Alert archive / Arkansas / Flash Flood Warnings in 1998

Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS Tulsa, OK

January 4, 1998Washington County, Arkansas; Adair County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this flash flood warning at Jan 4, 1998, 9:30 AM CST for Washington County, Arkansas; Adair County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 4, 1998, 9:30 AM CST (15:30 UTC)
Expired
Jan 4, 1998, 12:30 PM CST
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Whole counties

Counties Washington County, AR, Adair County, OK

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 122 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 12:00Z on 1998-01-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 21 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 1998-01-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 202 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
21 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-7 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
598 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
202 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
157 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 041531
FFWTUL
ARC143-OKC001-041830-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
930 AM CST SUN JAN 4 1998
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1230 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS
 
   ...WASHINGTON COUNTY
 
 
IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
 
   ...SOUTHERN ADAIR COUNTY
 
AT 928 AM...RADAR AND RAIN GAGE MEASUREMENTS SHOWED UP TO 2 INCHES OF
RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE LAST HOUR IN THE FAYETTEVILLE AREA. THIS AREA OF
EXTREMELY HEAVY RAINFALL EXTENDS BACK INTO SOUTHERN ADAIR COUNTY
INCLUDING THE CITY OF STILWELL. OVER THE NEXT 2 OR 3 HOURS...ANOTHER 2
INCHES OF RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. PERSONS IN
FAYETTEVILLE...SPRINGDALE...LINCOLN AND STILWELL SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE
POTENTIAL OF 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.
 
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 QUICKL2Y.  THEN
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

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 Jan 4, 4:15 AM CST, 5 hours 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 4, 4:15 AM CST, 5 hours 15 minutes before
EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
415 AM CST SUN JAN 4 1998

NEEDLESS TO SAY...A LOT GOING ON THIS MORNING. MAIN FEATURE
AFFECTING FA THIS MORNING IS THE COLD FRONT...WHICH ACCORDING TO
LATEST MESONET SEEMS TO HV SLOWED CONSIDERABLY AND MAY BE NEARING
ITS FINAL RESTING PLACE ALG AND JUST S OF I-44. NORTH OF THE FNT
...TEMPS HV DROPPED INTO THE 30S WITH FORAKER IN NRN OSAGE COUNTY
BLO FRZG. ISSUED FZRA ADVISORY AROUND 145 AM THINKING COLD AIR
WOULD SINK A LTL FURTHER SOUTH. WL MAINTAIN ADVISORY THRU THE
MORNING FOR THE SAME 3 COUNTIES...BUT ATTM DO NOT EXPECT MAJOR
PROBLEMS.

S/W OVER NRN TX WL MOVE NE ENDING MOST OF THE RAIN AND TSTMS OVER
THE AREA BY MID AFTN. WL TRY TO WORD FCST TO ACCOUNT FOR THIS. NEXT
PROBLEM BEGINS TONIGHT AS NEXT S/W TROF APCHS THE RGN. THIS FEATURE
ALREADY VISIBLE ON WV IMAGERY OVER AZ. WITH FNT STALLED IN THE AREA
...HI PW VALUES AND UNSTBL AMS...THIS NEXT S/W WL SET OFF MORE RAIN
AND EMBEDDED THUNDER TONIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY. HPC SOMEWHAT
CONCERNED ABOUT FLASH FLOOD POTENTIAL...AND GIVEN PARAMETERS IN
PLACE BELIEVE THE CONCERN IS WARRANTED. PER COORD WITH ADJACENT
OFFICES...WL NOT ISSUE FFA ATTM. HWVR...THIS WL BE SOMETHING FOR
LATER SHIFTS TO MONITOR. ZONES WL INCLUDE MENTION OF HEAVY RAINS
SOUTH OF THE FNT.

ANOTHER LULL MONDAY BEFORE NEXT SYSTEM ARRIVES MON NIGHT AND HANGS
AROUND THRU TUESDAY. NO BIG CHGS TO EXTD EXPECTED.

COORD WITH LIT AND OUN.

