Alert archive / Oklahoma / Flash Flood Warnings in 2002
Flash Flood Warning 14, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this flash flood warning at Mar 19, 2002, 9:44 PM CST for 7 counties in Oklahoma; 4 counties in Arkansas. It was in force for 6 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, 9:44 PM CST (03:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 20, 2002, 4:00 AM CST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Crawford County, AR, Franklin County, AR, Madison County, AR, Sebastian County, AR, Choctaw County, OK, Haskell County, OK, Latimer County, OK, LeFlore County, OK, Pittsburg County, OK, Pushmataha County, OK, Sequoyah County, OK
The radar
The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:48 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, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 218 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
- 453 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 62 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 74 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 66 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 200344
FFWTUL
ARC033-047-087-131-OKC023-061-077-079-121-127-135-201000-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
945 PM CST TUE MAR 19 2002
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR
SEQUOYAH COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
CRAWFORD COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS
MADISON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS
CHOCTAW COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
HASKELL COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
LATIMER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
LE FLORE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
PITTSBURG COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
PUSHMATAHA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
FRANKLIN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS
SEBASTIAN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS
* UNTIL 400 AM CST
* AT 945 PM CST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF HEAVY RAIN WITH
A FEW EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS OVER MOST OF SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND
WESTERN ARKANSAS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. WIDESPREAD FLOODING
HAS ALREADY OCCURRED. ANOTHER INCH OF RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE
THIS THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE
FROM MCALESTER OKLAHOMA TO HUNTSVILLE ARKANSAS.
RADAR AND SURFACE REPORTS INDICATE THAT WIDESPREAD RAINFALL TOTALS
SINCE YESTERDAY AFTERNOON OF 4 TO 6 INCHES ACROSS THE WARNED
AREA...WITH SOME AREAS APPROACHING 7 INCHES. ANY ADDITIONAL
RAINFALL WILL ONLY CAUSE ONGOING FLOODING TO WORSEN. TAKE
APPROPRIATE ACTIONS TO PROTECT YOURSELF FROM THE DANGERS OF RISING
WATER. RESIDENTS ACROSS SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND WEST CENTRAL
ARKANSAS SHOULD CAREFULLY MONITOR WEATHER AND FLOODING CONDITIONS
TONIGHT. THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY THE HEAVY RAIN
INCLUDE ALL WARNED AREAS IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND WEST CENTRAL
ARKANSAS.
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 3388 9596 3392 9512 3451 9501 3452 9445
3491 9441 3541 9367 3609 9344 3633 9369
3629 9384 3577 9396 3576 9447 3563 9454
3562 9510 3540 9508 3510 9604 3473 9606
3455 9574 3418 95943 follow-up statements
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WGUS74 KTSA 200558
FFSTUL
ARC033-047-087-131-OKC023-061-077-079-121-127-135-201000-
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1150 PM CST TUE MAR 19 2002
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR MADISON...FRANKLIN...CRAWFORD...
SEBASTIAN...SEQUOYAH...HASKELL...LE FLORE...PITTSBURG...LATIMER...
PUSHMATAHA AND CHOCTAW COUNTIES UNTIL 400 AM CST...
AT 1145 PM CST...RADAR INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF LIGHT TO MODERATE
RAIN CONTINUES OVER SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. RAIN
WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE WARNED AREA THROUGH 400 AM.
RADAR INDICATES THAT A WIDE AREA OF 4 TO 5 INCHES...WITH ISOLATED
AMOUNTS NEAR 6 INCHES...OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN OVER THE WARNED
AREA DURING THE PAST 24 HOURS. ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE
POSSIBLE THROUGH 400 AM.
AT 1115 PM CST...CRAWFORD COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED:
- STATE HIGHWAY 282 OUTSIDE OF MOUNTAINBURG WAS FLOODED AT THE
LOW WATER BRIDGE
- PEVEHOUSE ROAD IN NORTHWEST VAN BUREN WAS FLOODED AT THE LOW
WATER BRIDGE
- 2300 BLOCK OF WIRE ROAD IN VAN BUREN WAS FLOODED
- ASH STREET IN MOUNTAINBURG WAS FLOODED
AT 1110 PM CST...SEBASTION COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED:
- STATE HIGHWAY 71 NEAR MANSFIELD WAS FLOODED
- STATE HIGHWAY 255 AT THE VACHE GRASS BRIDGE WAS FLOODED
- JENNY LIND LOOP BRIDGE WAS FLOODED
- STATE HIGHWAY 255 AT HICKMAN BLUFF
AT 1105 PM CST...CHOCTAW COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED:
- NUMEROUS LOW WATER CROSSINGS CONTINUE TO BE FLOODED
AT 1105 PM CST...HASKELL COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED:
- WATER COVERED THE ROADWAY AT THE INTERSECTION OF STATE HIGHWAY
31 AND STATE HIGHWAY 9
AT 1105 PM CST...LATIMER COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED:
- STATE HIGHWAY 82 SOUTH OF RED OAK TO TALIHINA HAD WATER
COVERING THE ROADWAY
- STATE HIGHWAY 82 NORTH OF RED OAK TO LEQUIRE HAD WATER
COVERING THE ROADWAY
AT 1103 PM CST...PITTSBURGH COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED:
- STATE HIGHWAY 63 APPROXIMATELY 3 1/2 WAS OF HALLEYVILLE WAS FLOODED
AT 1103 PM CST...PUSHMATAHA COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED:
- NUMEROUS COUNTY ROADS REMAIN FLOODED
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 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.
