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Flood Watch 9, NWS Tulsa, OK

July 16, 202415 counties in Oklahoma; 4 counties in Arkansas

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2024-07-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2530 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2024-07-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 127 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
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

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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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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 17, 1:41 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMayes, Rogers34 min
Jul 17, 1:47 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSATulsa28 min
Jul 17, 2:17 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSATulsa28 min
Jul 17, 2:30 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTSAOsage, Rogers, Tulsa3 hr
Jul 17, 2:36 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAOsage, Washington24 min
Jul 17, 2:39 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSAOsage, Tulsa3 hr
Jul 17, 2:40 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAOsage35 min
Jul 17, 2:42 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTSAOsage, Washington3 hr
Jul 17, 2:46 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSARogers29 min
Jul 17, 3:08 AM CDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatTSAOsage, Tulsa, Washington3 hr
Jul 17, 3:10 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSANowata, Washington35 min
Jul 17, 3:34 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTSACraig, Delaware, Mayes, Nowata, Ottawa, Rogers and 1 more3 hr
Jul 17, 5:07 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSALeFlore38 min
Jul 17, 5:18 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTSALeFlore, Sequoyah117 min
Jul 17, 5:44 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSALatimer31 min
Jul 17, 5:44 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTSACarroll, Crawford, Franklin, Madison, Washington2 hr
Jul 17, 6:19 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSASebastian113 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.