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Flash Flood Warning 65, NWS Tulsa, OK

June 26, 2026Craig County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this flash flood warning at Jun 26, 2026, 9:37 PM CDT for Craig County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 83 min. 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 26, 2026, 9:37 PM CDT (02:37 UTC)
Expired: Jun 26, 2026, 11:00 PM CDT
In force: 83 min
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

County Craig County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:41 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.

Did it verify

Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this flash flood warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 138 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: 2005 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -5 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 852 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 86 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 147 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

166 
WGUS54 KTSA 270237
FFWTSA
OKC035-270400-
/O.NEW.KTSA.FF.W.0065.260627T0237Z-260627T0400Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
937 PM CDT Fri Jun 26 2026

The National Weather Service in Tulsa has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Northwestern Craig County in northeastern Oklahoma...

* Until 1100 PM CDT.

* At 937 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing 
  heavy rain across the warned area. Between 2.5 and 3.5 inches of 
  rain have fallen. The expected rainfall rate is 1.5 to 2.5 inches 
  in 1 hour. 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...
  Hollow...                          Centralia...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3681 9543 3694 9543 3692 9519 3678 9525

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...1.5-2.5 INCHES IN 1 HOUR

$$

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood warning 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 flash flood warning went out at Jun 26, 6:35 PM CDT, 3 hours 2 minutes earlier. Its key messages:

Updated at 625 PM CDT Fri Jun 26 2026
The potential for locally heavy rainfall totals that could lead to rapid onset flash flooding is the main concern through Saturday morning.
There is a limited severe weather risk this afternoon and evening with any storms that develop.
A big shift in the weather pattern will bring hot, humid and dry weather starting this weekend on into next week. Heat advisory headlines will likely be needed.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 26, 6:35 PM CDT, 3 hours 2 minutes before

Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
635 PM CDT Fri Jun 26 2026

...New AVIATION...

.KEY MESSAGES...
Updated at 625 PM CDT Fri Jun 26 2026

 - The potential for locally heavy rainfall totals that could lead
   to rapid onset flash flooding is the main concern through
   Saturday morning.

 - There is a limited severe weather risk this afternoon and
   evening with any storms that develop.

 - A big shift in the weather pattern will bring hot, humid and
   dry weather starting this weekend on into next week. Heat
   advisory headlines will likely be needed.

&&

.SHORT TERM...
(Through tonight )
Issued at 1226 PM CDT Fri Jun 26 2026

A boundary extends from an area of low pressure over the TX
Panhandle along the OK/KS border region and into the Ozarks of
Missouri. The boundary is slowly sagging south and is expected to
focus convection over NE OK and SW MO, possibly into far NW AR,
this afternoon with increasing coverage into the evening. Some
additional warm advection storms are also expected overnight,
mainly north of the boundary. Slow-moving and/or training storms
in a high PWAT environment will have the potential to drop
locally high-end totals somewhere across NE OK and far NW AR
through Saturday morning. CAMs suggest potential for isolated 3 to
7 inch amounts. With the soils already fairly saturated, most of
this rainfall is likely to become runoff, leading to rapid-onset
flash flooding. Some main- stem river flooding is also possible.
The going Flood Watch has been extended in time to 7 AM Saturday,
and expanded in area to include Benton and Carroll counties in AR
near the MO border.

Deep-layer shear is weaker today, so a more organized severe
weather event is not expected. However, storms may certainly
become severe at least briefly, with the primary threat being
locally damaging wind. Marginally severe hail is possible. The
severe threat will peak during the afternoon and into the early
evening hours, dropping off overnight.

Lacy

&&

.LONG TERM...
(Tomorrow through Friday)
Issued at 1226 PM CDT Fri Jun 26 2026

There will be some chance for storms into Saturday morning as
whatever is left coming off the High Plains this afternoon comes
east. It is possible than an MCV forms and helps to keep the
activity going farther east. While the potential for heavy
rainfall will be dropping by this time, any additional rains on
top of areas hit hard tonight could lead to more flooding. By
Saturday afternoon, low pressure developing over northeast CO will
draw the boundary north and away from the region, as upper heights
rise with the building ridge downstream from the western CONUS
trough. This will bring an end to the recent wet regime, and we
will make an abrupt shift toward hot, humid and dry weather as we
head into next week. While a few spots could get close to advisory
criteria along the highway 75 corridor in NE OK as soon as
tomorrow afternoon, the afternoon heat index forecast leans toward
Monday as the first day of what could be several days in a row of
heat headlines next week.

