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Flood Watch 8, NWS Tulsa, OK

June 5, 202210 counties in Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this flood watch at Jun 5, 2022, 9:41 PM CDT for 10 counties in Oklahoma. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 5, 2022, 9:41 PM CDT (02:41 UTC)
Expired
Jun 6, 2022, 5:02 AM CDT
In force
7 hr
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Flood severity
None

Counties Craig County, OK, Creek County, OK, Delaware County, OK, Mayes County, OK, Nowata County, OK, Ottawa County, OK, Pawnee County, OK, Rogers County, OK, Tulsa County, OK, Washington County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 31 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:41 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, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 211 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, Norman, OK at 00:00Z on 2022-06-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1192 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, Norman, OK at 00:00Z on 2022-06-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 279 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
1192 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-365 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1114 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
279 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
564 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.4

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flood watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Tulsa, OK wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flood watch went out at Jun 5, 8:57 PM CDT, 44 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 5, 8:57 PM CDT, 44 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 5, 4:58 PM CDT, 4 hours 43 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
458 PM CDT Sun Jun 5 2022

ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-061000-
Adair OK-Benton AR-Carroll AR-Cherokee OK-Choctaw OK-Craig OK-
Crawford AR-Creek OK-Delaware OK-Franklin AR-Haskell OK-Latimer OK-
Le Flore OK-Madison AR-Mayes OK-McIntosh OK-Muskogee OK-Nowata OK-
Okfuskee OK-Okmulgee OK-Osage OK-Ottawa OK-Pawnee OK-Pittsburg OK-
Pushmataha OK-Rogers OK-Sebastian AR-Sequoyah OK-Tulsa OK-Wagoner OK-
Washington OK-Washington AR-
458 PM CDT Sun Jun 5 2022

This Outlook is for Northwest and West Central Arkansas as well as
much of Eastern Oklahoma.

.DAY ONE...This Evening and Tonight.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.
	RISK...Significant.
	AREA...Eastern Oklahoma and Northwest Arkansas.
	ONSET...Primarily after 11 PM.

    AREA AT GREATEST RISK...Northeast Oklahoma.

FLASH FLOOD.
	RISK...Limited.
	AREA...Northeast Oklahoma.
	ONSET...Tonight.

DISCUSSION...
Ongoing thunderstorms across western Kansas will continue to expand
in coverage, with one or more complexes potentially impacting eastern
Oklahoma and northwest Arkansas by late evening and continuing into
the overnight hours. A risk of significant severe wind gusts in
excess of 70 mph may spread into portions of northeast Oklahoma as
the complex approaches the region after 11 pm this evening. The
severe wind threat may extend farther east and south through the
overnight hours as storms surge southeast. Additionally, a period of
heavy rainfall is likely as the storm complex spreads across the
region. Localized flooding may become a concern overnight.

SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT...
Activation of the Regional Spotter Network Possible.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday.
MONDAY...Thunderstorm Potential.
TUESDAY...Severe Thunderstorm and Heavy Rain Potential.
WEDNESDAY through SATURDAY...Thunderstorm Potential.

EXTENDED DISCUSSION...
Thunderstorms are likely to be ongoing early Monday with a limited
severe weather and heavy rainfall risk. A brief lull in thunderstorm
chances is forecast for Monday afternoon before another storm complex
spreads across the region Monday night into Tuesday. The active
weather pattern will continue through the work week with daily
thunderstorm chances. A risk of severe weather will accompany any
well developed thunderstorm complexes. Also areas of heavy rainfall
are likely to develop through the week which may raise flooding
concerns.

weather.gov/tulsa contains additional information.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 6, 12:36 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAPawnee39 min
Jun 6, 1:00 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAOsage45 min
Jun 6, 1:09 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAPawnee51 min
Jun 6, 1:22 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage, Pawnee38 min
Jun 6, 1:47 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage, Pawnee, Rogers, Tulsa, Wagoner, Washington43 min
Jun 6, 1:50 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek, Pawnee, Tulsa40 min
Jun 6, 2:04 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTSACraig, Delaware, Nowata, Osage, Ottawa, Washington3 hr
Jun 6, 2:06 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTSACreek, Osage, Rogers, Tulsa, Wagoner3 hr
Jun 6, 2:14 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSACraig31 min
Jun 6, 2:23 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSARogers37 min
Jun 6, 2:24 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSACreek, Tulsa51 min
Jun 6, 2:36 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSARogers, Tulsa, Wagoner24 min
Jun 6, 2:50 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAMayes, Wagoner25 min
Jun 6, 3:03 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAMuskogee27 min
Jun 6, 3:14 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTSACreek, Okmulgee, Tulsa3 hr
Jun 6, 3:18 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSACreek42 min
Jun 6, 3:21 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAAdair, Cherokee24 min
Jun 6, 3:27 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAMuskogee33 min
Jun 6, 3:31 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTSAMayes3 hr
Jun 6, 3:43 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAAdair, Muskogee, Sequoyah47 min
Jun 6, 3:47 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTSAMuskogee3 hr
Jun 6, 3:53 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAOkmulgee37 min
Jun 6, 4:03 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSASequoyah27 min
Jun 6, 4:05 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAMcIntosh25 min
Jun 6, 4:06 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAOkfuskee24 min
Jun 6, 4:14 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAMuskogee, Okmulgee31 min
Jun 6, 4:28 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAMcIntosh, Okfuskee47 min
Jun 6, 4:44 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTSAHaskell, McIntosh, Muskogee, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Sequoyah3 hr
Jun 6, 4:50 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAHaskell25 min
Jun 6, 5:08 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAOkfuskee37 min
Jun 6, 5:12 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSALatimer, LeFlore33 min
Jun 6, 2:15 PM CDTRiver Flood AdvisoryTSAMuskogee42 hr
Jun 6, 4:20 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSASebastian25 min
Jun 6, 4:24 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSACrawford, Franklin36 min
Jun 6, 4:37 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTSACrawford, Sebastian3 hr
Jun 6, 4:40 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSASebastian35 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.