The remnants of Tropical Storm Bill moved north out of the Gulf of Mexico, across central Texas, and into south central Oklahoma on the 17th. The tropical system then slowed and began moving northeast across eastern Oklahoma late on the 17th through the 18th.
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The episode as NWS TSA wrote it up.
The remnants of Tropical Storm Bill moved north out of the Gulf of Mexico, across central Texas, and into south central Oklahoma on the 17th. The tropical system then slowed and began moving northeast across eastern Oklahoma late on the 17th through the 18th. The center of the remnants moved from south central Oklahoma to near McAlester by late morning on the 18th. The storm then travelled along a path from there to near Stigler, to Fort Smith, Arkansas, to southern Madison County, Arkansas, through the remainder of the 18th. Feeder bands of heavy rain occurred ahead of the circulation center, while the highest rainfall totals occurred near the path of the center. Abnormally high atmospheric moisture (near record high precipitable water for June) made the system very efficient at making rain, with amounts of two to five inches across a large area of eastern Oklahoma and northwestern Arkansas. The highest totals of five to twelve inches occurred from south central Oklahoma, up through portions of northeast and east central Oklahoma, and into northwestern Arkansas. Portions of west central Arkansas received the least amount of rain, which was generally less than two inches. With nearly saturated soils from the excessive rainfall and flooding in May, as well as the heavy rain a few days prior to this event, much of the rain became runoff and resulted in flash flooding across portions of northwestern Arkansas.
The local office's own words before the first event, 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 the first event at Jun 18, 2:53 PM CST, 2 hours 7 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
353 PM CDT THU JUN 18 2015
.DISCUSSION...
CENTER T.D. BILL CURRENTLY ON EAST CENTRAL OK/WEST AR
LINE HEADED NORTHEAST ABOUT 15 MPH. PRECIP SHIELD BACK
TO JUST WEST OF I-44. BULK PRECIP EAST OF I-44 BY DARK.
BY DAWN RAIN SHIELD SHOULD EASILY CLEAR EASTERN OK AND
CLEAR NORTHWEST ARKANSAS BEFORE NOON FRIDAY. HEAVIEST
RAIN THIS EVENING EAST CENTRAL OK / NORTHWEST ARKANSAS
ESPECIALLY HIGHER TERRAIN OF NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. RAPID
RUN-OFF IN TERRAIN WILL EXACERBATE FLOOD THREAT. FLOOD
WATCH CONTINUES.
ONCE BILL EXITS NORTHEAST...H500 RIDGE BUILDS INTO THE
SOUTHERN PLAINS. DRYING OUT PROCESS WILL BE SLOW FROM
OUR ABUNDANCE OF RAIN. OUR WEATHER WILL FEEL TROPICAL
FROM THE WEEKEND WELL INTO NEXT WEEK. HIGH TEMPERATURE
IN THE UPPER 80S AND LOWER 90S..WHILE DEWPOINTS LINGER
IN THE UPPER 60S AND LOWER 70S. THANKFULLY...NOT MUCH
CHANCE FOR SHOWERS/THUNDER SATURDAY THROUGH THE MIDDLE
OF NEXT WEEK.
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
TUL 71 87 73 93 / 30 10 0 10
FSM 71 87 71 93 / 100 30 10 10
MLC 70 87 71 90 / 40 10 10 10
BVO 68 86 68 92 / 20 0 0 10
FYV 69 80 64 90 / 100 30 10 10
BYV 69 79 66 90 / 100 60 10 10
MKO 69 85 70 90 / 80 10 10 10
MIO 69 83 68 91 / 80 10 0 10
F10 69 87 71 90 / 30 10 10 10
HHW 71 89 72 91 / 40 10 10 10
&&
.TSA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OK...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 7 AM FRIDAY FOR OKZ049-OKZ053-OKZ054-
OKZ055-OKZ056-OKZ057-OKZ058-OKZ059-OKZ060-OKZ061-OKZ062-
OKZ063-OKZ064-OKZ065-OKZ066-OKZ067-OKZ068-OKZ069-OKZ070-
OKZ071-OKZ072-OKZ073-OKZ074-OKZ075-OKZ076.
AR...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 7 AM FRIDAY FOR ARZ001-ARZ002-ARZ010-
ARZ011-ARZ019-ARZ020-ARZ029.
&&
SHORT TERM...02
LONG TERM....21HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 504 PM CDT THU JUN 18 2015 ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-191030- 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- 504 PM CDT THU JUN 18 2015 ...HEAVY RAIN POSSIBLE THROUGH THE EVENING... THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS AS WELL AS MUCH OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. FLASH FLOOD. RISK...SIGNIFICANT. AREA...EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. ONSET...ONGOING. HEAVY RAIN. RISK...SIGNIFICANT. AREA...FAR EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. ONSET...ONGOING. AREA AT GREATEST RISK... . THUNDERSTORMS WITH DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. RISK...ELEVATED. AREA...NORTHWEST ARKANSAS AND FAR EASTERN OKLAHOMA. ONSET...ONGOING. DISCUSSION... WIDESPREAD RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO DRIFT EASTWARD INTO ARKANSAS THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. THERE HAS BEEN VERY LITTLE LIGHTNING...BUT AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM REMAINS POSSIBLE INTO THE EVENING. HEAVIEST RAINFALL CAN BE EXPECTED OVER NORTHWEST ARKANSAS...WHERE TWO TO FOUR INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER NIGHT. AROUND AN INCH OF RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT IN FAR EASTERN OKLAHOMA NORTH OF INTERSTATE 40. ALL THESE THREATS WILL BE DIMINISHING THROUGH THE NIGHT. SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION NOT EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. FRIDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL. SATURDAY...DANGEROUS HEAT POTENTIAL. SUNDAY...NO HAZARDS. MONDAY...NO HAZARDS. TUESDAY...NO HAZARDS. WEDNESDAY...NO HAZARDS. EXTENDED DISCUSSION... THERE WILL REMAIN A RISK OF THUNDERSTORMS EARLY FRIDAY AS THE TROPICAL SYSTEM MOVES SLOWLY THROUGH ARKANSAS. BY SATURDAY...THE COMBINATION OF HEAT AND HUMIDITY WILL PRODUCE POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS. WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TULSA CONTAINS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1203 PM CDT THU JUN 18 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1201 PM FLASH FLOOD CHECOTAH 35.47N 95.52W
06/18/2015 MCINTOSH OK STORM CHASER
SOME COUNTY ROADS FLOODED.
&&
JDSPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1215 PM CDT THU JUN 18 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1208 PM FLASH FLOOD GLENPOOL 35.96N 96.01W
06/18/2015 TULSA OK PUBLIC
WATER OVER ROAD AT 26TH STREET WEST OF HIGHWAY 75.
&&
JDSPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
307 PM CDT THU JUN 18 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0306 PM FLASH FLOOD TAHLEQUAH 35.92N 94.97W
06/18/2015 CHEROKEE OK PUBLIC
WATER OVER THE ROAD ON THE NORTH SIDE OF TAHLEQUAH VIA
TWITTER
&&
LACYPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
315 PM CDT THU JUN 18 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0311 PM FLASH FLOOD 4 S EUFAULA 35.23N 95.58W
06/18/2015 PITTSBURG OK PUBLIC
WATER WASHED OUT PART OF A COUNTY ROAD VIA FACEBOOK
&&
LACYThe Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 74 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:59 UTC.
2 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Dye Creek Road was closed due to high water.
Portions of several roads in the western part of Benton County were flooded.
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