Ensemble means place the H5 ridge center initially over the
Mississippi Valley with a shift toward the Ohio Valley as we head
deeper into next week. Daily storm chances along the lee trough
will stay out west, while moisture will begin to increase from the
southeast on the back side of the ridge. Some low chances for
mainly afternoon terrain-enduced showers and storms are possible
beginning the middle of next week. By next weekend, ensemble data
has the ridge retrograding over our area and then to our west with
very little in the way of rain chances.

Lacy

&&

.AVIATION...
(00Z TAFS)
Issued at 625 PM CDT Fri Jun 26 2026

Thunderstorms will continue to develop in northeast Oklahoma,
shift southeast, and expand across much of eastern Oklahoma and
northwest Arkansas. A complex of storms could anchor across
the region late tonight resulting in prolonged disrupted
flight conditions, including IFR in the heavy rain, and
strong surface winds. Thunderstorms will begin to diminish
Saturday morning, with decreasing clouds.  VFR conditions are
expected across the area Saturday afternoon.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
TUL   90  76  92  79 /  50  70  30   0
FSM   91  77  93  77 /  30  20  10   0
MLC   90  79  92  78 /  30  10  10   0
BVO   90  72  91  75 /  50  80  20   0
FYV   86  73  89  72 /  30  30  20   0
BYV   85  72  88  74 /  40  40  30   0
MKO   88  76  91  76 /  20  30  20   0
MIO   87  72  90  76 /  70  60  30   0
F10   89  76  91  76 /  20  20  20   0
HHW   90  77  92  74 /  20  10  10   0

&&

.TSA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OK...Flood Watch through Saturday morning for OKZ055>070-154-254-354.

AR...Flood Watch through Saturday morning for ARZ001-002.

&&

SHORT TERM...30
LONG TERM....30
AVIATION...08

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 26, 6:23 PM CDT, 3 hours 14 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
623 PM CDT Fri Jun 26 2026

ARZ001-002-010-011-119-120-129-219-220-229-OKZ049-053-055>071-
073>075-154-172-176-254-272-276-354-376-272330-
Benton-Carroll-Washington AR-Madison-Northern Crawford-
Northern Franklin-North and Central Sebastian-Southern Crawford-
Central and Southern Franklin-Southern Sebastian-Pushmataha-
Choctaw-Washington OK-Nowata-Craig-Ottawa-Pawnee-Tulsa-Rogers-
Mayes-Delaware-Creek-Okfuskee-Okmulgee-Wagoner-Cherokee-Adair-
Muskogee-McIntosh-Pittsburg-Haskell-Latimer-Western Osage-
Northern Sequoyah-Northern Le Flore-Northeast Osage-
Central and Southern Sequoyah-Central Le Flore-Southeast Osage-
Southern Le Flore-
623 PM CDT Fri Jun 26 2026

This Outlook is for Northwest and West Central Arkansas as well as
much of Eastern Oklahoma.

.DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.
	RISK...Limited to Elevated.
	AREA...Northeast Oklahoma and far Northwest Arkansas.
	ONSET...Ongoing...waning after midnight.

FLASH FLOOD.
	RISK...Elevated to Significant.
	AREA...Northeast Oklahoma and far Northwest Arkansas.
	ONSET...After 7 PM.

	AREA AT GREATEST RISK...Along and north of highway 412.

DANGEROUS HEAT.
	RISK...Limited.
	AREA...Eastern Oklahoma.
	ONSET...Ongoing.

DISCUSSION...

Numerous storms are expected to develop near a boundary across
northeast Oklahoma and northwest Arkansas. Some storms may become
severe with damaging winds and large hail the main threats.

