Flash Flood Warning 41, NWS Tulsa, OK

Issued

Dec 16, 2001, 2:11 AM CST (08:11 UTC)

Expired

Dec 16, 2001, 6:00 AM CST

In force

4 hr

Issued by

NWS Tulsa, OK

Area

Whole counties

County Madison County, AR

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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000 
WGUS54 KTSA 160811
FFWTUL
ARC087-161200-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
211 AM CST SUN DEC 16 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR
  MADISON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS

* UNTIL 600 AM CST

* AT 211 AM CST...RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF VERY HEAVY RAIN WITH    
  EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MUCH OF MADISON COUNTY. THIS AREA OF 
  RAIN IS MOVING SLOWLY TO THE NORTHEAST.

  RADAR INDICATES THAT 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN OVER 
  THE WARNED AREA. ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE    
  THROUGH 600 AM CST. HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND MOVE   
  INTO MADISON COUNTY EARLY THIS MORNING ON ALREADY SATURATED GROUND.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY THE HEAVY RAIN
  INCLUDE HUNTSVILLE...ST PAUL...PETTIGREW...AURORA...KINGSTON...
  HINDSVILLE...FORUM...BOSTON...WITTER...JAPTON...MARBLE AND CLIFTY.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT
QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY
IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.

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.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT. IT IS
IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR
CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS SHOULD AVOID
CAMPING ALONG STREAMS OR CREEKS DURING THREATENING RAINS.

$$

MANNING

LAT...LON 3579 9396 3578 9337 3627 9361 3630 9383

000 
WGUS74 KTSA 161216
FFSTUL
ARC015-087-161315-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
609 AM CST SUN DEC 16 2001

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR CARROLL AND MADISON COUNTIES HAS          
   EXPIRED...

AT 609 AM CST...RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW AREAS OF LIGHT RAIN OVER 
CARROLL AND MADISON COUNTIES...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.  THE RAIN
ACTIVITY HAS WEAKENED OVER THE LAST HOUR...THEREFORE THE FLASH FLOOD 
WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.  

LIGHT RAIN WILL CONTINUE OVER CARROLL AND MADISON COUNTIES THROUGH 
THE MORNING HOURS.  A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR 
NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.  ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN WILL LIKELY REDEVELOP 
OVER THE WATCH AREA LATER TODAY.   RESIDENTS SHOULD CONTINUE TO 
MONITOR THE LATEST WEATHER CONDITIONS IN CASE ADDITIONAL WARNINGS 
ARE ISSUED. 

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.

Flash Flood Warnings in Arkansas, 2001Every flash flood warning in 2001

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.