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Flood Watch 4, NWS Tulsa, OK

July 13, 202313 counties in Oklahoma; 4 counties in Arkansas

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this flood watch at Jul 13, 2023, 9:33 PM CDT for 13 counties in Oklahoma; 4 counties in Arkansas. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 13, 2023, 9:33 PM CDT (02:33 UTC)
Expired
Jul 14, 2023, 10:00 AM CDT
In force
12 hr
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Flood severity
None

Counties Benton County, AR, Carroll County, AR, Madison County, AR, Washington County, AR, Adair County, OK, Cherokee County, OK, Craig County, OK, Delaware County, OK, Mayes County, OK, Muskogee County, OK, Nowata County, OK, Ottawa County, OK, Pawnee County, OK, Rogers County, OK, Tulsa County, OK, Wagoner County, OK, Washington County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:34 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, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 133 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 2023-07-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1841 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, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2023-07-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -8 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
1841 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-8 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1649 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-8 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
49 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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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 Jul 13, 5:57 PM CDT, 3 hours 36 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 13, 5:57 PM CDT, 3 hours 36 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 13, 5:36 PM CDT, 3 hours 57 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
536 PM CDT Thu Jul 13 2023

ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-141045-
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-
536 PM CDT Thu Jul 13 2023

... Scattered Strong to Severe Storms Tonight...

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

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.
	RISK...Limited.
	AREA...Northeast Oklahoma and Northwest Arkansas.
	ONSET...Mainly after 10pm.

FLASH FLOOD.
	RISK...Elevated.
	AREA...Northeast Oklahoma and Northwest Arkansas.
	ONSET...After 10pm.

DANGEROUS HEAT.
	RISK...Significant to Critical.
	AREA...Area Wide.
	ONSET...Now... decreasing after sunset.

	AREA AT GREATEST RISK...Eastern Oklahoma and West-central Arkansas.

DISCUSSION...
Hot, humid, and unstable conditions continue across the area.  Scattered
thunderstorms are expected to develop tonight in northeast Oklahoma
and northwest Arkansas.  While a complex of storms is forecast to move
into northeast Oklahoma after Midnight and continue into Arkansas.
A few of the storms could be severe with strong winds the main concern.
The merging of the initial storms with the complex may result in a zone
of very heavy rain late tonight from parts of northeast Oklahoma into
northwest Arkansas.  Rainfall in this corridor of 2 to 3 inches is
could occur, with a local extreme near 5 inches possible.  Trends for
this will be monitored.  A Flood Watch may be needed later tonight as
the potential becomes more clear.

SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT...
Local Spotter Activation May Be Needed.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday.
FRIDAY and SATURDAY...Severe Thunderstorm Potential...Dangerous Heat Potential.
SUNDAY...Thunderstorm Potential.
MONDAY...Dangerous Heat Potential.
TUESDAY and WEDNESDAY...Dangerous Heat Potential.

EXTENDED DISCUSSION...
Little change in the current weather pattern is expected into Sunday with daily
chances of thunderstorms and high heat and humidity.  Given the extreme instability
that is across the area, local flooding and very strong wind gusts will be possible
with the stronger storms.  If a well organized storm complex can form in the next few
days, a higher-end wind event could develop.

EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PLANNING STATEMENT...
Emergency managers should follow the forecasts closely the next several days as the
severe weather potential in this type of weather pattern can ramp down or up very
quickly.

weather.gov/tulsa contains additional information.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 14, 12:00 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSATulsa30 min
Jul 14, 12:07 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage, Rogers, Tulsa, Wagoner31 min
Jul 14, 12:35 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAPawnee25 min
Jul 14, 12:37 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAKay23 min
Jul 14, 12:41 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAWagoner34 min
Jul 14, 12:46 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSALeFlore29 min
Jul 14, 12:57 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAPawnee33 min
Jul 14, 1:02 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAPawnee43 min
Jul 14, 1:08 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSACherokee, Mayes, Rogers, Wagoner37 min
Jul 14, 1:20 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACherokee, Mayes, Rogers, Wagoner40 min
Jul 14, 1:34 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAOsage, Washington41 min
Jul 14, 1:44 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAAdair, Delaware, Mayes, Rogers46 min
Jul 14, 1:49 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTSARogers, Tulsa116 min
Jul 14, 2:00 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSACherokee30 min
Jul 14, 2:03 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAAdair, Cherokee42 min
Jul 14, 2:14 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSACraig, Nowata, Osage, Rogers, Washington46 min
Jul 14, 2:29 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSADelaware46 min
Jul 14, 2:37 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTSAAdair, Cherokee, Delaware, Mayes, Muskogee, Wagoner3 hr
Jul 14, 2:59 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSASequoyah61 min
Jul 14, 3:02 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSACraig, Nowata, Ottawa58 min
Jul 14, 3:22 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSAAdair, Cherokee, LeFlore, Sequoyah3 hr
Jul 14, 3:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALeFlore, Sequoyah60 min
Jul 14, 3:53 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatTSALeFlore31 min
Jul 14, 4:16 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSALeFlore3 hr
Jul 14, 4:28 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSACraig, Delaware, Mayes, Nowata, Rogers62 min
Jul 14, 6:25 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningTSAAdair, Cherokee, LeFlore, Sequoyah3 hr
Jul 14, 6:26 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAOsage, Washington49 min
Jul 14, 6:54 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAWashington36 min
Jul 14, 7:21 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSARogers, Tulsa39 min
Jul 14, 7:27 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMayes, Nowata, Rogers, Tulsa, Wagoner, Washington48 min
Jul 14, 7:34 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTSAWashington116 min
Jul 14, 8:06 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAMayes, Rogers39 min
Jul 14, 8:33 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSACherokee27 min
Jul 14, 1:49 PM CDTFlood WatchTSAAdair, Cherokee, Craig, Delaware, Mayes, Nowata and 3 more12 hr
Jul 14, 5:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatTSAOsage41 min
Jul 14, 5:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACraig, Nowata, Ottawa, Washington55 min
Jul 14, 6:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatTSAOsage47 min
Jul 14, 6:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACraig, Delaware, Nowata, Ottawa, Washington48 min
Jul 14, 6:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatTSAOsage, Pawnee, Rogers, Washington53 min
Jul 14, 3:06 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSABenton, Carroll, Madison, Washington54 min
Jul 14, 4:17 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTSABenton, Carroll, Madison, Washington3 hr

Nearby

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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.