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Flash Flood Warning 10, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this flash flood warning at Jun 17, 2000, 7:16 AM CDT for Carroll County, Franklin 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 outline the Iowa Environmental Mesonet reconstructed for it; the warning itself named whole counties.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 17, 2000, 7:16 AM CDT (12:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 17, 2000, 9:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
Counties Carroll County, AR, Franklin County, AR, Madison County, AR
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 96 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
- 808 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 51 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 40 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WGUS54 KTSA 171218
FFWTSA
ARC015-047-087-171430-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
716 AM CDT SAT JUN 17 2000
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR
CARROLL COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS
MADISON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS
FRANKLIN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS
* UNTIL 930 AM CDT
* AT 715 AM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN MOVING INTO THE WARNED AREA.
THE HEAVIEST RAINS WERE LOCATED ACROSS FRANKLIN COUNTY...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
RADAR ESTIMATES THAT BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER
THE WARNING AREA. ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH
930 AM CDT.
THIS SAME AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCED SOME FLOODING IN THE FORT
SMITH AND VAN BUREN AREAS.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY THE HEAVY RAIN
INCLUDE BOSTON...KINGSTON...PETTIGREW...ST PAUL...HUNTSVILLE...
CARROLLTON...RUDD...GREEN FOREST...OSAGE...EUREKA SPRINGS...
BERRYVILLE...AND OZARK.
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.
CALL 1-800-722-2778 TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
LAT...LON 3647 9384 3555 9400 3524 9407 3545 9374
3615 9329 3647 9332 3650 9365The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 5:35 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Benton, Washington | 2 hr |
| Jun 17, 7:57 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Benton, Washington | 93 min |
| Jun 17, 8:46 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Crawford | 2 hr |
| Jun 17, 10:57 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Crawford | 2 hr |
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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.