Alert archive / Arkansas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2002
Flash Flood Warning 10, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this flash flood warning at Mar 19, 2002, 2:40 PM CST for Madison County, Arkansas. It was in force for 5 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
- Mar 19, 2002, 2:40 PM CST (20:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 19, 2002, 8:00 PM CST
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Whole counties
County Madison County, AR
The radar
The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:41 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, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 99 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
- 466 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 81 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 177 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 155 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 192040
FFWTUL
ARC087-200200-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
240 PM CST TUE MAR 19 2002
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR
MADISON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS
* UNTIL 800 PM CST
* AT 240 PM CST...RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF HEAVY RAIN OVER MUCH
OF MADISON COUNTY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. ANOTHER AREA OF
VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OVER SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA WILL ALSO MOVE INTO
THE WARNED AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON.
RADAR INDICATES THAT 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN
OVER THE WARNED AREA. ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE
THROUGH 830 PM CST.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY THE HEAVY RAIN
INCLUDE HUNTSVILLE...ST PAUL...PETTIGREW...AURORA...WESLEY...
KINGSTON...HINDSVILLE...FORUM...BOSTON...WITTER...JAPTON...MARBLE
AND CLIFTY.
AT 230 PM CST...THE MADISON COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTS THAT SOME
LOW WATER CROSSINGS ARE EXPERIENCING RISING WATER NEAR ST PAUL.
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.
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.
$$
MANNING
LAT...LON 3631 9388 3600 9393 3579 9393 3579 9354
3603 9345 3629 93612 follow-up statements
000 WGUS74 KTSA 192239 FFSTUL ARC087-200200- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 440 PM CST TUE MAR 19 2002 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR MADISON COUNTY UNTIL 730 PM CST... AT 440 PM CST...RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW AN AREA OF HEAVY RAIN OVER MADISON COUNTY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. ADDITIONAL HEAVIER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA WERE ALSO MOVING NORTHEAST TOWARD THE WARNED AREA. RADAR INDICATES THAT 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN OVER THE WARNED AREA. ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 800 PM CST. SOME LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND COUNTY ROADS WERE REPORTED TO HAVE HIGH WATER EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON...AND WITH RUNOFF FROM ADDITIONAL RAINFALL...ANY FLOODING PROBLEMS WILL WORSEN. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY THE HEAVY RAIN INCLUDE HARMONY...ARBAUGH...RED STAR...WEATHERS...HUNTSVILLE...ST PAUL...PETTIGREW...AURORA...WESLEY...KINGSTON...HINDSVILLE...FORUM... BEST...COMBS...BRASHEARS...DUTTON...PATRICK...BOSTON...DELANEY... CROSSES...WITTER...JAPTON...GEORGETOWN...MARBLE...ALABAM...CLIFTY AND ROCKHOUSE. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT. IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS SHOULD AVOID CAMPING ALONG STREAMS OR CREEKS DURING THREATENING RAINS. $$ MANNING
000 WGUS74 KTSA 192332 CCA FFSTUL ARC087-200200- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT...CORRECTED HEADLINE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 440 PM CST TUE MAR 19 2002 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR MADISON COUNTY UNTIL 800 PM CST... AT 440 PM CST...RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW AN AREA OF HEAVY RAIN OVER MADISON COUNTY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. ADDITIONAL HEAVIER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA WERE ALSO MOVING NORTHEAST TOWARD THE WARNED AREA. RADAR INDICATES THAT 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN OVER THE WARNED AREA. ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 800 PM CST. SOME LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND COUNTY ROADS WERE REPORTED TO HAVE HIGH WATER EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON...AND WITH RUNOFF FROM ADDITIONAL RAINFALL...ANY FLOODING PROBLEMS WILL WORSEN. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY THE HEAVY RAIN INCLUDE HARMONY...ARBAUGH...RED STAR...WEATHERS...HUNTSVILLE...ST PAUL...PETTIGREW...AURORA...WESLEY...KINGSTON...HINDSVILLE...FORUM... BEST...COMBS...BRASHEARS...DUTTON...PATRICK...BOSTON...DELANEY... CROSSES...WITTER...JAPTON...GEORGETOWN...MARBLE...ALABAM...CLIFTY AND ROCKHOUSE. 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. 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
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 18, 8:34 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Sebastian | 3 hr |
| Mar 18, 8:42 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Sebastian | 3 hr |
| Mar 18, 10:37 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Franklin | 3 hr |
| Mar 18, 11:54 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Sebastian | 96 min |
| Mar 19, 1:31 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Franklin, Sebastian | 4 hr |
| Mar 19, 3:54 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Crawford | 96 min |
| Mar 19, 7:17 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Crawford, Franklin, Sebastian | 4 hr |
| Mar 19, 11:01 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Crawford, Franklin, Sebastian | 5 hr |
| Mar 19, 3:54 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Crawford, Franklin, Sebastian | 6 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Arkansas, 2002Every flash flood warning in 2002
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.