Alert archive / Arkansas / Flash Flood Warnings in 1999
Flash Flood Warning 76, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this flash flood warning at Jun 29, 1999, 4:22 PM CDT for Crawford County, Franklin 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 outline the Iowa Environmental Mesonet reconstructed for it; the warning itself named whole counties.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 29, 1999, 4:22 PM CDT (21:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 29, 1999, 6:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
Counties Crawford County, AR, Franklin County, AR
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 157 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1069 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -73 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 65 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 292126
FFWTUL
ARC033-047-292330-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
422 PM CDT TUE JUN 29 1999
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR
CRAWFORD COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS
FRANKLIN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS
* UNTIL 630 PM CDT
* AT 422 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL OVER MUCH OF CRAWFORD AND
FRANKLIN COUNTIES. THESE STORMS WILL CONTINUE MOVING EAST AND WILL
BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING ANOTHER 2 INCHES OF RAINFALL OVER THE NEXT
FEW HOURS. HIGHWAY 64 NEAR DYER IN CRAWFORD COUNTY WAS IMPASSABLE.
LEE CREEK...RUDY...FIGURE FIVE...DYER...CHESTER...CEDARVILLE...
ALMA...MOUNTAINBURG...FERN...MULBERRY AND OZARK 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 3553 9441 3528 9402 3535 9385 3563 9373
3575 9437What 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 29, 3:55 PM CDT, 27 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 29, 3:55 PM CDT, 27 minutes before
EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 355 PM CDT TUE JUN 29 1999 PROBLEM(S) OF THE DAY: WILL THERE BE SEVERE CONVECTION? HOW MUCH RAIN WILL FALL? POPS TEMPERATURES STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS SE OK AND WC AR THIS AFTERNOON. SFC BOUNDARY WAS DEPICTED TO BE MOVING BACK NORTH AND WAS ROUGHLY ALONG A MLC TO FSM LINE AS OF EARLY AFTERNOON...BUT CHAOTIC WIND FIELDS RESULTING FROM THIS AFTERNOONS CONVECTION HAS MADE THIS BOUNDARY NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND. CONVECTION BLOSSOMED WHEN IT ENCOUNTERED THE UNSTABLE MOIST AIRMASS SOUTH OF THE BOUNDARY. FAIRLY RAPID CLEARING TAKING PLACE IN WRN ZONES...AND THINK MOST PLACES WILL BE PARTLY CLOUDY BY THIS EVENING AS THE UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE PULLS EAST. ATTENTION TURNS TO POTENTIAL MCS DEVELOPMENT TONIGHT. NGM FINALLY HAS PICKED UP ON THIS FEATURE...BUT STILL THINK AVN AND ETA HAVE A BETTER HANDLE. ETA DEVELOPS 2 DISTINCT AREAS OF ACTIVITY WITH THE STRONGER OF THE 2 AFFECTING CENTRAL AND WRN OK. THE OTHER ONE DEVELOPS IN KANSAS AND LOOKS TO AFFECT MAINLY ARKANSAS ZONES. WILL GO LIKELY POPS EVERYWHERE TONIGHT BUT HIT WRN ZONES SLIGHTLY HARDER WITH BEST LIFT AND HIGHEST INSTABILITIES EXPECTED IN THAT VICINITY. NEW QUESTION THAT COMES INTO PLAY IS WILL ATMOSPHERE WHERE CONVECTION CURRENTLY IS RECOVER FAST ENOUGH SUPPORT ADDITIONAL TSRA LATE TONIGHT/TOMORROW MORNING? WILL GO AHEAD AND BROADBRUSH ALL AREAS WITH CHANCE POPS TOMORROW SINCE OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES FROM OVERNIGHT CONVECTION COULD BE FOUND JUST ABOUT ANYWHERE ACROSS THE FA. ANOTHER MCS IS POSSIBLE AGAIN TOMORROW NIGHT...WITH SIMILAR EAST SOUTHEAST MOVEMENT EXPECTED. LOOKS LIKE DEVELOPMENT WOULD TAKE PLACE FURTHER EAST...PLACING FAR ERN OK AND NW AR IN BEST POSITION TO SEE THIS ACTIVITY OVERNIGHT WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY. WILL KEEPS POPS IN FOR THURSDAY/THURSDAY NIGHT AS ONCE