$$000
WGUS74 KTSA 200605 CCA
FFSTUL
ARC033-047-087-131-OKC023-061-077-079-121-127-135-201000-
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT...CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1158 PM CST TUE MAR 19 2002
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR MADISON...FRANKLIN...CRAWFORD...
SEBASTIAN...SEQUOYAH...HASKELL...LE FLORE...PITTSBURG...LATIMER...
PUSHMATAHA AND CHOCTAW COUNTIES UNTIL 400 AM CST...
AT 1145 PM CST...RADAR INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF LIGHT TO MODERATE
RAIN CONTINUES OVER SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. RAIN
WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE WARNED AREA THROUGH 400 AM.
RADAR INDICATES THAT A WIDE AREA OF 4 TO 5 INCHES...WITH ISOLATED
AMOUNTS NEAR 6 INCHES...OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN OVER THE WARNED
AREA DURING THE PAST 24 HOURS. ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE
POSSIBLE THROUGH 400 AM.
AT 1115 PM CST...CRAWFORD COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED:
- STATE HIGHWAY 282 OUTSIDE OF MOUNTAINBURG WAS FLOODED AT THE
LOW WATER BRIDGE
- PEVEHOUSE ROAD IN NORTHWEST VAN BUREN WAS FLOODED AT THE LOW
WATER BRIDGE
- 2300 BLOCK OF WIRE ROAD IN VAN BUREN WAS FLOODED
- ASH STREET IN MOUNTAINBURG WAS FLOODED
AT 1110 PM CST...SEBASTION COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED:
- STATE HIGHWAY 71 NEAR MANSFIELD WAS FLOODED
- STATE HIGHWAY 255 AT THE VACHE GRASS BRIDGE WAS FLOODED
- JENNY LIND LOOP BRIDGE WAS FLOODED
- STATE HIGHWAY 255 AT HICKMAN BLUFF
AT 1105 PM CST...CHOCTAW COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED:
- NUMEROUS LOW WATER CROSSINGS CONTINUE TO BE FLOODED
AT 1105 PM CST...HASKELL COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED:
- WATER COVERED THE ROADWAY AT THE INTERSECTION OF STATE HIGHWAY
31 AND STATE HIGHWAY 9
AT 1105 PM CST...LATIMER COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED:
- STATE HIGHWAY 82 SOUTH OF RED OAK TO TALIHINA HAD WATER
COVERING THE ROADWAY
- STATE HIGHWAY 82 NORTH OF RED OAK TO LEQUIRE HAD WATER
COVERING THE ROADWAY
AT 1103 PM CST...PITTSBURGH COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED:
- STATE HIGHWAY 63 APPROXIMATELY 3 1/2 MILES WEST OF
HALLEYVILLE WAS FLOODED
AT 1103 PM CST...PUSHMATAHA COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED:
- NUMEROUS COUNTY ROADS REMAIN FLOODED
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 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.
$$000 WGUS74 KTSA 201002 FFSTUL ARC033-047-087-131-OKC023-061-077-079-121-127-135-201200- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 400 AM CST WED MAR 20 2002 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING EXPIRED FOR MADISON...FRANKLIN...CRAWFORD... SEBASTIAN...SEQUOYAH...HASKELL...LE FLORE...PITTSBURG...LATIMER... PUSHMATAHA AND CHOCTAW COUNTIES... AT 355 AM CST...RADAR INDICATED LIGHT RAIN ACROSS NORTHWEST ARKANSAS AND PORTIONS OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA. THE RAIN WILL BE COMING TO AN END THIS MORNING...SO THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. RADAR INDICATES THAT 4 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN...WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS NEAR 6 INCHES...HAVE FALLEN OVER THE AREA DURING THE PAST 24 HOURS. RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH EARLY MORNING SHOULD BE LESS THAN A HALF INCH. HOWEVER...MANY STATE HIGHWAYS AND COUNTY ROADS ACROSS THE AREA REMAIN FLOODED. EVEN THOUGH THE RAIN HAS NEARLY ENDED...WIDESPREAD FLOODING WILL CONTINUE TODAY...BEFORE THE WATER RECEDES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER MAY BE TOO DEEP TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. ALSO...BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. $$ SJT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 19, 7:06 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Haskell, Sequoyah | 3 hr |
| Mar 19, 7:39 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Madison | 2 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Oklahoma, 2002Flash 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.