PRELIMINARY NUMBERS
TUL  44 40 49 38 / 90 70 40 50
FSM  59 51 57 45 / 90 80 60 50
MLC  60 50 57 45 / 90 80 50 50
BVO  35 33 43 36 / 90 70 40 40
FYV  59 50 56 40 / 90 80 40 50
IDB  64 54 62 50 / 90 80 50 50
BYV  58 50 $54 40 / 90 80 60 40
MIO  41 38 47 37 / 90 70 40 40
MKO  58 50 55 44 / 90 80 50 50
F10  53 43 49 42 / 90 70 40 50

SMITH

.TUL...
OK...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY THIS MORNING OKZ054>055...OKZ059.
AR...NONE.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jan 4, 5:00 AM CST, 4 hours 30 minutes before
OKZ054-055-059-041800-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
500 AM CST SUN JAN 4 1998

A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS MORNING FOR
PAWNEE...OSAGE AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES IN EASTERN OKLAHOMA.

COLD AIR HAD SPILLED INTO NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA EARLY THIS MORNING IN
THE WAKE OF A STRONG ARCTIC COLD FRONT MOVING SLOWLY SOUTHWARD
THROUGH THE REGION. TEMPERATURES HAD FALLEN TO NEAR THE FREEZING
MARK OVER NORTHERN OSAGE COUNTY.

AN UPPER-LEVEL DISTURBANCE WAS SETTING OFF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN
OVER MUCH OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN OKLAHOMA. RAIN WILL CONTINUE
THROUGH MUCH OF THE MORNING ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA. WITH
TEMPERATURES AT OR BELOW FREEZING...THE RAIN WILL FREEZE ON CONTACT
WITH EXPOSED OBJECTS...CREATING ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE THAT MAY CAUSE
HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WILL BE THE
FIRST TO BECOME SLICK...AND MOTORISTS WHO MUST VENTURE OUT SHOULD
USE EXTREME CAUTION.

TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE THE FREEZING MARK...AND
RAIN IS EXPECTED TO DIMINISH THIS AFTERNOON...THUS ENDING THE
THREAT OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION.

STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR FURTHER UPDATES AND FORECASTS FROM
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
Special weather statement, Jan 4, 5:00 AM CST, 4 hours 30 minutes before
OKZ054-055-059-041800-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
500 AM CST SUN JAN 4 1998

A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS MORNING FOR
PAWNEE...OSAGE AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES IN EASTERN OKLAHOMA.

COLD AIR HAD SPILLED INTO NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA EARLY THIS MORNING IN
THE WAKE OF A STRONG ARCTIC COLD FRONT MOVING SLOWLY SOUTHWARD
THROUGH THE REGION. TEMPERATURES HAD FALLEN TO NEAR THE FREEZING
MARK OVER NORTHERN OSAGE COUNTY.

AN UPPER-LEVEL DISTURBANCE WAS SETTING OFF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN
OVER MUCH OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN OKLAHOMA. RAIN WILL CONTINUE
THROUGH MUCH OF THE MORNING ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA. WITH
TEMPERATURES AT OR BELOW FREEZING...THE RAIN WILL FREEZE ON CONTACT
WITH EXPOSED OBJECTS...CREATING ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE THAT MAY CAUSE
HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WILL BE THE
FIRST TO BECOME SLICK...AND MOTORISTS WHO MUST VENTURE OUT SHOULD
USE EXTREME CAUTION.

TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE THE FREEZING MARK...AND
RAIN IS EXPECTED TO DIMINISH THIS AFTERNOON...THUS ENDING THE
THREAT OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION.

STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR FURTHER UPDATES AND FORECASTS FROM
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
Special weather statement, Jan 4, 6:00 AM CST, 3 hours 30 minutes before
ARZ001-002-010-011-019-029-OKZ054>076-051200-

EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
600 AM CST SUN JAN 4 1998

A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT THIS MORNING FOR OSAGE...PAWNEE
AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA.

LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE ACROSS EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST
ARKANSAS THROUGH TONIGHT...WITH ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE
LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT MAINLY OVER SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND WEST
CENTRAL ARKANSAS.

