-051345-
/O.NEW.KTSA.FF.W.0013.220505T0846Z-220505T1345Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
346 AM CDT Thu May 5 2022

The National Weather Service in Tulsa has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Latimer County in southeastern Oklahoma...

* Until 845 AM CDT.

* At 346 AM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing 
  heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1 and 2 inches of rain 
  have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 2 inches are 
  possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected 
  to begin shortly.

  HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.

  SOURCE...Radar.

  IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban
           areas, highways, streets and underpasses as well as
           other poor drainage and low-lying areas.

* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
  Wilburton...                       Red Oak...
  Damon...                           Robbers Cave State Park...
  Higgins...                         Panola...
  Gowen...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the 
dangers of flooding.

&&

LAT...LON 3484 9507 3479 9548 3502 9548 3503 9535
      3506 9533 3506 9493 3497 9493 3494 9495
      3494 9500 3489 9500 3486 9504 3486 9506

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED

$$
1 follow-up statement
609 
WGUS74 KTSA 051055
FFSTSA

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
555 AM CDT Thu May 5 2022

OKC077-051105-
/O.CAN.KTSA.FF.W.0013.000000T0000Z-220505T1345Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Latimer OK-
555 AM CDT Thu May 5 2022

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR LATIMER COUNTY...

The heavy rain has ended early this morning. Additional showers and 
storms will move across the region later today, however flooding is 
no longer expected to pose a threat through early morning. Please 
continue to heed any remaining road closures.

A Flood Watch remains in effect until 700 PM CDT Thursday for 
portions of Arkansas and Oklahoma.

LAT...LON 3484 9507 3479 9548 3502 9548 3503 9535
      3506 9533 3506 9493 3497 9493 3494 9495
      3494 9500 3489 9500 3486 9504 3486 9506

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 4, 7:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSANowata, Rogers, Washington29 min
May 4, 7:04 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSACreek26 min
May 4, 7:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek21 min
May 4, 7:18 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAOkfuskee42 min
May 4, 7:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSATulsa31 min
May 4, 7:38 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSARogers37 min
May 4, 7:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACraig, Nowata, Rogers33 min
May 4, 7:53 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSAOkfuskee, Okmulgee4 hr
May 4, 7:54 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSARogers36 min
May 4, 7:56 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAOkfuskee, Okmulgee49 min
May 4, 8:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSACraig, Ottawa29 min
May 4, 8:18 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningTSAOttawa5 days
May 4, 8:29 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningTSALeFlore36 hr
May 4, 8:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOkfuskee57 min
May 4, 8:42 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAMcIntosh, Muskogee, Okfuskee, Okmulgee48 min
May 4, 8:53 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAOkfuskee52 min
May 4, 9:00 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSAMcIntosh, Muskogee, Okmulgee, Wagoner4 hr
May 4, 9:04 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAOttawa26 min
May 4, 9:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMcIntosh, Muskogee, Okmulgee, Wagoner66 min
May 4, 9:38 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAOkfuskee, Okmulgee52 min
May 4, 10:08 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSACreek37 min
May 4, 10:12 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAPawnee33 min
May 4, 10:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAHaskell, McIntosh, Muskogee, Okmulgee, Pittsburg60 min
May 4, 10:28 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAOkfuskee32 min
May 4, 10:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSACherokee, Wagoner45 min
May 4, 10:35 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSAAdair, Cherokee, Delaware, Mayes, Muskogee, Wagoner7 hr
May 4, 10:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek, Okfuskee, Okmulgee39 min
May 4, 10:40 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSACreek, Okfuskee, Okmulgee4 hr
May 4, 10:45 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAPawnee30 min
May 4, 10:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOkfuskee, Okmulgee27 min
May 4, 11:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatTSAOsage37 min
May 4, 11:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage, Pawnee48 min
May 4, 11:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatTSAMcIntosh, Muskogee48 min
May 4, 11:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek, Muskogee, Okfuskee, Okmulgee46 min
May 4, 11:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAAdair, Cherokee, Delaware, Muskogee, Sequoyah49 min
May 4, 11:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek, Osage, Pawnee, Tulsa45 min
May 4, 11:35 PM CDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatTSACreek, McIntosh, Muskogee, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Wagoner11 hr
May 4, 11:54 PM CDTFlash Flood Warning EmergencyCatastrophic damage threatTSAOkmulgee5 hr
May 4, 11:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSANowata, Osage, Washington29 min
May 4, 11:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek, Muskogee, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Tulsa48 min
May 5, 12:03 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSACreek, Tulsa42 min
May 5, 12:09 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACherokee, Muskogee, Okmulgee, Wagoner36 min
May 5, 12:13 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAAdair, Cherokee, Muskogee, Sequoyah47 min
May 5, 12:27 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTSATulsa4 hr
May 5, 12:44 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSACherokee, McIntosh, Muskogee, Okmulgee31 min
May 5, 12:58 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAAdair, Cherokee47 min
May 5, 1:03 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSAAdair, Cherokee, McIntosh, Muskogee, Okfuskee, Okmulgee and 1 more7 hr
May 5, 1:13 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSACherokee, McIntosh, Muskogee, Okmulgee47 min
May 5, 1:49 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAHaskell, Latimer, McIntosh, Muskogee, Pittsburg, Pushmataha41 min
May 5, 2:18 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAHaskell, Latimer, LeFlore, Muskogee, Pittsburg, Pushmataha and 1 more42 min
May 5, 2:34 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSASequoyah26 min
May 5, 2:39 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningTSAOttawa4 days
May 5, 2:55 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAHaskell, LeFlore, Sequoyah50 min
May 5, 3:19 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTSALatimer, LeFlore, Sequoyah4 hr
May 5, 5:43 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningTSAAdair, Cherokee, Delaware, Mayes, Muskogee, Wagoner12 hr
May 5, 6:09 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningTSACreek, Mayes, Osage, Pawnee, Rogers, Tulsa and 1 more11 hr
May 5, 7:53 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningTSAAdair, Cherokee, McIntosh, Muskogee, Okfuskee, Okmulgee and 1 more9 hr
May 5, 8:10 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningTSATulsa6 hr
May 5, 8:14 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningTSARogers, Tulsa36 hr
May 5, 8:28 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningTSAMuskogee24 hr
May 5, 8:39 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningTSANowata48 hr
May 5, 10:22 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningTSAOkfuskee, Okmulgee7 hr
May 5, 10:30 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAOkmulgee30 min
May 5, 11:12 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAPawnee33 min
May 5, 11:25 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAOkfuskee35 min
May 5, 12:00 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSACreek, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Rogers, Tulsa, Wagoner2 hr
May 5, 12:04 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAOkfuskee, Okmulgee, Tulsa26 min
May 5, 12:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMuskogee, Okmulgee, Wagoner38 min
May 5, 12:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAWagoner30 min
May 5, 12:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACherokee, Wagoner24 min
May 5, 1:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAMayes30 min
May 5, 1:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSACherokee, Muskogee44 min
May 5, 1:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALatimer, Pittsburg39 min
May 5, 1:19 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSACherokee26 min
May 5, 1:24 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAChoctaw36 min
May 5, 1:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAChoctaw46 min
May 5, 1:33 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAAdair, Cherokee, Delaware42 min
May 5, 1:35 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningTSAOsage, Tulsa7 hr
May 5, 1:36 PM CDTRiver Flood AdvisoryTSATulsa15 hr
May 5, 1:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAHaskell, Latimer, Pittsburg34 min

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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.