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Flash Flood Warning 44, NWS Tulsa, OK

June 10, 1995Carroll County, Arkansas

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this flash flood warning at Jun 10, 1995, 10:30 AM CDT for Carroll County, Arkansas. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 10, 1995, 10:30 AM CDT (15:30 UTC)
Expired: Jun 10, 1995, 12:30 PM CDT
In force: 2 hr
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 15:16 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

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 349 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1385 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -98 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 21 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KTUL 101534
FFWTUL
ARC015-101730-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1030 AM CDT SAT JUN 10 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1230 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS
 
   ...CARROLL COUNTY
 
THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR CARROLL COUNTY ARKANSAS HAS BEEN EXTENDED
UNTIL 1230 PM. ALTHOUGH THE HEAVY RAINS HAVE MOVED EAST OF THE AREA AS
OF 1030 AM...FLOODING CONTINUES ALONG HIGHWAYS 187 AND HIGHWAY 62. MOST
OF THE FLOODING WAS REPORTED IN THE NORTHWEST PART OF CARROLL COUNTY
NEAR BEAVER.
 
THE WATER WILL GRADUALLY RECEDE LATE THIS MORNING. LITTLE OR NO
ADDITIONAL RAIN IS EXPECTED THROUGH NOON.
 
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.
 
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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 10, 10:09 AM CDT, 21 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 10, 10:09 AM CDT, 21 minutes before

EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1005 AM CDT SAT JUN 10 1995

12Z SFC ANALYS INDCTS CDFNT HAS ENTERED XTRM NWRN PTNS OF FA.  DEW
POINTS HV FALLEN INTO THE 50S IN NWRN OSAGE CO.  THOT ABT DROPPING
FFA FOR A FEW COUNTIES...BUT XPCT CDFNT TO STALL SOON AS STG S/W
APRCHS FM THE WEST.  ALSO SOME ACTVTY HAS DVLPD IN PARTS OF NWRN OK
EVEN BHND THE FNT.  NEW ETA DOES SHOW AN GOOD S/W COMING THRU TNGT.
MAY HV TO XTND FFA INTO TNGT...BUT WL WAIT TIL AFTN PCKG.  THIS SHUD
BE THE LAST ONE FOR A WHILE.  IN THE MEANTIME...ERY MRNG FCST LUKS
ON TRAK AND ANY CHGS WL BE MINOR.

..11..

.TUL...FFA TODAY FOR OKZ054>076-ARZ001-002-010-011-019-029 (ALL ZONES
       EXCEPT MCCURTAIN COUNTY)

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 10, 4:30 AM CDT, 6 hours before

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
430 AM CDT SAT JUN 10 1995

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....   ST   EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

1125-1130PM NORTH OF OCHELTA         OK   60 MPH WINDS.
06/09/95    WASHINGTON

1134 PM    BARTLESVILLE              OK   MAJOR STREET FLOODING
06/09/95   WASHINGTON                     IN BARTLESVILLE.

1155 PM    WATOVA                    OK   0.88 INCH HAIL.
06/09/95   NOWATA

1205 AM    MIAMI                     OK   60 MPH WINDS.
06/10/95   OTTAWA

1220 AM    CENTRALIA                 OK   60 MPH WINDS.
06/10/95   CRAIG

0128 AM    VINITA                    OK   6 INCHES OF WATER ON
06/10/95   CRAIG                          HIGHWAY 66.

0155 AM    MIAMI                     OK   NUMEROUS STREETS CLOSED
06/10/95   OTTAWA                         DUE TO HIGH WATER.

0345 AM    WELCH                     OK   MINOR FLOODING OF COUNTY
06/10/95   CRAIG                          ROADS IN NORTHERN PART OF
                                          COUNTY.

0345 AM    MIAMI                     OK   ADDITIONAL RAIN AND STREET
06/10/95   OTTAWA                         FLOODING.

Local storm report, Jun 10, 4:33 AM CDT, 5 hours 57 minutes before

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
430 AM CDT SAT JUN 10 1995

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....   ST   EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

1125-1130PM NORTH OF OCHELTA         OK   60 MPH WINDS.
06/09/95    WASHINGTON

1134 PM    BARTLESVILLE              OK   MAJOR STREET FLOODING
06/09/95   WASHINGTON                     IN BARTLESVILLE.

1155 PM    WATOVA                    OK   0.88 INCH HAIL.
06/09/95   NOWATA

1205 AM    MIAMI                     OK   60 MPH WINDS.
06/10/95   OTTAWA

1220 AM    CENTRALIA                 OK   60 MPH WINDS.
06/10/95   CRAIG

0128 AM    VINITA                    OK   6 INCHES OF WATER ON
06/10/95   CRAIG                          HIGHWAY 66.

0155 AM    MIAMI                     OK   NUMEROUS STREETS CLOSED
06/10/95   OTTAWA                         DUE TO HIGH WATER.