A STRONG COLD FRONT STRETCHING FROM EXTREME NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA INTO
SOUTH CENTRAL OKLAHOMA IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY THROUGH
TONIGHT.  TEMPERATURES HAVE FALLEN INTO THE 30S AND 40S BEHIND THE FRONT
WITH A FEW READINGS NEAR OR JUST BELOW FREEZING...MAINLY TO THE NORTH
AND NORTHWEST OF TULSA.  WIDESPREAD RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE THIS
MORNING...WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF FREEZING RAIN MAINLY OVER
OSAGE...PAWNEE AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES.  GROUND TEMPERATURES REMAIN
RATHER WARM...BUT MINOR ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE ON BRIDGES
AND OVERPASSES.  THE FREEZING RAIN THREAT SHOULD TOWARD NOON AS
TEMPERATURES MODERATE SOME.

AREAS OF RAIN WITH A FEW EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THIS
MORNING ACROSS EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS BEFORE TAPERING
OFF DURING THE AFTERNOON.  HOWEVER...RAIN AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE
EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND OVERNIGHT AS AN UPPER
LEVEL DISTURBANCE APPROACHES FROM THE WEST AND INTERACTS WITH THE
STALLED FRONT ACROSS THE AREA.  COOLER TEMPERATURES ALOFT COMBINED WITH
A STRENGTHENING SOUTHERLY LOW-LEVEL JET COULD RESULT IN AN ISOLATED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...MAINLY ACROSS
SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS.  THE PRIMARY SEVERE
WEATHER THREAT SHOULD BE HAIL ALTHOUGH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS
POSSIBLE AS WELL.

EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCIES AND STORM SPOTTERS GROUPS SHOULD STAY
ALERT FOR UPDATED FORECASTS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
Special weather statement, Jan 4, 6:00 AM CST, 3 hours 30 minutes before
ARZ001-002-010-011-019-029-OKZ054>076-051200-

EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
600 AM CST SUN JAN 4 1998

A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT THIS MORNING FOR OSAGE...PAWNEE
AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA.

LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE ACROSS EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST
ARKANSAS THROUGH TONIGHT...WITH ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE
LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT MAINLY OVER SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND WEST
CENTRAL ARKANSAS.

A STRONG COLD FRONT STRETCHING FROM EXTREME NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA INTO
SOUTH CENTRAL OKLAHOMA IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY THROUGH
TONIGHT.  TEMPERATURES HAVE FALLEN INTO THE 30S AND 40S BEHIND THE FRONT
WITH A FEW READINGS NEAR OR JUST BELOW FREEZING...MAINLY TO THE NORTH
AND NORTHWEST OF TULSA.  WIDESPREAD RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE THIS
MORNING...WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF FREEZING RAIN MAINLY OVER
OSAGE...PAWNEE AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES.  GROUND TEMPERATURES REMAIN
RATHER WARM...BUT MINOR ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE ON BRIDGES
AND OVERPASSES.  THE FREEZING RAIN THREAT SHOULD TOWARD NOON AS
TEMPERATURES MODERATE SOME.

AREAS OF RAIN WITH A FEW EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THIS
MORNING ACROSS EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS BEFORE TAPERING
OFF DURING THE AFTERNOON.  HOWEVER...RAIN AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE
EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND OVERNIGHT AS AN UPPER
LEVEL DISTURBANCE APPROACHES FROM THE WEST AND INTERACTS WITH THE
STALLED FRONT ACROSS THE AREA.  COOLER TEMPERATURES ALOFT COMBINED WITH
A STRENGTHENING SOUTHERLY LOW-LEVEL JET COULD RESULT IN AN ISOLATED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...MAINLY ACROSS
SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS.  THE PRIMARY SEVERE
WEATHER THREAT SHOULD BE HAIL ALTHOUGH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS
POSSIBLE AS WELL.

EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCIES AND STORM SPOTTERS GROUPS SHOULD STAY
ALERT FOR UPDATED FORECASTS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
Special weather statement, Jan 4, 6:05 AM CST, 3 hours 25 minutes before
ARZ001-002-010-011-019-029-OKZ054>076-051200-

EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
605 AM CST SUN JAN 4 1998

A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT THIS MORNING FOR OSAGE...PAWNEE
AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA.

LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE ACROSS EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST
ARKANSAS THROUGH TONIGHT...WITH ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE
LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT MAINLY OVER SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND WEST
CENTRAL ARKANSAS.

