Alert archive / Arkansas / Flash Flood Warnings in 1999
Flash Flood Warning 72, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this flash flood warning at Jun 24, 1999, 2:37 PM CDT for Sebastian County, Arkansas. It was in force for 113 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline the Iowa Environmental Mesonet reconstructed for it; the warning itself named whole counties.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 24, 1999, 2:37 PM CDT (19:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 24, 1999, 4:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 113 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
County Sebastian County, AR
The radar
The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 4 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:36 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, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 186 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
- 481 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -111 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 903 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 58 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 92 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KTUL 241940 FFWTUL ARC131-242130- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 237 PM CDT THU JUN 24 1999 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SEBASTIAN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS * UNTIL 430 PM CDT * AT 237 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN IN THE FORT SMITH AREA. OTHER STORMS SHOULD MOVE OVER THE AREA DURING THE NEXT TWO HOURS. SEVERAL REPORTS OF STREET AND BUSINESS FLOODING HAVE BEEN RECEIVED IN FORT SMITH. BLOOMER...JENNY LIND...BONANZA...EXCELSIOR...BURNVILLE...LAVACA... BARLING...GREENWOOD...HACKETT AND FORT SMITH AND ADJACENT COMMUNITIES MAY BE AFFECTED BY FLASH FLOODING. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND. 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. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. LAT...LON 3536 9443 3511 9443 3516 9415 3543 9414
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 24, 1:20 PM CDT, 1 hour 17 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 24, 1:20 PM CDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before
EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 120 PM CDT THU JUN 24 1999 UPDATED ZONES TO INCLUDE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH PORTIONS OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS. FCSTID = 33 .TUL... AR...NONE. OK...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 24, 1:10 PM CDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before
ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-251100- EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 110 PM CDT THU JUN 24 1999 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
Special weather statement, Jun 24, 1:10 PM CDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before
ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-251100- EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 110 PM CDT THU JUN 24 1999 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
Local storm report, Jun 24, 2:09 PM CDT, 28 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
411 PM CDT WED JUN 23 1999
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0630 AM TULSA OK WIND DAMAGE
06/23/99 TULSA *** 1 INJ ***
3-FOOT DIAMETER TREE
BLOWN OVER. 2-FOOT
DIAMETER TREE AND
SEVERAL OTHER LARGE
TREE LIMBS SNAPPED OFF.
LARGE TENT BLOWN
DOWN...CAUSING ONE
MINOR INJURY. OCCURRED
IN WEST TULSA AT 65TH
W. AVE. AND CHARLES
\ PAGE BLVD.Local storm report, Jun 24, 2:09 PM CDT, 28 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
411 PM CDT WED JUN 23 1999
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0630 AM TULSA OK WIND DAMAGE
06/23/99 TULSA *** 1 INJ ***
3-FOOT DIAMETER TREE
BLOWN OVER. 2-FOOT
DIAMETER TREE AND
SEVERAL OTHER LARGE
TREE LIMBS SNAPPED OFF.
LARGE TENT BLOWN
DOWN...CAUSING ONE
MINOR INJURY. OCCURRED
IN WEST TULSA AT 65TH
W. AVE. AND CHARLES
\ PAGE BLVD.Local storm report, Jun 24, 2:33 PM CDT, 4 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
233 PM CDT THU JUN 24 1999
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0231 PM FT SMITH AR .75 INCH HAIL
06/24/99 SEBASTIANLocal storm report, Jun 24, 2:33 PM CDT, 4 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
233 PM CDT THU JUN 24 1999
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0231 PM FT SMITH AR .75 INCH HAIL
06/24/99 SEBASTIANThe office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 24, 3:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Sebastian | 51 min |
Nearby
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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.