Flash Flood Warning 38, NWS Tulsa, OK

Issued

Nov 6, 1996, 8:56 PM CST (02:56 UTC)

Expired

Nov 7, 1996, 3:00 AM CST

In force

6 hr

Issued by

NWS Tulsa, OK

Area

Whole counties

Counties Carroll County, AR, Crawford County, AR, Madison County, AR, Washington County, AR

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ARC015-033-087-143-131-OKC135-061-077-079-070900-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
856 PM CST WED NOV 6 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  300 AM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS
 
   ...CARROLL COUNTY...CRAWFORD COUNTY...MADISON COUNTY
   ...WASHINGTON COUNTY
 
IN WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS
 
   ...SEBASTIAN COUNTY
 
 
IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
 
   ...SEQUOYAH COUNTY
 
IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
 
   ...HASKELL COUNTY...LATIMER COUNTY...LE FLORE COUNTY
 
RAINFALL WAS INCREASING ACROSS NORTHWEST ARKANSAS AND PARTS OF EAST
CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA. THE LATEST DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES
SUGGEST THAT 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN WILL FALL OVER MUCH OF THE WARNED
AREA BY LATE TONIGHT. THIS RAINFALL WILL RESULT IN RAPID RISES ON
RIVERS...CREEKS AND DRAINAGE DITCHES AND CAUSE FLOODING OF SOME CITY
STREETS AND LOW-LYING AREAS.
 
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 THE LATEST WEATHER BULLETINS.

NWS Tulsa, OK wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Nov 6, 8:42 PM CST, 14 minutes earlier.

EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
900 PM CST WED NOV 6 1996

MAIN QUESTION FOR THIS UNSCHED UPDATE WILL BE WHICH AREAS IF ANY TO
REMOVE FROM FFA TONIGHT. ANALYSIS OF 00Z UPPER AIR DATA SHOWED H7
TROF AXIS WELL TO THE WEST OF THE AREA WITH COLD FRONT MOVING INTO
EXTREME SE OK. AT H8...WINDS HAD SWITCHED TO WLY AT OUN AND SGF
STILL WITH RESPECTABLE +10 DP'S...WHILE FWD SHOWED +15 DP AND SOUTH
WINDS. ON 88D...BACK EDGE OF PRECIP HAS BEEN SLOW TO MOVE SE BUT
MOST OF THE HEAVIER ACTIVITY IS NOW IN SE OK AND NW AR. RAINFALL
TOTALS NOT TOO HIGH YET ON SE OK MESONET STATIONS THIS EVENING WITH
MOST AVERAGING 1/2 INCH IN THE LAST 2 HOURS. HOWEVER...88D SHOWS
SOME RR'S OVER 1 INCH/HR. 00Z RUC MODEL SHOWS PRECIP CONTINUING
OVER SE OK AND NW AR ALMOST ALL NIGHT...ALBEIT WITH MUCH TOO LOW
AMOUNTS.

FEEL THAT GREATEST THREAT FOR FLASH FLOODING FOR THE REST OF THE
NIGHT WILL BE ALONG AND ABOUT 100 MILES NORTH OF THE COLD FRONT
WHERE H8 MOISTURE CONVERGENCE AND ISENTROPIC LIFT WILL BE
STRONGEST. COULD BE SOME ISOLATED EMBEDDED CONVECTION FURTHER NORTH
THAN THAT BUT THOSE TYPES OF CELLS HAVE BEEN MOVING RAPIDLY NEWD
AND HAVE NOT BEEN PRODUCING MUCH RAINFALL OVER ONE GIVEN AREA.
WL CONT FFA FOR AREAS SOUTH OF A ROGERS AR TO HENRYETTA OK LINE.
WOULD LIKE TO STRESS THAT EVEN THOUGH THREAT OF HEAVY RAIN AND
FLASH FLOODING APPEARS OVER FOR NE OK...CREEKS AND RIVERS WILL
CONTINUE TO RISE TONIGHT AND THU MORNING. /26

.TUL...
OK...FLASH FLOOD WATCH TONIGHT...ZONES 68>77.
AR...FLASH FLOOD WATCH TONIGHT...ZONES 1/2/10/11/19/29.

Flash Flood Warnings in Arkansas, 1996Every flash flood warning in 1996

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.