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Flash Flood Warning 78, NWS Tulsa, OK

June 30, 1999Washington County, Arkansas

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this flash flood warning at Jun 30, 1999, 5:41 AM CDT for Washington 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
Jun 30, 1999, 5:41 AM CDT (10:41 UTC)
Expired
Jun 30, 1999, 7:45 AM CDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Whole counties

County Washington County, AR

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 109 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 00:00Z on 1999-06-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 1999-06-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 111 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1203 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
111 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
253 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

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 30, 5:10 AM CDT, 31 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 30, 5:10 AM CDT, 31 minutes before
EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
510 AM CDT WED JUN 30 1999

BUSY ALL NIGHT WITH ONGOING WEATHER SO NOT A LOT OF TIME TO LOOK AT
THINGS OR TO WRITE A DISCUSSION.

WAS GOING TO ISSUE A FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR TODAY AND POSSIBLY TONIGHT
IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS BUT CURRENT CONVECTION
NOW MAKING DECENT PROGRESS TO THE SOUTH SO DECIDED TO HOLD OFF FOR
NOW. WILL WAIT TO SEE HOW THINGS EVOLVE THE NEXT FEW HOURS BUT MAY
YET NEED A WATCH SOMEWHERE...THE BIG QUESTION IS JUST WHERE.

SEVERAL MESOSCALE CONVECTIVE COMPLEXES WILL LIKELY AFFECT THE AREA
DURING THE NEXT 24 TO 36 HOURS BEFORE MID LEVEL WARMING CAPS THINGS
OFF. WENT WAY ABOVE GUIDANCE POPS AND COOLER THAN GUIDANCE ON
TEMPERATURES ALTHOUGH DO EXPECT SOME WARMUP THURSDAY WITH MORE
SUNSHINE RETURNING BY AFTERNOON.

HAD NO TIME TO LOOK AT EXTENDED SO LITTLE OR NO CHANGES MADE THERE.

THANKS TO CHUCK IN SPRINGFIELD AND GREG IN LITTLE ROCK FOR
COORDINATION.

FCSTID = 5
TUL   80  70  87  72 /  80  70  50  40
FSM   82  72  90  73 /  70  40  30  20
MLC   82  73  90  74 /  70  40  30  20
BVO   80  70  87  72 /  70  70  50  40
FYV   80  70  85  70 /  80  70  50  40
IDB   88  72  91  73 /  50  30  20  10
BYV   80  70  85  70 /  80  70  50  40
MIO   80  70  86  71 /  70  70  50  40
MKO   80  72  88  73 /  90  50  40  30
F10   80  72  88  73 /  90  50  40  30
HHW   88  73  91  74 /  50  30  20  10

.TUL...
AR...NONE.
OK...NONE.

PLATE

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 30, 4:20 AM CDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
420 AM CDT WED JUN 30 1999

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0415 AM    MANNFORD                  OK    60 MPH TSTM GUST
06/29/99   CREEK                           SKYWARN SPOTTER
                                           REPORTED 60 MPH TSTM GUST

DRM
Local storm report, Jun 30, 4:20 AM CDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
420 AM CDT WED JUN 30 1999

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0415 AM    MANNFORD                  OK    60 MPH TSTM GUST
06/29/99   CREEK                           SKYWARN SPOTTER
                                           REPORTED 60 MPH TSTM GUST

DRM
Local storm report, Jun 30, 4:22 AM CDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
422 AM CDT WED JUN 30 1999

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0415 AM    2 E SAPULPA               OK    75 MPH TSTM GUST
06/29/99   CREEK
Local storm report, Jun 30, 4:22 AM CDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
422 AM CDT WED JUN 30 1999

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0415 AM    2 E SAPULPA               OK    75 MPH TSTM GUST
06/29/99   CREEK
Local storm report, Jun 30, 4:25 AM CDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
425 AM CDT WED JUN 30 1999

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0415 AM    2 W GLENPOOL              OK    75 MPH TSTM GUST
06/29/99   TULSA
Local storm report, Jun 30, 4:25 AM CDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
425 AM CDT WED JUN 30 1999

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0415 AM    2 W GLENPOOL              OK    75 MPH TSTM GUST
06/29/99   TULSA

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 30, 5:43 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSABenton, Washington2 hr
Jun 30, 5:57 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSAMadison108 min
Jun 30, 8:10 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSACrawford, Franklin, Sebastian3 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Arkansas, 1999Every flash flood warning in 1999

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.