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Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS Tulsa, OK

May 23, 2022Creek County, Tulsa County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this flash flood warning at May 23, 2022, 10:34 PM CDT for Creek County, Tulsa County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 5 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 23, 2022, 10:34 PM CDT (03:34 UTC)
Expired: May 24, 2022, 3:45 AM CDT
In force: 5 hr
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Creek County, OK, Tulsa County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:36 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

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 3.6 hours before the alert went out and 113 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 431 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 213 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 411 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.2

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The text

As transmitted.

796 
WGUS54 KTSA 240334
FFWTSA
OKC037-143-240645-
/O.NEW.KTSA.FF.W.0021.220524T0334Z-220524T0645Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
1034 PM CDT Mon May 23 2022

The National Weather Service in Tulsa has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Northern Creek County in northeastern Oklahoma...
  West Central Tulsa County in northeastern Oklahoma...

* Until 145 AM CDT.

* At 1034 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing 
  heavy rain across the warned area. Between 2 and 4 inches of rain 
  have fallen as estimated by radar today. The expected rainfall 
  rate is 1 to 2 inches in 1 hour. 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...
  Tulsa...                           Sand Springs...
  Sapulpa...                         Jenks...
  Mannford...                        Drumright...
  Oilton...                          Shamrock...
  Keystone State Park...             Silver City...
  Gray...

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 3584 9662 3586 9662 3587 9662 3588 9662
      3589 9662 3591 9662 3594 9662 3595 9662
      3596 9662 3597 9662 3598 9662 3599 9662
      3600 9662 3614 9662 3615 9662 3616 9602
      3602 9603

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...1-2 INCHES IN 1 HOUR

$$

Lacy

1 follow-up statement

803 
WGUS54 KTSA 240558
FFWTSA
OKC037-143-240845-
/O.EXT.KTSA.FF.W.0021.000000T0000Z-220524T0845Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
1258 AM CDT Tue May 24 2022

The National Weather Service in Tulsa has extended the

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Northern Creek County in northeastern Oklahoma...
  West Central Tulsa County in northeastern Oklahoma...

* Until 345 AM CDT.

* At 1258 AM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing 
  heavy rain across the warned area. Between 3 and 5 inches of rain 
  have already fallen. Additional rainfall amounts of 2 to 3 inches 
  are possible in the warned area which could lead to significant 
  flash flooding.

  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...
  Sand Springs...
  Sapulpa...                         Jenks...
  Mannford...                        Drumright...
  Oilton...                          Shamrock...
  Keystone State Park...             Silver City...
  Gray...

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 3584 9662 3586 9662 3587 9662 3588 9662
      3589 9662 3591 9662 3594 9662 3595 9662
      3596 9662 3597 9662 3598 9662 3599 9662
      3600 9662 3614 9662 3615 9662 3616 9602
      3602 9603

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...1-2 INCHES IN 1 HOUR

$$

RBD

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 23, 7:43 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Creek, Tulsa	5 hr
May 23, 8:19 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	Ottawa	24 hr
May 23, 9:22 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Creek, Tulsa	3 hr
May 23, 10:09 PM CDT	Flood Watch	TSA	Craig, Creek, Nowata, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Pawnee and 3 more	23 hr
May 23, 10:20 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Creek	25 min
May 23, 11:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Tulsa	30 min
May 24, 12:40 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Osage, Pawnee	3 hr
May 24, 1:23 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Osage, Pawnee	4 hr
May 24, 2:37 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Creek, Muskogee, Okmulgee, Rogers, Tulsa, Wagoner and 1 more	3 hr
May 24, 3:33 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Creek, Osage, Pawnee, Tulsa	6 hr
May 24, 8:34 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	Washington	38 hr
May 24, 8:34 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	Rogers, Tulsa	60 hr
May 24, 8:36 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	Osage	29 hr
May 24, 8:36 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	Osage, Tulsa	53 hr
May 24, 8:36 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	Tulsa	54 hr
May 24, 9:28 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	TSA	Creek, Osage, Pawnee, Tulsa	6 hr
May 24, 12:46 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Muskogee, Okmulgee, Rogers, Tulsa, Wagoner, Washington	3 hr
May 24, 3:35 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Choctaw	25 min
May 24, 5:08 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	LeFlore	37 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.