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Flash Flood Warning 18, NWS Tulsa, OK

May 13, 1995Benton County, Arkansas

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this flash flood warning at May 13, 1995, 9:19 PM CDT for Benton County, Arkansas. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 13, 1995, 9:19 PM CDT (02:19 UTC)
Expired
May 14, 1995, 12:15 AM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Whole counties

County Benton County, AR

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KUMN), launched 00:00Z, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 74 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 1995-05-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2575 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 1995-05-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 42 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
2575 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1417 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
42 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
189 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.6
Supercell composite
4.2

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KTUL 140220
FFWTUL
ARC007-140515-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
919 PM CDT SAT MAY 13 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1215 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS
 
   ...BENTON COUNTY
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS MUCH
OF BENTON COUNTY. RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATE THAT OVER 3 INCHES OF RAIN
HAS FALLEN ACROSS PARTS OF BENTON COUNTY BETWEEN 7 PM AND 915 PM.
ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL IS LIKELY AND THIS WILL LIKELY RESULT IN FLASH
FLOODING.
 
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS LIKELY OR HAS BEEN
REPORTED.  STAY ALERT AND WATCH FOR RAPIDLY RISING WATER.
REMEMBER...IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE TO THE
NEAREST STREAM...CREEK OR RIVER WHICH CAN BECOME A KILLER DURING
PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN.
 
MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.  DO NOT DRIVE YOUR
VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.  THE WATER
MAY BE TOO DEEP TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY.  IF YOUR
VEHICLE GETS CAUGHT IN RISING WATER...ABANDONED IT QUICKLY.  THEN
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
 
KEEP TUNED PTO THIS STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER BULLETINS.

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.

NWS Tulsa, OK wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at May 13, 9:18 PM CDT, 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 13, 9:18 PM CDT, 1 minute before
EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
918 PM CDT SAT MAY 13 1995

NOT MUCH TIME TO LOOK AT NEW DATA.  MONSTER STORMS CONTINUE
OVR XTRM NW AR/NE CRNR OK...WITH ISOLD NEW ECHOES SCTRL OK.
WL KEEP ISOLD/SCTD TRW IN FCST IN TOR WTCH AREA AS WELL AS
ACRS SE OK.  MAY MAKE SOME CHGS TO TEMPS IN FEW ZNS...ESP
WHR DWPTS REMAIN HI.

ANOTHR S/W TROF INDCTD BY 12Z MDL DATA TO MOVE ACRS OK.
MDLS INSIST LLVLN MOISTR WL BE LESS THAN TDAY.  IF NOT...
CUD GET MORE WDLY SCTD TRW.  FOR NOW...NO CHGS PLANNED
FOR TMRWS FCST.

PW

.TUL...NONE.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 13, 7:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSABenton48 min
May 13, 7:22 PM CDTTornado WarningTSABenton53 min
May 13, 8:13 PM CDTTornado WarningTSABenton47 min
May 13, 8:59 PM CDTTornado WarningTSABenton46 min
May 13, 9:24 PM CDTTornado WarningTSACarroll, Madison51 min
May 13, 9:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAWashington46 min
May 13, 9:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSABenton48 min
May 13, 9:52 PM CDTTornado WarningTSABenton, Washington53 min
May 13, 10:14 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAMadison46 min
May 13, 10:41 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAMadison, Washington49 min
May 13, 11:01 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSAMadison, Washington3 hr
May 13, 11:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAWashington45 min
May 13, 11:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMadison52 min
May 14, 12:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACrawford, Washington45 min
May 14, 12:40 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMadison35 min

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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.