Flash Flood Warning 66, NWS Tulsa, OK

Issued

Oct 5, 1998, 3:15 PM CDT (20:15 UTC)

Expired

Oct 5, 1998, 6:00 PM CDT

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Tulsa, OK

Area

Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Franklin County, AR, Sebastian County, AR, LeFlore County, OK

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
315 PM CDT MON OCT 5 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR
     FRANKLIN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS
     CARROLL COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS
     MADISON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS
     LE FLORE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
     SEBASTIAN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS

* UNTIL 600 PM CDT

* AT 315 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS 
PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN ACROSS NORTHWEST ARKANSAS AND EXTREME 
EASTERN OKLAHOMA. THE HEAVIEST RAINS AT 315 PM WERE LOCATED FROM NEAR
HUNTSVILLE TO WEST OF OZARK TO EAST OF FORT SMITH TO PAGE. RAINFALL
RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCEHS AN HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE FLASH FLOOD
WARNING AREA. 

 
* INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS
  HUNTSVILLE
  OZARK 
  FORT SMITH
  PAGE 

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND 
STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND 
FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING 
AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS 
AND STREAMS...ROADS AND ROADSIDE CULVERTS. 

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

LAT...LON 3641 9329 3649 9385 3572 9395 3562 9408
          3573 9421 3529 9450 3534 9480 3486 9506
          3452 9493 3452 9447 3492 9445 3539 9370
          3577 9369 3613 9330




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NWS Tulsa, OK wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Oct 5, 10:10 AM CDT, 5 hours 5 minutes earlier.

EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1010 AM CDT MON OCT 5 1998

HEAVY RAIN HAS SHIFTED SOUTHEAST AND IS STILL MAKING PROGRESS
EASTWARD. HOWEVER BIG PIECE OF ENERGY STILL TO ROUND BASE OF
UPPER TROF AND MOVE ACROSS SOUTHERN PLAINS THIS AFTERNOON AND
TONIGHT. SURFACE COLD FRONT WAS EXTENDED FROM NEAR MIAMI TO
OKEMAH BUT 850 MB TROF IS STILL NORTHWEST OF THE FORECAST
AREA. SCATTERED SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND MOVE
NORTHEAST OVER NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA WITH MAIN AREAS OF
THUNDERSTORMS AND HEAVY RAINS SOUTHEAST OF CURRENT POSITION
OF SURFACE COLD FRONT. DUE TO CURRENT RUNOFF AND FLASH FLOOD
WARNINGS IN EFFECT WON'T CANCEL  ANY OF THE FFA AT THIS
TIME...BUT THREAT WILL HAVE SHIFTED INTO SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS THIS AFTERNOON...SO PLAN ON SHAVING
OFF NORTHWEST PART OF WATCH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON.

WILL UPDATE ZONES TO LOWER MAXES BEHIND COLD FRONT WHERE CLOUDS
SCATTERED SHOWERS WILL KEEP TEMPERATURES FROM RISING MUCH.
TEMPERATURES SHOULD BE STEADY OR FALL WITH PRECIP OVER THE
REST OF THE AREA...EXCEPT NEAR RED RIVER WHERE SUNSHINE
COULD LET TEMPS WARM INTO MID 80S. THREAT FOR SEVERE SHOULD
BE LIMITED TO THAT AREA...BUT WILL HAVE TO MONITOR LEADING
EDGE OF STORMS FOR POSSIBLE INTENSIFICATION. UPDATED ZONES
SHOULD BE OUT BY 11AM.

.TUL...
OK...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR TODAY FOR ZONES OKZ049...OKZ053>077.

AR...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR TODAY FOR ZONES ,ARZ001>002...ARZ010>011...
ARZ019>020...ARZ029.

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