Alert archive / Arkansas / Flash Flood Warnings in 1995
Flash Flood Warning 27, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this flash flood warning at Jun 5, 1995, 7:50 PM CDT for Carroll County, Arkansas. It was in force for 115 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 5, 1995, 7:50 PM CDT (00:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 5, 1995, 9:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 115 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Whole counties
County Carroll County, AR
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 66 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
- 283 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -137 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1571 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 45 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 137 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KTUL 060050 FFWTUL ARC015-060245- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 750 PM CDT MON JUN 5 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 945 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS ...EASTERN CARROLL COUNTY AT 749 PM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER EASTERN CARROLL COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATE AROUND 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN DURING THE PAST HOUR AROUND THE GREEN FOREST AREA. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES COULD FALL THROUGH 900 PM LEADING TO 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. KEEP TUNED TO 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 Jun 5, 3:55 PM CDT, 3 hours 55 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 5, 3:55 PM CDT, 3 hours 55 minutes before
EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 355 PM CDT MON JUN 5 1995 MRNG MCS HAS STABILIZED AMS ACRS NE OK...WHILE CNVCTN IS FIRING ACRS SRN OK/NRN TX ALNG OUTFLO BDRY AHD OF NRN TX VORT MAX...AND ALSO FIRING ALNG DRYLN TX PNDL AHD OF DISTINCT VORT MAX SEEN ROTATING SEWD OVR OK PNDL ON 4KM GOES8 WTR VPR AND PROFLR NETWRK. SFC ANALYS SHOWS WK E TO W BNDRY...PSBL WRMFNT...IN PRES FIELD AND WIND FIELD OVR NRN TX XTNDG FROM LOW PRES OVR SERN NM. XPCT 1ST ROUND OF TRW...SOME SVR...TO AFFECT AREAS E OF OUTFLOW BDRY THIS AFTN/EVNG. MNWHL...SVR CNVCTN SHUD DVLP ACRS SRN TX PNDL WHR DRYLN INTERSECTS NRN TX WRMFNT/TROF. AS LLJ GETS GOING TNGT...THINK ANOTHR CNVCTV COMPLEX WL DVLP. THERMAL WIND FIELD SUGGEST A MVMT TO E OR EVEN ESE...NOT NE AS INDCTD FOR LAST NGTS MCS. THIS MVMT WUD TAKE IT OVR NRN TX OR SRN OK LATE TNGT AS S/W TROF SWINGS EWD OVR AREA. MAY NOT BE MUCH TNGT TUL NWD...ATTM WL INCLD 30 POPS THESE ZNS...WITH 40 TO 50 POPS S AND E OF TUL. WHATS LEFT OF MCS TMRW MRNG CUD AFFECT FAR ERN/SERN ZNS...WILL WORD THOSE ZNS PC WITH 20 POPS RW/TRW IN MRNG...BECOMING MSTLY SUNNY IN AFTN. ELSEWHR...BCMG MSTLY SUNNY. AMS WL BE VRY UNSTBL IN AFTN WITH SFC TEMPS WELL INTO 80S TO LWR 90S AND DWPTS IN 65 TO 70 RNG. HWVR...MDLS SUGGEST SUBSTANTIAL WARMING ALOFT...WITH 700 MB TEMPS ABV 10 DGRS C. CANNOT RULE OUT ISOLD LATE DAY TRW ON ANY WK BDRYS IN AREA...AND DUE TO TERRAIN EFFECTS ACRS NW AR/ SE OK...ESP WITH MDLS INDICATG SOME LLVL ISENTRPC LIFT ACRS ERN OK/NW AR THRU MIDDAY. ATTM...WL MENT ISOLD LATE DAY TRW IN SE OK/NW AR ZNS...NO MENT ELSWHR DUE TO STG CAP XPCTD. FAIR WX XPCTD TMRW NGT. LOOKED FOR MCC POTNTL IN MDL GRIDDED DATA. THERE IS SOME POTNTL OVR WRN KS AHD OF WK 700 MB S/W TROF BUT THKNS FIELDS WUD STEER SUCH AN MCC N OF FCST AREA...SO NO TRW MENT IN ZNS. MSTLY SUNNY...HOT AND HUMID CONDS XPCTD WED...WITH STG CAP SUPPRSG TRW DVLPMNT. ISOLD TRW PSBL DUE TO TERRAIN SE OK/NW AR...BUT WL NOT MENT IN 4TH PD ATTM. LOOKS LIKE A REAL TASTE OF SUMMER FOR FCST AREA NXT FEW DAYS. AS FOR TMPS...WITH VRY WARM 850 MB TEMPS XPCTD...WL GO A LTL ABV MOS FOR HI TMPS NXT 2 DAYS...BUT NOT AS HOT AS IT WOULD BE WITH MORE SWRLY/WRLY SFC FLOW AND ISENTRPC DOWNGLIDE. MOS OVRNGT LOWS NOT TOO BAD. PRELIM NUMBERS... TUL 67/89 69/92 31-- MLC 68/92 70/95 51-1 FYV 66/88 68/90 42-1 FSM 66/91 70/94 52-1 BVO 65/89 67/92 31-- IDB 68/92l 71/95 52-1 PW .TUL...NONE.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 5, 6:29 PM CDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
630 PM CDT MON JUN 05 1995
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... ST EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
