Alert archive / Arkansas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2002
Flash Flood Warning 48, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this flash flood warning at May 29, 2002, 1:57 AM CDT for 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 outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 29, 2002, 1:57 AM CDT (06:57 UTC)
- Expired
- May 29, 2002, 6:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Madison County, AR
The radar
The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 97 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
- 132 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 736 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 26 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 72 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 290657 FFWTUL ARC087-291100- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 157 AM CDT WED MAY 29 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR MADISON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS * UNTIL 600 AM CDT * AT 155 AM CDT RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 5 MILES WEST OF KINGSTON TO 16 MILES SOUTH OF PETTIGREW...MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH. RADAR INDICATES THAT 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN OVER THE WARNED AREA. ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 600 AM CDT. THIS WILL CAUSE RAPID RISES IN CREEKS AND DRAINAGE DITCHES AND RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING OF LOW-LYING AREAS. * SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY THE HEAVY RAIN INCLUDE PETTIGREW...AURORA...KINGSTON...BOSTON...WITTER AND MARBLE. 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 3629 9371 3578 9374 3577 9355 3608 9343
3 follow-up statements
000 WGUS74 KTSA 290747 FFSTUL ARC087-291100- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 245 AM CDT WED MAY 29 2002 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR MADISON COUNTY UNTIL 600 AM CDT... AT 241 AM CDT...RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 4 MILES SOUTH OF PETTIGREW TO 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF KINGSTON...MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH. IN ADDITION...MODERATE RAIN WAS FALLING OVER MOST OF THE EASTERN AND NORTHERN SECTIONS OF MADISON COUNTY. RADAR INDICATES THAT 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER EASTERN SECTIONS OF MADISON COUNTY. WITH MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN STILL FALLING OVER THE HILLY TERRAIN...CONSIDERABLE RUNOFF WILL OCCUR AND CONTINUE THE THREAT FOR FLASH FLOODING...EVEN AFTER THE RAIN DIMINISHES. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY THE HEAVY RAIN AND HAVE A THREAT FOR FLOODING INCLUDE... WEATHERS...HUNTSVILLE...PETTIGREW...AURORA...KINGSTON...WITTER ...MARBLE AND CLIFTY. MOTORISTS SHOULD CONTINUE TO BE ALERT FOR WATER ON ROADWAYS.
000 WGUS74 KTSA 290939 FFSTUL ARC087-291100- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 437 AM CDT WED MAY 29 2002 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR MADISON COUNTY UNTIL 600 AM CDT... AT 437 AM CDT RADAR INDICATED THAT THE RAIN HAD DIMINISHED OVER MADISON COUNTY. RUNOFF FROM THE HEAVY RAINS WILL SUBSIDE WITH THE RAIN ENDING...HOWEVER PERSONS IN MADISION COUNTY SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR HIGH WATER...ESPECIALLY WHEN DRIVING THROUGH LOW-WATER CROSSINGS. THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE ON TIME...UNLESS HEAVY RAINS REDEVELOP OVER THE COUNTY.
000 WGUS74 KTSA 291106 FFSTUL ARC047-087-291200- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 604 AM CDT WED MAY 29 2002 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS FOR MADISON AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES HAVE EXPIRED... THE HEAVY RAIN THAT PROMPTED THE WARNINGS HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA ALTHOUGH LIGHT TO MODERATE AREAS OF RAIN WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE THIS MORNING. THE FRANKLIN COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED SOME FLOODING HAD OCCURRED ACROSS PORTIONS OF FRANKLIN COUNTY DURING THE PAST FEW HOURS...HOWEVER WITH THE HEAVY RAIN HAVING MOVED OUT OF THE AREA...THE HIGH WATER WAS NOW RECEEDING. LAT...LON 3531 9412 3525 9384 3608 9345 3629 9385
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 29, 3:07 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Franklin | 3 hr |
Nearby
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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.