Alert archive / Arkansas / Flash Flood Warnings in 1998
Flash Flood Warning 27, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this flash flood warning at Jul 2, 1998, 3:00 PM CDT for Carroll County, Madison County, Arkansas. It was in force for 2 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
- Jul 2, 1998, 3:00 PM CDT (20:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 2, 1998, 5:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Carroll County, AR, Madison County, AR
The radar
The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:00 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 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 82 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
- 144 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -145 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1146 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 1 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 83 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KTUL 021959 FFWTUL ARC015-087-022215- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 300 PM CDT THU JUL 2 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... CARROLL COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN ARKANSAS NORTHERN AND EASTERN MADISON COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN ARKANSAS * UNTIL 515 PM CDT * RADAR ESTIMATED UP TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. * ALTHOUGH THE THUNDERSTORMS THAT PRODUCED THE HEAVY RAIN WERE MOVING OUT OF CARROLL AND MADISON COUNTIES...THERE MAY BE RAPID RISES IN CREEKS AND STREAMS. PERSONS NEAR LONG CREEK...THE WHITE RIVER BELOW BEAVER DAM AND ALONG THE WHITE RIVER AND ITS FEEDER STREAMS SHOULD BE ESPECIALLY ALERT FOR THE POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES... DIPS... OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM... EVEN A SMALL ONE... ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. DO NOT DRIVE AROUND BARRICADES. AREA RESIDENTS SHOULD MONITOR FLOOD CONDITIONS... AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND... SHOULD FLOOD WATERS THREATEN. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED... ACT QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.
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 Jul 2, 11:50 AM CDT, 3 hours 10 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 2, 11:50 AM CDT, 3 hours 10 minutes before
FPUS3 KTUL 021650 AFDTUL EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 1150 AM CDT THU JUL 2 1998 SLOW MOVING CONVECTION CONTINUES ACROSS FAR NE OK AND BETWEEN FYV AND FSM. EXPECT GRADUAL CLEARING CONDTIONS SIMILAR TO YESTERDAY. TEMPS WILL AGAIN GET VERY WARM ALONG RED RIVER AND SE OK...TEMPS HAVE BEEN ABOVE 100 FOR 2 DAYS IN A ROW AT IDB AND WORKING ON A 3RD. TWEAKED FRI NIGHT PD BASED ON LATEST MODEL DATA AND REMOVED POPS FOR ALL BUT NE ZONES. THINK THAT SAT WILL ALSO STAY DRY XCPT FOR SRN ZONES BUT WILL LOOK AT THAT MORE CLOSELY IN AFT PKG. REST OF FCST LOOKS OK. FCSTID = 26 TUL 87 73 94 75 / 20 30 20 10 FSM 90 71 94 73 / 20 20 20 10 MLC 97 73 94 75 / 20 20 20 10 BVO 87 71 94 73 / 20 30 20 10 FYV 87 68 90 70 / 30 40 30 20 IDB 100 72 96 72 / 20 20 10 10 BYV 87 68 90 70 / 30 40 30 20 MIO 85 70 92 72 / 40 40 30 20 MKO 87 73 94 75 / 20 30 20 10 F10 87 73 94 75 / 20 30 20 10 HHW 100 72 96 72 / 20 20 10 10 .TUL... OK...NONE. AR...NONE.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jul 2, 9:25 AM CDT, 5 hours 35 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
925 AM CDT THU JUL 02 1998
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0815 AM BROKEN ARROW OK .75 INCH HAIL
07/02/98 TULSA SEVERAL SMALL LIMBS DOWN
AT HAIKEY CREEK PARKSpecial weather statement, Jul 2, 1:00 PM CDT, 2 hours before
ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-031200- EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 100 PM CDT THU JUL 2 1998 ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS THIS AFTERNOON. ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT ACROSS PARTS OF NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. EARLY THIS AFTERNOON SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING ACROSS NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. SUFFICIENT INSTABILITY IS PRESENT FOR ANY ONE OF THESE STORMS TO BRIEFLY BECOME SEVERE WITH HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. THESE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE OUT OF THE AREA BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS POSSIBLE AFTER MIDNIGHT ACROSS NORTHWEST ARKANSAS AND PARTS OF NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA...GENERALLY NORTH OF THE ARKANSAS RIVER. WHILE WIND FIELDS WILL REMAIN UNFAVORABLE FOR ORGANIZED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...AN ISOLATED STORM OR TWO COULD REACH SEVERE LIMIT^S.
Special weather statement, Jul 2, 1:00 PM CDT, 2 hours before
ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-031200- EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 100 PM CDT THU JUL 2 1998 ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS THIS AFTERNOON. ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT ACROSS PARTS OF NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. EARLY THIS AFTERNOON SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING ACROSS NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. SUFFICIENT INSTABILITY IS PRESENT FOR ANY ONE OF THESE STORMS TO BRIEFLY BECOME SEVERE WITH HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. THESE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE OUT OF THE AREA BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS POSSIBLE AFTER MIDNIGHT ACROSS NORTHWEST ARKANSAS AND PARTS OF NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA...GENERALLY NORTH OF THE ARKANSAS RIVER. WHILE WIND FIELDS WILL REMAIN UNFAVORABLE FOR ORGANIZED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...AN ISOLATED STORM OR TWO COULD REACH SEVERE LIMIT^S.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2, 12:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Madison | 25 min |
| Jul 2, 12:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Madison | 40 min |
| Jul 2, 12:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Madison | 28 min |
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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.