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Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS Tulsa, OK

June 4, 2024Pittsburg County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this flash flood warning at Jun 4, 2024, 3:55 AM CDT for Pittsburg County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 2 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: Jun 4, 2024, 3:55 AM CDT (08:55 UTC)
Expired: Jun 4, 2024, 6:23 AM CDT
In force: 2 hr
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

County Pittsburg County, OK

The radar

The Norman radar (KTLX), 123 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:57 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, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 132 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: 1181 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -259 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1059 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 122 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 229 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 6.6

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The text

As transmitted.

739 
WGUS54 KTSA 040855
FFWTSA
OKC121-041200-
/O.NEW.KTSA.FF.W.0021.240604T0855Z-240604T1200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
355 AM CDT Tue Jun 4 2024

The National Weather Service in Tulsa has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Northwestern Pittsburg County in southeastern Oklahoma...

* Until 700 AM CDT.

* At 355 AM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing 
  heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1.5 and 2.5 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...
  Indianola...                       Scipio...
  Arpelar...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood 
deaths occur in vehicles.

&&

LAT...LON 3512 9603 3512 9601 3515 9601 3514 9591
      3519 9587 3518 9584 3520 9581 3519 9578
      3499 9571 3492 9609 3505 9609 3506 9607
      3509 9606

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED

$$

Lacy

2 follow-up statements

207 
WGUS74 KTSA 041031
FFSTSA

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
531 AM CDT Tue Jun 4 2024

OKC121-041200-
/O.CON.KTSA.FF.W.0021.000000T0000Z-240604T1200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Pittsburg OK-
531 AM CDT Tue Jun 4 2024

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT THIS MORNING 
FOR NORTHWESTERN PITTSBURG COUNTY...

At 531 AM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy 
rain across the warned area. Between 2 and 3.5 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...
  Indianola...                       Scipio...
Arpelar...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood 
deaths occur in vehicles.

&&

LAT...LON 3512 9603 3512 9601 3515 9601 3514 9591
      3519 9587 3518 9584 3520 9581 3519 9578
      3499 9571 3492 9609 3505 9609 3506 9607
      3509 9606

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED

$$

Lacy

957 
WGUS74 KTSA 041123
FFSTSA

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
623 AM CDT Tue Jun 4 2024

OKC121-041133-
/O.CAN.KTSA.FF.W.0021.000000T0000Z-240604T1200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Pittsburg OK-
623 AM CDT Tue Jun 4 2024

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN PITTSBURG COUNTY HAS BEEN 
REPLACED WITH A FLOOD WARNING...

The heavy rain has ended, but light to moderate rain continues. 
Flooding may continue to be an issue for a few more hours.

&&

LAT...LON 3512 9603 3512 9601 3515 9601 3514 9591
      3519 9587 3518 9584 3520 9581 3519 9578
      3499 9571 3492 9609 3505 9609 3506 9607
      3509 9606

$$

Lacy

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 3, 9:16 PM CDT	Flood Watch	TSA	Choctaw, Haskell, Latimer, McIntosh, Muskogee, Okfuskee and 3 more	31 hr
Jun 3, 11:51 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Choctaw	24 min
Jun 4, 12:08 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Choctaw	37 min
Jun 4, 12:37 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Pushmataha	23 min
Jun 4, 1:03 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Pushmataha	27 min
Jun 4, 1:10 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Okfuskee	50 min
Jun 4, 1:24 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Pushmataha	36 min
Jun 4, 1:53 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Pushmataha	37 min
Jun 4, 2:01 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Okfuskee	29 min
Jun 4, 2:52 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Haskell, Muskogee	5 hr
Jun 4, 2:54 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Pittsburg	51 min
Jun 4, 3:09 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Pittsburg	66 min
Jun 4, 3:18 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Pittsburg	3 hr
Jun 4, 3:22 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Pittsburg	53 min
Jun 4, 3:36 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TSA	Choctaw, Latimer, Pittsburg, Pushmataha	54 min
Jun 4, 3:58 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Pittsburg	47 min
Jun 4, 4:14 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TSA	Choctaw, Latimer, Pittsburg, Pushmataha	46 min
Jun 4, 4:17 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Delaware	28 min
Jun 4, 4:23 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Pittsburg	31 min
Jun 4, 4:42 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TSA	Choctaw, Latimer, LeFlore, Pushmataha	48 min
Jun 4, 4:54 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Pittsburg	111 min
Jun 4, 5:05 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Choctaw	25 min
Jun 4, 5:18 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	LeFlore	42 min
Jun 4, 5:47 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	LeFlore, Sequoyah	27 min
Jun 4, 6:14 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	LeFlore, Sequoyah	3 hr
Jun 4, 6:23 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	TSA	Pittsburg	4 hr
Jun 4, 8:54 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	Pushmataha	31 hr

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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.