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Flood Watch 9, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this flood watch at Jul 16, 2024, 11:37 PM CDT for 15 counties in Oklahoma; 4 counties in Arkansas. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 16, 2024, 11:37 PM CDT (04:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 17, 2024, 8:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 9 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, Creek County, OK, Delaware County, OK, Mayes County, OK, Muskogee County, OK, Nowata 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), 35 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:41 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, 4.6 hours before the alert went out and 145 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
- 2530 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -19 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1002 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 127 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 192 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 6.5
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 16, 9:06 PM CDT, 2 hours 31 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 16, 9:06 PM CDT, 2 hours 31 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 16, 10:48 PM CDT, 49 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook...UPDATED National Weather Service Tulsa OK 1048 PM CDT Tue Jul 16 2024 ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-171030- 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- 1048 PM CDT Tue Jul 16 2024 This Outlook is for Northwest and West Central Arkansas as well as much of Eastern Oklahoma. .DAY ONE...Rest of Tonight. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. RISK...Elevated. AREA...Primarily along and north of Interstate 40. ONSET...After midnight. HEAVY RAIN. RISK...Limited. AREA...Northeast Oklahoma and far Northwest Arkansas. ONSET...After midnight. DISCUSSION... Scattered to numerous storms are expected after midnight across portions of northeast Oklahoma and northwest Arkansas as a cold front slowly pushes into the region. A few strong to severe storms will be possible along with locally heavy rainfall. SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT... Activation of the Regional Spotter Network Likely. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday. WEDNESDAY...Thunderstorm Potential...Heavy Rain Potential. THURSDAY...Thunderstorm Potential. FRIDAY...No Hazards. SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY...Thunderstorm Potential. EXTENDED DISCUSSION... Showers and thunderstorms are likely to be ongoing early Wednesday as they spread southward as the cold front moves into the region. Thunderstorms may persist across far southeast Oklahoma into Thursday, otherwise much cooler temperatures are expected behind the passing cold front. The weather pattern over the weekend into early next week will become favorable for daily thunderstorm chances and temperatures below normal for mid July. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 17, 1:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Mayes, Rogers | 34 min |
| Jul 17, 1:47 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Tulsa | 28 min |
| Jul 17, 2:17 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Tulsa | 28 min |
| Jul 17, 2:30 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | Osage, Rogers, Tulsa | 3 hr |
| Jul 17, 2:36 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Osage, Washington | 24 min |
| Jul 17, 2:39 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Osage, Tulsa | 3 hr |
| Jul 17, 2:40 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Osage | 35 min |
| Jul 17, 2:42 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | Osage, Washington | 3 hr |
| Jul 17, 2:46 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Rogers | 29 min |
| Jul 17, 3:08 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Osage, Tulsa, Washington | 3 hr |
| Jul 17, 3:10 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Nowata, Washington | 35 min |
| Jul 17, 3:34 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | Craig, Delaware, Mayes, Nowata, Ottawa, Rogers and 1 more | 3 hr |
| Jul 17, 5:07 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | LeFlore | 38 min |
| Jul 17, 5:18 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | LeFlore, Sequoyah | 117 min |
| Jul 17, 5:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Latimer | 31 min |
| Jul 17, 5:44 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | Carroll, Crawford, Franklin, Madison, Washington | 2 hr |
| Jul 17, 6:19 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Sebastian | 113 min |
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.