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Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Tulsa, OK

May 28, 2026LeFlore County, Pushmataha County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this flash flood warning at May 28, 2026, 9:02 PM CDT for LeFlore County, Pushmataha 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 28, 2026, 9:02 PM CDT (02:02 UTC)
Expired: May 29, 2026, 12:15 AM CDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties LeFlore County, OK, Pushmataha County, OK

The radar

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:01 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, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 239 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: 813 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -5 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1337 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 12 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -6 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 37 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

875 
WGUS54 KTSA 290202
FFWTSA
OKC079-127-290515-
/O.NEW.KTSA.FF.W.0013.260529T0202Z-260529T0515Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
902 PM CDT Thu May 28 2026

The National Weather Service in Tulsa has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Southwestern Le Flore County in southeastern Oklahoma...
  Northeastern Pushmataha County in southeastern Oklahoma...

* Until 1215 AM CDT.

* At 902 PM 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...
  Honobia...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3462 9494 3459 9487 3451 9483 3451 9494

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED

$$

Lacy

1 follow-up statement

755 
WGUS74 KTSA 290323
FFSTSA

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
1023 PM CDT Thu May 28 2026

OKC079-127-290515-
/O.CON.KTSA.FF.W.0013.000000T0000Z-260529T0515Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Le Flore OK-Pushmataha OK-
1023 PM CDT Thu May 28 2026

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1215 AM CDT FRIDAY 
FOR SOUTHWESTERN LE FLORE AND NORTHEASTERN PUSHMATAHA COUNTIES...

At 1023 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms produced heavy 
rain across the warned area earlier. Between 3 and 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...
  Honobia...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3462 9494 3459 9487 3451 9483 3451 9494

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED

$$

Lacy

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 28, 7:03 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Osage	3 hr
May 28, 7:23 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	LeFlore	3 hr
May 28, 7:48 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	LeFlore, Pushmataha	3 hr
May 28, 7:52 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Rogers, Tulsa	3 hr
May 28, 8:02 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Pushmataha	3 hr
May 28, 8:26 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Pushmataha	4 hr
May 28, 9:34 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Pushmataha	3 hr
May 29, 12:26 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	TSA	Pushmataha	3 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Oklahoma, 2026 Every flash flood warning in 2026

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.