Alert archive / Arkansas / Flash Flood Warnings in 1990
Flash Flood Warning 17, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this flash flood warning at May 3, 1990, 3:12 AM CDT for Benton County, Madison County, Washington County, Arkansas. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 3, 1990, 3:12 AM CDT (08:12 UTC)
- Expired
- May 3, 1990, 7:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Benton County, AR, Madison County, AR, Washington 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, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 91 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 626 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 134 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 191 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KFSM 030814 RRA FFWFSM ARC007-087-143-113-033-047-071-083-127-131-OKC135-079-031215- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT SMITH AR 312 AM CDT THU MAY 3 1990 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT SMITH HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 715 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS ...BENTON COUNTY...MADISON COUNTY...WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS ...POLK COUNTY IN WEST ARKANSAS ...CRAWFORD COUNTY...FRANKLIN COUNTY...JOHNSON COUNTY...LOGAN COUNT ...SCOTT COUNTY...SEBASTIAN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA ...SEQUOYAH COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA ...LE FLORE COUNTY HEAVY RAINS CONTINUE OVER EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN ARKANSAS EARLY THIS MORNING. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF FROM 3 TO 6 INCHES HAVE OCCURRED OVER THE AREA. MANY ROADS ARE UNDER WATER AND MOST CREEKS AND RIVERS ARE BANKFULL AND OVER...ADDITIONAL RAINS ARE EXPECTED FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS. RESIDENTS IN THE WARNED AREA SHOULD MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF THEY LIVE IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS. MOTORISTS DRIVING TO WORK EARLY THIS MORNING SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION AND NOT DRIVE INTO WATER COVERED ROADWAYS OR LOW WATER BRIDGES. 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 TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. 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. !
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2, 11:19 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Crawford, Sebastian | 4 hr |
| May 2, 11:19 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Scott | 4 hr |
| May 3, 12:17 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Polk | 3 hr |
| May 3, 12:17 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Benton, Washington | 3 hr |
| May 3, 12:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Sebastian | 66 min |
| May 3, 12:37 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Crawford | 68 min |
| May 3, 1:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Franklin | 58 min |
| May 3, 1:48 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Franklin, Logan, Scott, Sebastian | 57 min |
| May 3, 2:04 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Johnson | 56 min |
| May 3, 3:12 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Polk, Scott, Sebastian | 4 hr |
| May 3, 3:12 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Crawford, Franklin | 4 hr |
| May 3, 3:12 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Johnson, Logan | 4 hr |
| May 3, 7:17 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Crawford, Franklin, Madison | 3 hr |
| May 3, 7:17 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Johnson, Logan | 3 hr |
| May 3, 7:17 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Polk | 3 hr |
| May 3, 6:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Washington | 57 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.