Alert archive / Arkansas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2002
Flash Flood Warning 22, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this flash flood warning at Apr 8, 2002, 6:05 AM CDT for 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
- Apr 8, 2002, 6:05 AM CDT (11:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 8, 2002, 10:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Franklin County, AR, Madison County, AR
The radar
The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:50 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, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 127 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
- 472 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 333 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 365 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 081105
FFWTUL
ARC047-087-081500-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
600 AM CDT MON APR 8 2002
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR
MADISON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS
FRANKLIN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS
* UNTIL 1000 AM CDT
* AT 600 AM CDT...FLOODING CONTINUED ACROSS MADISON AND FRANKLIN
COUNTIES. RUNOFF FROM TORRENTIAL RAINFALL THAT OCCURRED ON SUNDAY
WAS STILL CAUSING FLOODING PROBLEMS ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.
AT 555 AM...FRANKLIN COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS STILL REPORT
FLOODING OF MANY COUNTY ROADS...AND STATE HIGHWAY 23 NEAR TURNERS
BEND IS FLOODED.
AT 555 AM...MADISON COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED LOW
WATER CROSSINGS AND BRIDGES FLOODED...AND THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE
TOWN OF ST. PAUL REMAINS EVACUATED DUE TO FLOODING.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY THE HEAVY RAIN
INCLUDE OZARK...BRANCH...DENNING...ALTUS...CASS...WIEDERKEHR
VILLAGE...HUNTSVILLE...ST PAUL...PETTIGREW...AURORA...WESLEY...
KINGSTON...HINDSVILLE...FORUM...BOSTON...WITTER...JAPTON...MARBLE
AND CLIFTY.
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.
$$
MANNING
LAT...LON 3519 9409 3539 9368 3608 9345 3627 9361
3628 93912 follow-up statements
000
WGUS74 KTSA 081359
FFSTUL
ARC047-087-081445-
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
900 AM CDT MON APR 8 2002
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR MADISON AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES
UNTIL 1000 AM CDT...
AT 845 AM...MADISON COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED FLOODING
CONTINUED IN THE TOWN OF ST. PAUL...AND NUMEROUS COUNTY ROADS
REMAINED IMPASSABLE.
AT 845 AM...FRANKLIN COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED FLOODING
CONTINUED ALONG MANY COUNTY ROADS.
THE RAINFALL HAS CURRENTLY ENDED ACROSS NORTHWEST ARKANSAS...HOWEVER
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON. ANY ADDITIONAL
RAINFALL WILL FURTHER WORSEN THE FLOODING SITUATION.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER MAY BE TOO DEEP TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY.
VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO
HIGHER GROUND.
$$
LAT...LON 3562 9400 3526 9404 3542 9375 3578 9366
3603 9348 3619 9361 3624 9385000
WGUS74 KTSA 081506
FFSTUL
ARC047-087-081515-
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1005 AM CDT MON APR 8 2002
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR FRANKLIN AND MADISON COUNTIES HAS
EXPIRED...
MANY LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND RURAL ROADWAYS MAY CONTINUE TO BE
FLOODED AS WATERS SLOWLY FALL. ALSO...ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS
EXPECTED ACROSS NORTHWEST ARKANSAS THIS AFTERNOON. SOIL CONDITIONS
ACROSS MUCH OF NORTHWEST ARKANSAS REMAIN SATURATED...SO ANY
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL QUICKLY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. STAY ALERT
FOR QUICKLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND THE POTENTIAL FOR
RAPIDLY RISING FLOOD WATERS.
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 3541 9409 3529 9398 3543 9377 3578 9372
3585 9357 3611 9352 3627 9376 3611 9391
3580 9390The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 7, 7:33 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Carroll, Madison, Washington | 3 hr |
| Apr 7, 9:28 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Benton, Carroll, Crawford, Franklin, Madison, Sebastian and 1 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 8, 3:01 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Carroll, Franklin, Madison | 3 hr |
| Apr 8, 2:36 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Crawford | 3 hr |
| Apr 8, 3:05 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Sebastian | 3 hr |
| Apr 8, 3:18 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Madison | 3 hr |
| Apr 8, 3:51 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Franklin | 2 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.