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Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this flash flood warning at May 8, 2024, 9:33 PM CDT for LeFlore County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 3 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 8, 2024, 9:33 PM CDT (02:33 UTC)
- Expired
- May 9, 2024, 12:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County LeFlore County, OK
The radar
The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 32 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:35 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 203 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 112 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -224 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1268 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 66 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 128 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
964
WGUS54 KTSA 090233
FFWTSA
OKC079-090545-
/O.NEW.KTSA.FF.W.0013.240509T0233Z-240509T0545Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
933 PM CDT Wed May 8 2024
The National Weather Service in Tulsa has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Northeastern Le Flore County in southeastern Oklahoma...
* Until 1245 AM CDT.
* At 933 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
heavy rain across the warned area. Between 2 and 3 inches of rain
have fallen. 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...
Spiro... Bokoshe...
Scullyville...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
&&
LAT...LON 3518 9481 3519 9482 3520 9482 3520 9481
3521 9481 3522 9481 3523 9478 3527 9469
3528 9466 3528 9463 3529 9458 3529 9456
3527 9452 3525 9453 3522 9455 3518 9465
3518 9476 3518 9480
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
$$
LacyThe office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 8, 7:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Adair | 44 min |
| May 8, 7:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Pushmataha | 41 min |
| May 8, 7:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Haskell, Muskogee, Sequoyah | 50 min |
| May 8, 7:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Haskell | 23 min |
| May 8, 7:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Adair | 45 min |
| May 8, 7:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Haskell, LeFlore, Sequoyah | 40 min |
| May 8, 7:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Latimer, Pittsburg, Pushmataha | 39 min |
| May 8, 7:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Choctaw | 49 min |
| May 8, 7:50 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | Adair | 3 hr |
| May 8, 7:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Haskell, Sequoyah | 25 min |
| May 8, 8:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Choctaw | 28 min |
| May 8, 8:09 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | Choctaw | 2 hr |
| May 8, 8:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore | 36 min |
| May 8, 8:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Haskell, LeFlore, Sequoyah | 49 min |
| May 8, 8:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | LeFlore, Sequoyah | 48 min |
| May 8, 9:00 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | LeFlore | 3 hr |
| May 9, 2:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Okfuskee | 33 min |
| May 9, 2:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Okfuskee | 32 min |
| May 9, 2:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Okmulgee | 36 min |
| May 9, 2:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Pittsburg | 24 min |
| May 9, 2:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Muskogee | 35 min |
| May 9, 3:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Haskell | 30 min |
| May 9, 3:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | McIntosh | 35 min |
| May 9, 3:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Haskell, Muskogee | 12 min |
| May 9, 3:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Muskogee | 24 min |
| May 9, 3:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Haskell | 25 min |
| May 9, 3:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Choctaw | 25 min |
| May 9, 4:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Choctaw | 22 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.