Flash Flood Warning 45, NWS Tulsa, OK

Issued

Oct 8, 1990, 11:07 AM CDT (16:07 UTC)

Expired

Oct 8, 1990, 2:15 PM CDT

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Tulsa, OK

Area

Whole counties

County Polk County, AR

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

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BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT SMITH AR
1107 AM CDT MON OCT 8 1990
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT SMITH HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  215 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS
 
   ...POLK COUNTY
 
..HEAVY RAIN MOVING BACK INTO POLK COUNTY ARKANSAS. MANY STREETS IN
MENA ARKANSAS IN POLK COUNTY ARE WATER COVERED AND DANGEROUS. MANY
SMALL STREAMS ARE BANKFULL AND ABOVE.DUE TO THE HEAVY RAIN BEGINNING
AGAIN FLOODING WILL OCCUR OVER MANY AREAS OF POLK COUNTY FOR THE
NEXT FEW HOURS.
 
 
 
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY.  THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO
CROSS SAFELY.  VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE
ABANDONED QUICKLY.  MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

In the hours before

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
600 AM CDT MON OCT 8 1990

        ...GET READY FOR A COOL AND DAMP DAY...

A RATHER COOL AND DAMP DAY WILL START THE WEEK IN NORTHEAST
OKLAHOMA AND SURROUNDING AREAS. A SHALLOW LAYER OF COLD AIR NEAR
THE SURFACE WILL CAUSE THE COOL TEMPERATURES WHILE VERY MOIST AIR
ABOVE THE SURFACE WILL CAUSE CLOUDS AND OCCASIONAL PRECIPITATION.
LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN WILL LIKELY FALL FOR MOST OF TODAY AND
LAST THROUGH TONIGHT. A STRONG UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM TO THE
WEST OF THE AREA WILL MOVE EAST AND BRING THE THREAT OF A FEW
THUNDERSTORMS BOTH TODAY AND TONIGHT.

HIGH TEMPERATURES TODAY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA WILL LIKELY REMAIN IN
THE 50S IN MOST AREAS WITH NORTH WINDS AROUND 15 MPH. IF YOU PLAN
TO BE OUTDOORS TODAY...REMEMBER TO DRESS APPROPRIATELY AND TAKE ALONG
YOUR UMBRELLA. THE RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY
MORNING WITH CONTINUED COOL TEMPERATURES AND STRONG NORTH WINDS.

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

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.