A STRONG COLD FRONT STRETCHING FROM EXTREME NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA INTO
SOUTH CENTRAL OKLAHOMA IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY THROUGH
TONIGHT.  TEMPERATURES HAVE FALLEN INTO THE 30S AND 40S BEHIND THE FRONT
WITH A FEW READINGS NEAR OR JUST BELOW FREEZING...MAINLY TO THE NORTH
AND NORTHWEST OF TULSA.  WIDESPREAD RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE THIS
MORNING...WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF FREEZING RAIN MAINLY OVER
OSAGE...PAWNEE AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES.  GROUND TEMPERATURES REMAIN
RATHER WARM...BUT MINOR ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE ON BRIDGES
AND OVERPASSES.  THE FREEZING RAIN THREAT SHOULD END TOWARD NOON AS
TEMPERATURES MODERATE SOME.

AREAS OF RAIN WITH A FEW EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THIS
MORNING ACROSS EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS BEFORE TAPERING
OFF DURING THE AFTERNOON.  HOWEVER...RAIN AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE
EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND OVERNIGHT AS AN UPPER
LEVEL DISTURBANCE APPROACHES FROM THE WEST AND INTERACTS WITH THE
STALLED FRONT ACROSS THE AREA.  COOLER TEMPERATURES ALOFT COMBINED WITH
A STRENGTHENING SOUTHERLY LOW-LEVEL JET COULD RESULT IN AN ISOLATED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...MAINLY ACROSS
SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS.  THE PRIMARY SEVERE
WEATHER THREAT SHOULD BE HAIL ALTHOUGH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS
POSSIBLE AS WELL.

EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCIES AND STORM SPOTTERS GROUPS SHOULD STAY
RALERT FOR UPDATED FORECASTS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
Special weather statement, Jan 4, 6:05 AM CST, 3 hours 25 minutes before
ARZ001-002-010-011-019-029-OKZ054>076-051200-

EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
605 AM CST SUN JAN 4 1998

A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT THIS MORNING FOR OSAGE...PAWNEE
AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA.

LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE ACROSS EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST
ARKANSAS THROUGH TONIGHT...WITH ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE
LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT MAINLY OVER SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND WEST
CENTRAL ARKANSAS.

A STRONG COLD FRONT STRETCHING FROM EXTREME NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA INTO
SOUTH CENTRAL OKLAHOMA IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY THROUGH
TONIGHT.  TEMPERATURES HAVE FALLEN INTO THE 30S AND 40S BEHIND THE FRONT
WITH A FEW READINGS NEAR OR JUST BELOW FREEZING...MAINLY TO THE NORTH
AND NORTHWEST OF TULSA.  WIDESPREAD RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE THIS
MORNING...WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF FREEZING RAIN MAINLY OVER
OSAGE...PAWNEE AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES.  GROUND TEMPERATURES REMAIN
RATHER WARM...BUT MINOR ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE ON BRIDGES
AND OVERPASSES.  THE FREEZING RAIN THREAT SHOULD END TOWARD NOON AS
TEMPERATURES MODERATE SOME.

AREAS OF RAIN WITH A FEW EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THIS
MORNING ACROSS EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS BEFORE TAPERING
OFF DURING THE AFTERNOON.  HOWEVER...RAIN AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE
EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND OVERNIGHT AS AN UPPER
LEVEL DISTURBANCE APPROACHES FROM THE WEST AND INTERACTS WITH THE
STALLED FRONT ACROSS THE AREA.  COOLER TEMPERATURES ALOFT COMBINED WITH
A STRENGTHENING SOUTHERLY LOW-LEVEL JET COULD RESULT IN AN ISOLATED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...MAINLY ACROSS
SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS.  THE PRIMARY SEVERE
WEATHER THREAT SHOULD BE HAIL ALTHOUGH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS
POSSIBLE AS WELL.

EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCIES AND STORM SPOTTERS GROUPS SHOULD STAY
RALERT FOR UPDATED FORECASTS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 4, 12:45 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningTSAWashington3 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Arkansas, 1998Flash Flood Warnings in Oklahoma, 1998Every flash flood warning in 1998

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.