430 PM MCCURTAIN OK 0.88 INCH HAIL
06/05/95 HASKELL
510 PM POTEAU OK WIND DAMAGE
06/05/95 LE FLORE FEW TREES/POWER LINES DOWN
528 PM VAN BUREN AR WIND DAMAGE
06/05/95 CRAWFORD FEW TREES/POWER LINES DOWN
535 PM FORT SMITH AR WIND DAMAGE
06/05/95 SEBASTIAN ROOF BLOWN OFF WAREHOUSE IN
WESTERN PART OF FORT SMITH
620 PM SILOAM SPRINGS AR 1.00 INCH HAIL
06/05/95 BENTON HAIL UP TO QUARTER SIZE
REPORTED 2 MILES SOUTH OF
SILOAM SPRINGSLocal storm report, Jun 5, 6:30 PM CDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
630 PM CDT MON JUN 05 1995
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... ST EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
430 PM MCCURTAIN OK 0.88 INCH HAIL
06/05/95 HASKELL
510 PM POTEAU OK WIND DAMAGE
06/05/95 LE FLORE FEW TREES/POWER LINES DOWN
528 PM VAN BUREN AR WIND DAMAGE
06/05/95 CRAWFORD FEW TREES/POWER LINES DOWN
535 PM FORT SMITH AR WIND DAMAGE
06/05/95 SEBASTIAN ROOF BLOWN OFF WAREHOUSE IN
WESTERN PART OF FORT SMITH
620 PM SILOAM SPRINGS AR 1.00 INCH HAIL
06/05/95 BENTON HAIL UP TO QUARTER SIZE
REPORTED 2 MILES SOUTH OF
SILOAM SPRINGSSpecial weather statement, Jun 5, 6:55 PM CDT, 55 minutes before
OKZ076-060015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 656 PM CDT MON JUN 5 1995 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHERN LE FLORE COUNTY WILL EXPIRED AT 700 PM... AT 655 PM WEATHER RADAR SHOWED SCATTERED SHOWERS CONTINUING OVER LE FLORE COUNTY IN EASTERN OKLAHOMA. A FEW SHOWERS WILL LINGER FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS...HOWEVER ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE LIGHT AND THE THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING HAS ENDED. THEREFORE THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHERN LE FLORE COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 700 PM AND WILL NOT BE EXTENDED.
Special weather statement, Jun 5, 6:56 PM CDT, 54 minutes before
OKZ076-060015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 656 PM CDT MON JUN 5 1995 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHERN LE FLORE COUNTY WILL EXPIRED AT 700 PM... AT 655 PM WEATHER RADAR SHOWED SCATTERED SHOWERS CONTINUING OVER LE FLORE COUNTY IN EASTERN OKLAHOMA. A FEW SHOWERS WILL LINGER FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS...HOWEVER ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE LIGHT AND THE THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING HAS ENDED. THEREFORE THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHERN LE FLORE COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 700 PM AND WILL NOT BE EXTENDED.
Special weather statement, Jun 5, 7:01 PM CDT, 49 minutes before
ARZ001-010-060015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 701 PM CDT MON JUN 5 1995 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS FOR BENTON AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES EXPIRED AT 700 PM... AT 700 PM WEATHER RADAR SHOWED THE THUNDERSTORMS OVER BENTON AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS HAD WEAKEN BELOW SEVERE LIMITS. HOWEVER...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM REMAINS JUST SOUTH OF GRAVETTE TO NEAR GENTRY. THIS STORM WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL OR BRIEF GUSTY WINDS TO 40 MILES AN HOUR AS IT MOVES TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. OTHER LESS INTENSE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED OVER WASHINGTON AND BENTON COUNTIES.
Special weather statement, Jun 5, 7:20 PM CDT, 30 minutes before
OKZ068>076-060100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 720 PM CDT MON JUN 5 1995 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 551 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR PARTS OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 551 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN EASTERN OKLAHOMA... ADAIR CHEROKEE MCINTOSH MUSKOGEE SEQUOYAH HASKELL PITTSBURG LATIMER LE FLORE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 551 RElMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM FOR NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 7:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Carroll | 49 min |
| Jun 5, 7:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Carroll | 31 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.