AGAIN OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES COULD SERVE AS A FOCUS FOR AFTERNOON AND EVENING CONVECTION. IN THE EXTENDED...H5 RIDGE ANS WARM MID LEVEL TEMPS BUILDS IN WHICH SHOULD SUPPRESS TSRA ACTIVITY. WILL KEEP ALL PERIODS OF EXTENDED DRY. FCSTID = 23 TUL 71 81 71 90 / 70 50 40 30 FSM 72 83 71 91 / 60 50 40 30 MLC 73 84 71 91 / 70 50 30 20 BVO 70 81 70 90 / 70 50 40 30 FYV 69 79 68 87 / 60 50 50 30 IDB 71 87 70 92 / 60 50 30 20 BYV 69 79 68 87 / 60 50 50 30 MIO 69 80 69 88 / 60 50 50 30 MKO 71 82 71 90 / 60 50 40 30 F10 71 81 71 90 / 70 50 40 30 HHW 71 87 70 92 / 60 50 30 20 .TUL... AR...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 700 PM CDT TUESDAY FOR ZONES ARZ019>020...ARZ029. OK...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 700 PM CDT TUESDAY FOR ZONES OKZ049...OKZ053...OKZ060...OKZ064>076...OKZ077. -------------------- EXPERIMENTAL OUTPUT: HAZARDOUS WEATHER EXPECTED NEXT 24 HOURS: CHANCE NONE NGM CONFIDENCE: 5 ON A SCALE OF 0 TO 10 ETA CONFIDENCE: 7 ON A SCALE OF 0 TO 10 AVN CONFIDENCE: 6 ON A SCALE OF 0 TO 10 FCST CONFIDENCE: 7 ON A SCALE OF 0 TO 10
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 29, 4:05 PM CDT, 17 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
405 PM CDT TUE JUN 29 1999
OKZ060-064>071-073>075-300000-
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES IN
EASTERN OKLAHOMA.
CHEROKEE CREEK HASKELL
LATIMER MCINTOSH MUSKOGEE
ADAIR OKFUSKEE OKMULGEE
PITTSBURG TULSA WAGONER
THUNDERSTORMS THAT PROMPTED THE WATCH HAVE MOVED EAST OF THE AREA.
ARZ019-020-029-OKZ049-053-072-076-300000-
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT
TUESDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN
EASTERN OKLAHOMA...
LE FLORE PUSHMATAHA SEQUOYAH
CHOCTAW
NORTHWEST ARKANSAS...
FRANKLIN CRAWFORD SEBASTIANSpecial weather statement, Jun 29, 4:05 PM CDT, 17 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
405 PM CDT TUE JUN 29 1999
OKZ060-064>071-073>075-300000-
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES IN
EASTERN OKLAHOMA.
CHEROKEE CREEK HASKELL
LATIMER MCINTOSH MUSKOGEE
ADAIR OKFUSKEE OKMULGEE
PITTSBURG TULSA WAGONER
THUNDERSTORMS THAT PROMPTED THE WATCH HAVE MOVED EAST OF THE AREA.
ARZ019-020-029-OKZ049-053-072-076-300000-
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT
TUESDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN
EASTERN OKLAHOMA...
LE FLORE PUSHMATAHA SEQUOYAH
CHOCTAW
NORTHWEST ARKANSAS...
FRANKLIN CRAWFORD SEBASTIANLocal storm report, Jun 29, 4:06 PM CDT, 16 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
406 PM CDT TUE JUN 29 1999
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0402 PM CHARLESTON AR 65 MPH TSTM GUST
06/29/99 FRANKLINLocal storm report, Jun 29, 4:06 PM CDT, 16 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
406 PM CDT TUE JUN 29 1999
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0402 PM CHARLESTON AR 65 MPH TSTM GUST
06/29/99 FRANKLINLocal storm report, Jun 29, 4:12 PM CDT, 10 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
412 PM CDT TUE JUN 29 1999
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0405 PM (FSM)FT SMITH MUNI ARPT AR WIND DAMAGE
06/29/99 SEBASTIAN AIR GUARD OUTBUILDING
DESTROYED
0405 PM BARLING AR WIND DAMAGE
06/29/99 SEBASTIAN TREES DOWNLocal storm report, Jun 29, 4:12 PM CDT, 10 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
412 PM CDT TUE JUN 29 1999
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0405 PM (FSM)FT SMITH MUNI ARPT AR WIND DAMAGE
06/29/99 SEBASTIAN AIR GUARD OUTBUILDING
DESTROYED
0405 PM BARLING AR WIND DAMAGE
06/29/99 SEBASTIAN TREES DOWNThe office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 29, 3:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Crawford, Sebastian | 60 min |
| Jun 29, 3:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Franklin | 39 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.