Intense rain rates from slow-moving and/or training storms will
yield elevated to significant flash flood potential tonight.
Locally high-end rainfall totals are possible, in the 3 to 7 inch
range. With soils fairly saturated, most of this rain will likely
be runoff and cause dangerous rapid-onset flash flooding.
Flooding on main-stem rivers is also possible if rains fall in
the right basins.

Heat index values between 100 and 105 degrees are occurring in
spots across northeast Oklahoma, especially in the Arkansas River
Valley. Conditions will improve after sunset this evening.

SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT...
Local Spotter Activation May Be Needed.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday.
SATURDAY...Thunderstorm...High Wind...Dangerous Heat Potential.
SUNDAY and MONDAY...High Wind...Dangerous Heat Potential.
TUESDAY...Dangerous Heat Potential.
WEDNESDAY and THURSDAY...Thunderstorm...Dangerous Heat Potential.

EXTENDED DISCUSSION...

Showers and storms may linger into early Saturday before ending.
Hot, humid, and breezy conditions are then expected for the rest
of this weekend through much of next week. Afternoon heat index
values will likely exceed 105 degrees in many places Saturday
through Thursday and heat headlines may be needed across parts of
the forecast area through much of next week. Low thunderstorm
chances may return to the higher terrain of southeast Oklahoma
and northwest Arkansas by the middle of next week.

weather.gov/tulsa contains additional information.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 26, 7:12 PM CDT, 2 hours 25 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
712 PM CDT Fri Jun 26 2026

OKZ056-057-270045-
Craig OK-Nowata OK-
712 PM CDT Fri Jun 26 2026

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN CRAIG AND
NORTHEASTERN NOWATA COUNTIES THROUGH 745 PM CDT...

At 712 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated a strong thunderstorm 3 miles
northeast of Lenapah, moving east at 15 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and penny size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down small tree limbs and blow
         around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation
         is possible.

Locations in or near the path include...
South Coffeyville...              Lenapah...
Centralia...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 100 AM CDT for
northeastern Oklahoma.

&&

LAT...LON 3674 9533 3685 9570 3700 9564 3700 9528
TIME...MOT...LOC 0012Z 281DEG 14KT 3689 9559

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

Special weather statement, Jun 26, 7:35 PM CDT, 2 hours 2 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
735 PM CDT Fri Jun 26 2026

OKZ059-270100-
Pawnee OK-
735 PM CDT Fri Jun 26 2026

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT SOUTHWESTERN PAWNEE COUNTY
THROUGH 800 PM CDT...

At 734 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated a cluster of strong
thunderstorms extending from near Sooner Lake to 3 miles northeast
of Lake Mcmurtry. Movement was southeast at 10 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down small tree limbs and blow
         around unsecured objects.

Locations in or near the path include...
Pawnee...                         Sooner Lake...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 100 AM CDT for
northeastern Oklahoma.

&&

LAT...LON 3644 9690 3642 9676 3624 9682 3625 9692
      3633 9693 3634 9703 3645 9703
TIME...MOT...LOC 0034Z 312DEG 8KT 3643 9705 3622 9716

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

Special weather statement, Jun 26, 7:55 PM CDT, 1 hour 42 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
755 PM CDT Fri Jun 26 2026

OKZ055>057-270130-
Craig OK-Nowata OK-Washington OK-
755 PM CDT Fri Jun 26 2026

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT NORTHERN CRAIG...NORTHERN
WASHINGTON AND NORTHERN NOWATA COUNTIES THROUGH 830 PM CDT...

At 754 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated a cluster of strong
thunderstorms extending from 2 miles southwest of Caney to 12 miles
south of Edna. Movement was east at 10 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and penny size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down small tree limbs and blow
         around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation
         is possible.

Locations in or near the path include...
South Coffeyville...              Welch...
Bluejacket...                     Lenapah...
Wann...                           Hollow...
Pyramid Corners...                Centralia...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 100 AM CDT for
northeastern Oklahoma.

