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Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS Tulsa, OK

May 3, 1990Johnson County, Logan County, Arkansas

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this flash flood warning at May 3, 1990, 7:17 AM CDT for Johnson County, Logan County, Arkansas. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 3, 1990, 7:17 AM CDT (12:17 UTC)
Expired
May 3, 1990, 10:15 AM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Whole counties

Counties Johnson County, AR, Logan 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 12:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 169 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 12:00Z on 1990-05-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 1990-05-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 397 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
707 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
63 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
397 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
341 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KFSM 031218 RRA
FFWFSM
ARC087-113-033-047-071-083-127-131-OKC079-031515-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT SMITH AR
717 AM CDT THU MAY 3 1990
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT SMITH HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1015 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS
 
   ...MADISON COUNTY
 
IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS
 
   ...POLK COUNTY
 
IN WEST ARKANSAS
 
   ...CRAWFORD COUNTY...FRANKLIN COUNTY...JOHNSON COUNTY...LOGAN COUNT   ...SCOTT COUNTY...SEBASTIAN COUNTY
 
 
IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
 
   ...LE FLORE COUNTY
 
A LARGE AREA OF LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN COUNTINUES OVER EAST CENTRAL
OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN ARKANSAS. MANY ROADWAYS AND LOW LYING AREAS
ACROSS THE AREA ARE STILL FLOODED AND WATERS ARE CONTINUING TO RISE.
HOWEVER FLOODWATERS ARE BEGINNING TO RECEDE IN BENTON AND WASHINGTON
COUNTIES IN EXTREME NORTHWEST ARKANSAS AND SEQUOYAH COUNTY IN EAST
CENTRAL OKLAHOMA. ELSEWHERE OVER THE AREA FLOODWATERS CONTINUE TO
RISE. MORE LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN AND A FEW PATCHES OF HEAVY RAIN IS
EXPECTED OVER EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN ARKANSAS FOR THE
NEXT SEVERAL HOURS.
 
 
 
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS
IMMINENT.  MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS 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.  TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 2, 11:19 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSACrawford, Sebastian4 hr
May 2, 11:19 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSAScott4 hr
May 3, 12:17 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSAPolk3 hr
May 3, 12:17 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSABenton, Washington3 hr
May 3, 12:24 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSASebastian66 min
May 3, 12:37 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACrawford68 min
May 3, 1:02 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAFranklin58 min
May 3, 1:48 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAFranklin, Logan, Scott, Sebastian57 min
May 3, 2:04 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAJohnson56 min
May 3, 3:12 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSAPolk, Scott, Sebastian4 hr
May 3, 3:12 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSABenton, Madison, Washington4 hr
May 3, 3:12 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSACrawford, Franklin4 hr
May 3, 3:12 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSAJohnson, Logan4 hr
May 3, 7:17 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSACrawford, Franklin, Madison3 hr
May 3, 7:17 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSAPolk3 hr
May 3, 6:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAWashington57 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Arkansas, 1990Every flash flood warning in 1990

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.