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Flash Flood Warning 27, NWS Tulsa, OK

June 28, 2000Benton County, Washington County, Arkansas; Adair County, Cherokee County, Delaware County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this flash flood warning at Jun 28, 2000, 9:44 AM CDT for Benton County, Washington County, Arkansas; Adair County, Cherokee County, Delaware County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 3 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 28, 2000, 9:44 AM CDT (14:44 UTC)
Expired
Jun 28, 2000, 12:45 PM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Whole counties

Counties Benton County, AR, Washington County, AR, Adair County, OK, Cherokee County, OK, Delaware County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:46 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, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 113 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 12:00Z on 2000-06-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 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 12:00Z on 2000-06-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 110 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
824 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
110 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
263 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WGUS54 KTSA 281449
FFWTSA
ARC007-143-OKC001-021-041-281745-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
944 AM CDT WED JUN 28 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR
  CHEROKEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
  ADAIR COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
  SOUTHERN DELAWARE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
  BENTON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS
  WASHINGTON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS

* UNTIL 1245 PM CDT

* AT 944 AM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN
AREA OF VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM BENTONVILLE TO SILOAM SPRINGS TO
TAHLEQUAH. RADAR ESTIMATES AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAGES INDICATE THAT
2-3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN OVER PARTS OF THE WARNING
AREA. ANOTHER INCH OR TWO WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 1245 PM.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY THE HEAVY RAIN
INCLUDE CINCINNATI...STRICKLER...FARMINGTON...ELKINS...PRAIRIE
GROVE...LINCOLN...WINSLOW...SPRINGDALE...FAYETTEVILLE...BELLA
VISTA...DECATUR...CAVE SPRINGS...SPRINGTOWN...PEA RIDGE...
GRAVETTE...MAYSVILLE...GENTRY...ROGERS...SILOAM SPRINGS...
BENTONVILLE...SCRAPER...COOKSON...TAHLEQUAH...WEST SILOAM SPRINGS...
COLCORD...KANSAS...LEACH...WATTS...WESTVILLE...PROCTOR...BUNCH AND
STILWELL.

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 36|34 9502 3564 9510 3575 9399 3653 9394

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 28, 11:20 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSACarroll, Madison3 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Oklahoma, 2000Flash Flood Warnings in Arkansas, 2000Every flash flood warning in 2000

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.