Alert archive / Arkansas / Flash Flood Warnings in 1990
Flash Flood Warning 25, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this flash flood warning at May 19, 1990, 10:28 PM CDT for Crawford County, Franklin County, Sebastian County, Arkansas. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 19, 1990, 10:28 PM CDT (03:28 UTC)
- Expired
- May 20, 1990, 1:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Crawford County, AR, Franklin County, AR, Sebastian 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, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 166 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
- 2736 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -14 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 712 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 89 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 151 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.1
- Supercell composite
- 5.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KFSM 200328 FFWFSM ARC033-047-131-200630- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT SMITH AR 1028 PM CDT SAT MAY 19 1990 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT SMITH HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 130 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN WEST ARKANSAS ...CRAWFORD COUNTY...FRANKLIN COUNTY...SEBASTIAN COUNTY SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN OCCURRING FOR SEVERAL HOURS ACROSS WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS AND CAUSING LOCAL FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS. PERSONS IN THESE COUNTIES SHOULD BE ESPECIALLY ALERT FOR HEAVY RAINS CAUSING MORE FLOODING. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT. IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS SHOULD AVOID CAMPING ALONG STREAMS OR CREEKS DURING THREATENING RAINS. MOST DEATHS IN FLASH FLOODING OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CRrOSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT.
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.
In the hours before
Local storm report, May 19, 6:27 PM CDT, 4 hours 1 minute before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA, OK
613 PM CDT SAT MAY 19 1990
TIME/CDT COUNTY EVENT
4 15 PM OSAGE DIME SIZE HAIL NEAR NEW PRUE.
4 38 PM TULSA QUARTER SIZE HAIL IN SOUTH TULSA.
4 40 PM TULSA GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL 5 MILES WEST OF SAND SPRINGS.
4 30 PM MAYES DIME SIZE HAIL AT LANGLEY.
4 45 PM DELAWARE DIME SIZE HAIL AT CHLOETA.
5 09 PM MAYES 3/4 INCH HAIL AT LANGLEY.
5 10 PM OSAGE DIME SIZE HAIL 2 MILES NE OF NEW PRUE.
5 20 PM TULSA DIME SIZE HAIL IN JENKS.
5 35 PM MAYES HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUST TO 70 MPH
AT LANGLEY.
5 50 PM MAYES DIME SIZE HAIL AT SPAVINAW.
5 55 PM MAYES 75 MPH WIND JUST NORTH OF PRYOR.
6 13 PM WAGONER DIME SIZE HAIL AT COWETA.Local storm report, May 19, 6:28 PM CDT, 4 hours before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA, OK
628 PM CDT SAT MAY 19 1990
TIME/CDT COUNTY EVENT
4 15 PM OSAGE DIME SIZE HAIL NEAR NEW PRUE.
4 38 PM TULSA QUARTER SIZE HAIL IN SOUTH TULSA.
4 40 PM TULSA GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL 5 MILES WEST OF SAND SPRINGS.
4 30 PM MAYES DIME SIZE HAIL AT LANGLEY.
4 45 PM DELAWARE DIME SIZE HAIL AT CHLOETA.
5 09 PM MAYES 3/4 INCH HAIL AT LANGLEY.
5 10 PM OSAGE DIME SIZE HAIL 2 MILES NE OF NEW PRUE.
5 20 PM TULSA DIME SIZE HAIL IN JENKS.
5 35 PM MAYES HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUST TO 70 MPH
AT LANGLEY.
5 50 PM MAYES DIME SIZE HAIL AT SPAVINAW.
5 55 PM MAYES 75 MPH WIND JUST NORTH OF PRYOR.
6 13 PM WAGONER DIME SIZE HAIL AT COWETA.Local storm report, May 19, 8:45 PM CDT, 1 hour 43 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA, OK
835 PM CDT SAT MAY 19 1990
TIME/CDT COUNTY EVENT
6 10 PM DELAWARE GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL 5 MILES SOUTH CLEORA.
6 25 PM CREEK GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL 2 MILES SOUTH DRUMRIGHT.
6 40 PM CREEK GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL AT DRUMRIGHT.
6 40 PM MAYES NICKEL SIZE HAIL AT LOCUST GROVE.
6 40 PM MUSKOGEE DIME SIZE HAIL AT HASKELL.
7 15 PM MUSKOGEE HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL COVERING GROUND 4 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF JAMESVILLE.
7 20 PM OKMULGEE 60-70 MPH WINDS AND GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL 3 MILES
EAST OF BALDHILL.
7 45 PM MUSKOGEE DIME SIZE HAIL 3 MILES SOUTH BOYNTON.
7 55 PM OKMULGEE GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL AT MORRIS.
8 25 PM MUSKOGEE DIME SIZE HAIL AT MUSKOGEE.
8 38 PM MUSKOGEE GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL AT KEEFETON.Local storm report, May 19, 10:11 PM CDT, 17 minutes before
STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA, OK 1006 PM CDT SAT MAY 19 1990 TIME/CDT COUNTY EVENT 8 48 PM MCINTOSH GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL AT EUFAULA. 9 00 PM OKMULGEE DIME SIZE HAIL 4 MILES SOUTH OKMULGEE.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 19, 7:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Scott, Sebastian | 64 min |
| May 19, 7:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Benton, Washington | 57 min |
| May 19, 9:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Sebastian | 66 min |
| May 19, 9:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Logan | 60 min |
| May 19, 9:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Crawford | 68 min |
| May 19, 10:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Sebastian | 60 min |
| May 19, 11:42 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Logan | 3 hr |
| May 20, 1:40 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Polk, Scott | 2 hr |
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.