Alert archive / Oklahoma / Flood Watches in 2024
Flood Watch 4, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this flood watch at May 6, 2024, 10:54 AM CDT for 13 counties in Oklahoma. It took effect at May 6, 2024, 7:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 6, 2024, 10:54 AM CDT (15:54 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 6, 2024, 7:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- May 7, 2024, 3:52 AM CDT
- In force
- 9 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, Okfuskee County, OK, Okmulgee 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), 16 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:54 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 12:00Z, 3.9 hours before the alert went out and 194 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
- 283 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -205 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 452 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 131 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 210 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
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 May 6, 10:15 AM CDT, 39 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 6, 10:15 AM CDT, 39 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, May 6, 5:07 AM CDT, 5 hours 47 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Tulsa OK 507 AM CDT Mon May 6 2024 ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-071015- 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- 507 AM CDT Mon May 6 2024 ...SIGNIFICANT SEVERE WEATHER EXPECTED TODAY... This Outlook is for Northwest and West Central Arkansas as well as much of Eastern Oklahoma. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight. TORNADO. RISK...Elevated. AREA...Eastern Oklahoma. ONSET...After 6 PM. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. RISK...Critical. AREA...Eastern Oklahoma and Northwest Arkansas. ONSET...After 1 PM. AREA AT GREATEST RISK...Northeast Oklahoma. FLASH FLOOD. RISK...Elevated. AREA...Northeast Oklahoma. ONSET...After 9 PM. POOR VISIBILITY. RISK...Elevated. AREA...Eastern Oklahoma and Northwest Arkansas. ONSET...Ongoing. DISCUSSION... Isolated severe storms may develop by early afternoon across eastern Oklahoma and northwest Arkansas. The remains uncertainty as to the timing and coverage of this early day thunderstorm potential, however any storm that does develop will pose a risk of severe weather. The focus will turn to severe storms developing across western Oklahoma by mid afternoon. These storms will spread eastward and expand in coverage by early evening. Severe weather is expected into northeast Oklahoma by early evening and steadily spreading eastward through the early morning hours Tuesday. Conditions will support significant severe weather especially during the evening into early morning hours. Tornadoes are likely especially during the evening hours including the risk for strong long track tornadoes. Additionally, large hail and locally damaging winds are expected to occur with this risk expanding eastward through the early morning hours. SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT... Activation of the Regional Spotter Network Expected. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday. TUESDAY...Thunderstorm and High Wind Potential. WEDNESDAY...Severe Thunderstorm Potential. THURSDAY...Thunderstorm Potential. FRIDAY and SATURDAY...No Hazards. SUNDAY...Thunderstorm Potential. EXTENDED DISCUSSION... Tuesday will be dry for much of the day, however thunderstorm chances return late Tuesday night across portions of northeast Oklahoma and northwest Arkansas. A few severe storms could develop if storms do develop by early Wednesday morning. A more widespread severe weather risk is expected from late Wednesday morning through the afternoon as a cold front sweeps eastward. Locations south and east of Interstate 44 have the higher severe weather potential on Wednesday. Thunderstorm chances will end on Thursday with dry and mild weather for late week into the weekend. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PLANNING STATEMENT... Spotter activation is expected this evening into the overnight hours. Additionally, given the potential for damaging storms, the need for mutual aid and additional staffing should be considered. weather.gov/tulsa contains additional information.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 5, 7:57 PM CDT | River Flood Advisory | TSA | Cherokee | 13 hr |
| May 6, 2:12 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, Choctaw, Craig, Delaware, Haskell and 13 more | 6 hr |
| May 6, 6:32 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | LeFlore | 8 hr |
| May 6, 8:37 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | Ottawa | 3 days |
| May 6, 2:25 PM CDT | River Flood Advisory | TSA | Cherokee | 12 hr |
| May 6, 9:26 AM CDT | River Flood Advisory | TSA | Franklin, Johnson, Logan | 48 hr |
Nearby
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.