Alert archive / Arkansas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2000
Flash Flood Warning 11, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this flash flood warning at Jun 17, 2000, 7:57 AM CDT for Benton County, Washington County, Arkansas; Adair County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 93 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 17, 2000, 7:57 AM CDT (12:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 17, 2000, 9:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 93 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
Counties Benton County, AR, Washington County, AR, Adair County, OK
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 1.0 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.
- 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 171258
FFWTSA
ARC007-143-OKC001-171430-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
757 AM CDT SAT JUN 17 2000
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR
ADAIR COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
BENTON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS
WASHINGTON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS
* UNTIL 930 AM CDT
* AT 755 AM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN 2 MILES EAST OF CHRISTIE...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
THIS IS AN EXTENSION OF THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING ISSUED EARLIER FOR
ADAIR...BENTON...AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES. RADAR SHOWS MODERATE TO
HEAVY RAINS CONTINUING TO MOVE ACROSS THE AREA...AND ANOTHER 1 TO 2
INCHES OF RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE BEFORE THE RAIN TAPERS OFF AFTER 930
AM. OVER FIVE INCHES OF RAIN HAS BEEN MEASURED AT CAVE SPRINGS IN
SOUTHERN BENTON COUNTY.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY THE HEAVY RAIN
INCLUDE STILWELL...BENTONVILLE...AND FAYETTEVILLE.
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 3597 9480 3575 9484 3580 9397 3647 9387
3646 9444What 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 17, 3:15 AM CDT, 4 hours 42 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 17, 3:15 AM CDT, 4 hours 42 minutes before
EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 315 AM CDT SAT JUN 17 2000 MAIN FORECAST CONCERN TODAY CENTERS ON HEAVY RAINFALL POTENTIAL. LATEST SURFACE ANALYSIS SHOWS STATIONARY FRONTAL BOUNDARY DRAPED ACROSS SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...SOUTH OF A KADM TO KMLC TO KFSM LINE AT 08Z. WATER VAPOR LOOP SHOWS AN APPROACHING SHORTWAVE IN THE TEXAS PANHANDLE...WHICH WILL PROVIDE THE SYNOPTIC SCALE LIFT FOR PROLONGED THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT ACROSS OUR AREA LATER TODAY. THE HEAVIEST RAINS ARE STILL EXPECTED TO BE MAINLY NORTH OF THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY...WHICH IS NOT EXPECTED TO MOVE MUCH TODAY. THE ONGOING CONVECTION ACROSS CENTRAL OKLAHOMA AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS LINES UP FAIRLY WELL WITH THE 850MB FRONT...AND BELIEVE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO REDEVELOP ACROSS THIS AREA...MOVING SLOWLY SOUTHEAST WITH 850MB FRONT. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ALSO DEVELOPING ACROSS SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA LIKELY DUE TO DIFLUENT THICKNESSES AND ISENTROPIC LIFT IN THIS AREA. WILL KEEP FFA GOING FOR ENTIRE AREA TODAY. THE EAST-WEST PLACEMENT OF THE FRONT ACROSS OKLAHOMA...AND INCREASING ISENTROPIC LIFT ON THE SOUTHERLY LOW LEVEL JET POINT TO HEAVY RAINS FOR MUCH OF THE AREA TODAY. THE NORTHERN ZONES RECEIVED 1-2 INCHES OF RAIN YESTERDAY...WITH ANOTHER 1-3 INCHES EXPECTED TODAY...SO EXPECT MOST FLOODING PROBLEMS WILL BE ALONG AND NORTH OF I-40. WILL KEEP CATERGORICAL POPS GOING IN MOST ZONES TODAY...WITH HIGH POPS CONTINUING TONIGHT...ALTHOUGH SHOULD SEE SOME RELIEF AFTER MIDNIGHT. TEMPERATURES THIS MORNING ACROSS NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA ALREADY IN THE UPPER 50S...AND WITH CLOUDS AND RAIN...HIGHS TODAY WILL BE RATHER COOL. SUNDAY WILL HAVE A CONTINUED CHANCE OF RAIN...BUT POPS WILL BE LOWER...AS SYSTEM EXPECTED TO GET A PUSH EAST. WILL NOT MAKE ANY MAJOR CHANGES TO EXTENDED FORECAST AT THIS POINT. THANKS TO LIT...SHV...OUN...AND SGF FOR COORD. FCSTID = 6 TUL 74 61 79 67 / 100 60 50 30 FSM 77 67 81 68 / 80 60 50 30 MLC 76 68 83 68 / 100 60 50 30 BVO 70 63 73 66 / 100 70 60 30 FYV 71 62 78 64 / 100 70 50 30 BYV 70 62 78 64 / 100 70 50 30 MIO 69 62 78 64 / 100 70 50 30 MKO 74 68 83 68 / 100 60 50 30 F10 74 61 79 67 / 100 60 50 30 HHW 80 69 84 69 / 70 60 50 30 .TUL... AR...FLASH FLOOD WATCH SATURDAY ZONES 1/2/10/11/19/20/29. OK...FLASH FLOOD WATCH SATURDAY ZONES 53>76...49.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 17, 6:00 AM CDT, 1 hour 57 minutes before
ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-181100- EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 600 AM CDT SAT JUN 17 2000 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH TODAY WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS EXPECTED... .SYNOPSIS... A STATIONARY FRONT WAS LOCATED ACROSS WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS AND SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA EARLY THIS MORNING. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING...MAINLY IN AREAS NORTH OF THE FRONT...AND WILL CONTINUE FOR MUCH OF THE DAY. A VERY MOIST ATMOSPHERE AND FAVORABLE WINDS ALOFT WILL CREATE AN ENVIRONMENT CONDUCIVE TO THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN. .PRIMARY HAZARD... EXCESSIVE RAINS COULD LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. RAINFALL TOTALS FOR THE 24 HOUR PERIOD FROM 6 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 AM SUNDAY MORNING COULD EXCEED 3 INCHES OVER PARTS OF THE AREA. THE FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT /OKCFFSTUL/ ISSUED AT 505 AM GIVES ADDITIONAL DETAILS ON THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH THAT IS IN AFFECT TODAY. .DISCUSSION... THE HEAVIEST RAINS ARE EXPECTED TO FALL NORTH OF THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY...WHICH IS EXPECTED TO MOVE LITTLE THROUGH TONIGHT. PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES OVER 1.5 INCHES ALONG WITH MODERATELY STRONG UPPER LEVEL SUPPORT WILL ENHANCE RAINFALL RATES TODAY. .EMERGENCY AGENCY AND SPOTTER ACTIVATION... SPOTTER GROUPS SHOULD MONITOR WEATHER CONDITIONS THROUGHOUT THE DAY. SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED AS EARLY AS THIS MORNING ACROSS NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF ARKANSAS WHERE HEAVY RAINS HAD ALREADY DEVELOPED. SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATER THIS MORNING OR THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE REST OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHEST ARKANSAS. AN UPDATED HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 1 PM TODAY.
The 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, 7:16 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Carroll, Franklin, Madison | 2 hr |
| 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 |
| Jun 16, 7:46 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Craig, Nowata | 4 hr |
| Jun 16, 9:22 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Ottawa | 4 hr |
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.