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Flash Flood Warning 46, NWS Tulsa, OK

December 16, 2001Carroll County, Franklin County, Madison County, Arkansas

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this flash flood warning at Dec 16, 2001, 6:31 PM CST for Carroll County, Franklin County, Madison County, Arkansas. It was in force for 4 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
Dec 16, 2001, 6:31 PM CST (00:31 UTC)
Expired
Dec 16, 2001, 10:30 PM CST
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Whole counties

Counties Carroll County, AR, Franklin County, AR, Madison County, AR

The radar

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:35 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 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 105 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 2001-12-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 6 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2001-12-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 2 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
6 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-29 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
453 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
67 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
2 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-31 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 170032
FFWTUL
ARC015-047-087-170430-

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

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 1030 PM CST

* AT 631 PM CST RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF VERY HEAVY RAIN WITH 
  EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS COVERING MUCH OF THE WARNED AREA. ADDITIONAL
  HEAVY RAIN TO THE SOUTHWEST WILL ALSO MOVE THROUGH THE AREA OVER
  THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. 

  RADAR INDICATES THAT 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN OVER
  THE WARNED AREA. ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH
  1030 PM CST.

  AT 625 PM...FLOODING WAS REPORTED IN GREEN FOREST WITH SOME ROADS 
  BEING CLOSED. IN ADDITION...WATER IS BEGINNING TO RISE QUICKLY IN 
  PARTS OF FRANKLIN COUNTY WITH MANY CULVERTS ALREADY FULL OF WATER. 

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY THE HEAVY RAIN
  INCLUDE OAK GROVE...OZARK...BRANCH...DENNING...ALTUS...CASS...
  WIEDERKEHR VILLAGE...BERRYVILLE...EUREKA SPRINGS...OSAGE...GREEN
  FOREST...RUDD...CARROLLTON...RULE...URBANETTE...GRANDVIEW...
  BEAVER...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 3520 9410 3540 9372 3616 9332 3649 9330
          3649 9381

Nearby

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

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.