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Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Tulsa, OK

April 1, 1988Madison County, Arkansas

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this flash flood warning at Apr 1, 1988, 9:21 PM CST for Madison County, Arkansas. It was in force for 114 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 1, 1988, 9:21 PM CST (03:21 UTC)
Expired
Apr 1, 1988, 11:15 PM CST
In force
114 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Whole counties

County Madison County, AR

The radar

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KUMN), launched 00:00Z, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 99 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 1988-04-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 113 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 1988-04-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 200 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
113 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-52 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
817 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
200 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
303 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.6

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KFSM 020321
FFWFSM
ARC087-020515-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT SMITH AR
921 PM CST FRI APR 1 1988
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1115 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
 
IN WEST ARKANSAS
          ...MADISON
 
REPORTS FROM COUNTY SHERIFF INDICATED HIGHWAYS AND COUNTY ROADS ARE
UNDER WATER AND BECOMING IMPASSABLE ESPECIALLY AT LOW WATER CROSSINGS
AND LOW WATER BRIDGES.  ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL CAN BE EXPECTED
THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY DURING THE NEXT ONE TO TWO HOURS.
 
MOST DEATHS IN FLASH FLOODING OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.  DO NOT
ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS
THE ROADWAY.  NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A
SMALL ONE...ON FOOT.
 
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE
THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS.  IF FLASH FLOODING IS
OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY.  MOVE UP iTO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS.  DO
NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 1, 7:27 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningTSACrawford, Sebastian2 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Arkansas, 1988Every flash flood warning in 1988

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.