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Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Tulsa, OK

May 8, 2024LeFlore County, Oklahoma

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2024-05-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 112 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2024-05-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 42 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
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

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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

$$

Lacy

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 8, 7:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAAdair44 min
May 8, 7:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAPushmataha41 min
May 8, 7:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAHaskell, Muskogee, Sequoyah50 min
May 8, 7:22 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAHaskell23 min
May 8, 7:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAAdair45 min
May 8, 7:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAHaskell, LeFlore, Sequoyah40 min
May 8, 7:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALatimer, Pittsburg, Pushmataha39 min
May 8, 7:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAChoctaw49 min
May 8, 7:50 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTSAAdair3 hr
May 8, 7:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAHaskell, Sequoyah25 min
May 8, 8:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAChoctaw28 min
May 8, 8:09 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTSAChoctaw2 hr
May 8, 8:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAHaskell, Latimer, LeFlore36 min
May 8, 8:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAHaskell, LeFlore, Sequoyah49 min
May 8, 8:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALeFlore, Sequoyah48 min
May 8, 9:00 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTSALeFlore3 hr
May 9, 2:12 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAOkfuskee33 min
May 9, 2:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAOkfuskee32 min
May 9, 2:39 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAOkmulgee36 min
May 9, 2:51 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAPittsburg24 min
May 9, 2:55 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAMuskogee35 min
May 9, 3:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAHaskell30 min
May 9, 3:10 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAMcIntosh35 min
May 9, 3:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAHaskell, Muskogee12 min
May 9, 3:21 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAMuskogee24 min
May 9, 3:35 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAHaskell25 min
May 9, 3:50 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAChoctaw25 min
May 9, 4:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAChoctaw22 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.