0345 AM    WELCH                     OK   MINOR FLOODING OF COUNTY
06/10/95   CRAIG                          ROADS IN NORTHERN PART OF
                                          COUNTY.

0345 AM    MIAMI                     OK   ADDITIONAL RAIN AND STREET
06/10/95   OTTAWA                         FLOODING.

Special weather statement, Jun 10, 5:59 AM CDT, 4 hours 31 minutes before

OKZ054>077-ARZ001-002-010-011-019-029-111200-

EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
600 AM CDT SAT JUN 10 1995

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND TONIGHT
ACROSS ALL OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWEST ARKANSAS AND ALL OF
EASTERN OKLAHOMA EXCEPT MCCURTAIN COUNTY.

THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT HAVE LEFT NUMEROUS OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES
ACROSS THE AREA. IN ADDITION...A COLD FRONT WAS LOCATED JUST NORTH
AND WEST OF THE AREA EARLY THIS MORNING. A WARM MOIST AIRMASS
REMAINS IN PLACE ACROSS EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS
WITH DEW POINTS IN THE UPPER 60S TO LOWER 70S. THIS HAS KEPT THE
ATMOSPHERE UNSTABLE.

ABUNDANT MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE TO BE PUMPED NORTHWARD INTO THE
AREA THROUGH THE DAY PROVIDING FUEL FOR ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM
DEVELOPMENT. THUNDERSTORMS WILL FORM ALONG THE EXISTING OUTFLOW
BOUNDARIES AS WELL AS THE COLD FRONT...WHICH WILL MOVE SLOWLY
SOUTHWARD DURING THE DAY. WIND FIELDS WILL NOT BE AS STRONG AS THE
PAST FEW DAYS...BUT SUFFICIENT INSTABILITY EXISTS SO THAT SOME
THUNDERSTORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND STRONG WINDS
THE MAIN THREAT. IN ADDITION...VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE
WITH THESE STORMS.

THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER AND HEAVY RAINFALL WILL DIMINISH AFTER
THE FRONT PASSES TO THE SOUTH.

SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCIES SHOULD REMAIN
ALERT THROUGH THE DAY AND INTO THE NIGHT.

AN UPDATED THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK WILL BE ISSUED AT 100 PM.

Special weather statement, Jun 10, 6:00 AM CDT, 4 hours 30 minutes before

OKZ054>077-ARZ001-002-010-011-019-029-111200-

EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
600 AM CDT SAT JUN 10 1995

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND TONIGHT
ACROSS ALL OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWEST ARKANSAS AND ALL OF
EASTERN OKLAHOMA EXCEPT MCCURTAIN COUNTY.

THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT HAVE LEFT NUMEROUS OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES
ACROSS THE AREA. IN ADDITION...A COLD FRONT WAS LOCATED JUST NORTH
AND WEST OF THE AREA EARLY THIS MORNING. A WARM MOIST AIRMASS
REMAINS IN PLACE ACROSS EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS
WITH DEW POINTS IN THE UPPER 60S TO LOWER 70S. THIS HAS KEPT THE
ATMOSPHERE UNSTABLE.

ABUNDANT MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE TO BE PUMPED NORTHWARD INTO THE
AREA THROUGH THE DAY PROVIDING FUEL FOR ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM
DEVELOPMENT. THUNDERSTORMS WILL FORM ALONG THE EXISTING OUTFLOW
BOUNDARIES AS WELL AS THE COLD FRONT...WHICH WILL MOVE SLOWLY
SOUTHWARD DURING THE DAY. WIND FIELDS WILL NOT BE AS STRONG AS THE
PAST FEW DAYS...BUT SUFFICIENT INSTABILITY EXISTS SO THAT SOME
THUNDERSTORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND STRONG WINDS
THE MAIN THREAT. IN ADDITION...VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE
WITH THESE STORMS.

THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER AND HEAVY RAINFALL WILL DIMINISH AFTER
THE FRONT PASSES TO THE SOUTH.

SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCIES SHOULD REMAIN
ALERT THROUGH THE DAY AND INTO THE NIGHT.

AN UPDATED THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK WILL BE ISSUED AT 100 PM.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 10, 7:21 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Benton, Carroll	3 hr
Jun 10, 7:42 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Washington	3 hr
Jun 10, 9:04 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Madison	3 hr
Jun 10, 12:45 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Washington	4 hr
Jun 10, 2:35 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Benton, Carroll, Madison	3 hr

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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.