Alert archive / Arkansas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2002
Flash Flood Warning 16, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this flash flood warning at Apr 7, 2002, 6:26 PM CDT for Crawford County, Franklin County, Sebastian 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 outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 7, 2002, 6:26 PM CDT (23:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 7, 2002, 10:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Crawford County, AR, Franklin County, AR, Sebastian County, AR
The radar
The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 31 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:32 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, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 156 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
- 1952 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 182 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 345 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 072326 FFWTUL ARC033-047-131-080315- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 627 PM CDT SUN APR 7 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR CRAWFORD COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS FRANKLIN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS SEBASTIAN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS * UNTIL 1015 PM CDT * AT 625 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUING ACROSS WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE LOCATED ACROSS SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND WILL MOVE NORTHEAST INTO WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS THIS EVENING. ALL OF THE SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN ACROSS MOST OF CRAWFORD...FRANKLIN...AND SEBASTIAN COUNTIES OVER THE PAST 24 HOURS. AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED IN THESE COUNTIES THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. MUCH OF THIS RAIN WILL RUN OFF AND WILL LIKELY PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING. FLOODING HAS ALREADY BEEN REPORTED NEAR INDUSTRIAL PARK IN VAN BUREN AND ALONG HIGHWAY 59 IN CRAWFORD COUNTY. * SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY THE HEAVY RAIN AND FLOODING INCLUDE FORT SMITH...GREENWOOD...VAN BUREN... OZARK AND MULBERRY. 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. LAT...LON 3577 9449 3496 9446 3535 9374 3578 9369
2 follow-up statements
000
WGUS74 KTSA 080057
FFSTUL
ARC033-047-131-080315-
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
755 PM CDT SUN APR 7 2002
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR FRANKLIN...CRAWFORD AND
SEBASTIAN COUNTIES UNTIL 1015 PM CDT...
RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED ACROSS THE WARNED. RAIN AMOUNTS SO
FAR TODAY HAVE BEEN AROUND 2 INCHES AT MOST LOCATIONS. THIS HAS
SATURATED THE GROUND AND THE CONTINUED RUNOFF HAS CAUSED SOME STREET
FLOODING IN FORT SMITH.
RADAR INDICATES THAT HEAVY RAINS WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD OVER THE
WARNED AREA WITH AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN LIKELY.
SERIOUS FLOODING MAY DEVELOP THIS EVENING IN THE FORT SMITH...
VAN BUREN...MOUNTAINBURG AND OZARK AREAS.
IF YOU LIVE IN A FLOOD PRONE AREA...YOU SHOULD ALREADY BE PREPARED
TO MOVE TO A SAFER LOCATION. 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.
LAT...LON 3565 9369 3538 9370 3541 9380 3532 9380
3532 9391 3523 9391 3523 9403 3515 9402
3515 9413 3508 9424 3496 9423 3493 9444
3576 9449 3577 9369000
WGUS74 KTSA 080202
FFSTUL
ARC015-033-047-087-131-143-080315-
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
900 PM CDT SUN APR 7 2002
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR CARROLL...MADISON...
WASHINGTON...FRANKLIN...CRAWFORD AND SEBASTIAN COUNTIES UNTIL
1015 PM CDT...
...A SERIOUS FLASH FLOOD SITUATION IS DEVELOPING...
HEAVY RAINS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MIDNIGHT ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.
RAINFALL OF 2 TO 3 INCHES HAS ALREADY OCCURRED AND AND ADDITIONAL 1
TO 2 INCHES IS LIKELY AT MANY LOCATIONS BEFORE THE RAIN DIMINISHES.
FLASH FLOODING IS ALREADY UNDERWAY AT SEVERAL LOCATIONS IN SEBASTIAN
COUNTY AND THE SITUATION WILL ONLY GET WORST THROUGHOUT THE REGION.
SEVERAL FORT SMITH STREETS HAVE BEEN FLOODED AND A BRIDGE ON HIGHWAY
252 JUST NORTHEAST OF LAVAC HAS BEEN COVERED WITH WATER.
WIDESPREAD FLOODING IS LIKELY TONIGHT. THIS IS A DANGEROUS
SITUATION. 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.
ALL INDICATIONS ARE THAT THE CURRENT FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL BE
EXTENDED.
RAINFALL AMOUNTS AT 9PM INCLUDE...FORT SMITH 3.32 INCHES AND 2.46
INCHES AT FAYETTEVILLE.
LAT...LON 3613 9329 3577 9368 3538 9370 3532 9380
3532 9391 3523 9391 3493 9444 3541 9443
3611 9455 3610 9439 3621 9432 3624 9386
3649 9385 3649 9329Nearby
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.