Alert archive / Arkansas / Flash Flood Warnings in 1995
Flash Flood Warning 19, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this flash flood warning at May 13, 1995, 11:01 PM CDT for Madison County, Washington County, Arkansas. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 13, 1995, 11:01 PM CDT (04:01 UTC)
- Expired
- May 14, 1995, 2:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Madison County, AR, Washington County, AR
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KUMN), launched 00:00Z, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 102 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KTUL 140402 FFWTUL ARC087-143-140700- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 1101 PM CDT SAT MAY 13 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 200 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS ...NORTHERN MADISON COUNTY...NORTHEASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAINS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR ACROSS NORTHEAST WASHINGTON AND NORTHERN MADISON COUNTIES. 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 TO THIS STATION FOR THhE 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 hour 43 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 13, 9:18 PM CDT, 1 hour 43 minutes 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 13, 7:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Benton | 48 min |
| May 13, 7:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Benton | 53 min |
| May 13, 8:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Benton | 47 min |
| May 13, 8:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Benton | 46 min |
| May 13, 9:19 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Benton | 3 hr |
| May 13, 9:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Carroll, Madison | 51 min |
| May 13, 9:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Washington | 46 min |
| May 13, 9:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Benton | 48 min |
| May 13, 9:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Benton, Washington | 53 min |
| May 13, 10:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Madison | 46 min |
| May 13, 10:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Madison, Washington | 49 min |
| May 13, 11:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Washington | 45 min |
| May 13, 11:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Madison | 52 min |
| May 14, 12:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Crawford, Washington | 45 min |
| May 14, 12:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Madison | 35 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.