&&

LAT...LON 3673 9505 3682 9579 3700 9591 3700 9508
TIME...MOT...LOC 0054Z 273DEG 10KT 3699 9596 3688 9534

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

Special weather statement, Jun 26, 8:28 PM CDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
828 PM CDT Fri Jun 26 2026

OKZ056-057-270200-
Craig OK-Nowata OK-
828 PM CDT Fri Jun 26 2026

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN CRAIG AND
NORTHEASTERN NOWATA COUNTIES THROUGH 900 PM CDT...

At 828 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated a strong thunderstorm 6 miles
east of Lenapah, moving east at 15 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down small tree limbs and blow
         around unsecured objects.

Locations in or near the path include...
South Coffeyville...              Lenapah...
Hollow...                         Centralia...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead to
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 100 AM CDT for
northeastern Oklahoma.

&&

LAT...LON 3671 9522 3679 9564 3700 9577 3700 9523
TIME...MOT...LOC 0128Z 275DEG 15KT 3682 9553

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

Special weather statement, Jun 26, 8:53 PM CDT, 44 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
853 PM CDT Fri Jun 26 2026

OKZ059-270230-
Pawnee OK-
853 PM CDT Fri Jun 26 2026

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHWESTERN PAWNEE COUNTY
THROUGH 930 PM CDT...

At 853 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated a strong thunderstorm near
Glencoe, moving east at 10 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down small tree limbs and blow
         around unsecured objects.

Locations in or near the path include...
Pawnee...                         Maramec...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 100 AM CDT for
northeastern Oklahoma.

&&

LAT...LON 3634 9697 3636 9667 3616 9669 3616 9682
      3624 9682 3625 9684 3625 9692 3633 9693
      3633 9697
TIME...MOT...LOC 0153Z 276DEG 9KT 3625 9690

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

Special weather statement, Jun 26, 9:12 PM CDT, 25 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
912 PM CDT Fri Jun 26 2026

OKZ056-057-270245-
Craig OK-Nowata OK-
912 PM CDT Fri Jun 26 2026

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN CRAIG AND EAST
CENTRAL NOWATA COUNTIES THROUGH 945 PM CDT...

At 912 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated a strong thunderstorm 13 miles
north of White Oak, moving southeast at 15 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down small tree limbs and blow
         around unsecured objects.

Locations in or near the path include...
Centralia...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 100 AM CDT for
northeastern Oklahoma.

&&

LAT...LON 3672 9548 3691 9540 3685 9513 3663 9523
TIME...MOT...LOC 0212Z 295DEG 11KT 3680 9534

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 26, 7:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Nowata	33 min
Jun 26, 7:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Craig, Nowata	41 min
Jun 26, 7:22 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Nowata	3 hr
Jun 26, 7:35 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Pawnee	25 min
Jun 26, 7:48 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Nowata	3 hr
Jun 26, 7:55 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Craig	35 min
Jun 26, 8:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Pawnee	14 min
Jun 26, 8:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Nowata	32 min
Jun 26, 8:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Craig, Nowata	31 min
Jun 26, 8:53 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Pawnee	37 min
Jun 26, 9:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Craig	33 min
Jun 26, 10:04 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	TSA	Washington	56 min
Jun 26, 10:30 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	TSA	Craig, Nowata, Washington	3 hr
Jun 26, 11:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Creek	46 min
Jun 27, 12:24 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Craig, Delaware, Ottawa	5 hr
Jun 27, 1:30 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	TSA	Craig, Nowata, Washington	6 hr
Jun 27, 1:53 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Creek	52 min
Jun 27, 2:32 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Creek, Tulsa	43 min
Jun 27, 3:44 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Creek, Muskogee, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Tulsa, Wagoner	4 hr
Jun 27, 11:06 AM CDT	Heat Advisory	TSA	Nowata, Osage, Rogers, Tulsa, Wagoner, Washington	9 hr
Jun 27, 11:10 AM CDT	Heat Advisory	TSA	Craig, Creek, Haskell, LeFlore, Mayes, Muskogee and 10 more	33 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.