Flash Flood Warning 49, NWS Tulsa, OK

Issued

May 29, 2002, 3:07 AM CDT (08:07 UTC)

Expired

May 29, 2002, 6:00 AM CDT

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Tulsa, OK

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Franklin County, AR

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 39 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this flash flood warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

000 
WGUS54 KTSA 290808
FFWTUL
ARC047-291100-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
307 AM CDT WED MAY 29 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR
  FRANKLIN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS

* UNTIL 600 AM CDT

* AT 307 AM CDT RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN
  ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF BRANCH TO 4 MILES
  EAST OF BRANCH...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

  RADAR INDICATES THAT 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER
  PARTS OF SOUTHERN FRANKLIN COUNTY AND ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL
  BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 600 AM CDT.  THIS WILL CAUSE FLOODING ALONG 
  CREEKS AND IN LOW-LYING AREAS.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THE HEAVY RAIN
  INCLUDE OZARK...BRANCH...ALTUS AND WIEDERKEHR VILLAGE.

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 3533 9407 3523 9392 3552 9369 3563 9401

000 
WGUS74 KTSA 290956
FFSTUL
ARC047-291100-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
456 AM CDT WED MAY 29 2002

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR FRANKLIN COUNTY UNTIL 600 AM
   CDT...

AT 452 AM CDT RADAR INDICATED THAT THE RAIN WAS DIMINISHING ACROSS 
FRANKLIN COUNTY.  MOTORISTS IN FRANKLIN COUNTY...ESPECIALLY ALONG 
AND SOUTH OF I-40...WHERE THE HEAVIEST RAINS FELL...SHOULD BE ALERT 
FOR WATER ON ROADWAYS AND NEVER DRIVE INTO A FLOODED AREA.  

WITH THE RAIN ENDING...ANY HIGH WATER WILL BEGIN RECEEDING.  AS A 
RESULT...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR FRANKLIN COUNTY WILL LIKELY BE 
ALLOWED TO EXPIRE ON TIME AT 600 AM.

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

NWS Tulsa, OK wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at May 28, 9:15 PM CDT, 5 hours 52 minutes earlier.

EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OKLAHOMA
915 PM CDT TUE MAY 28 2002

UPPER LOW WILL CONTINUE ITS SLOW DRIFT SOUTHEASTWARD OVERNIGHT WITH
PRECIP CHANCES CONTINUING AREAWIDE.  BEST LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE
/ALBEIT WEAK/ APPEARS TO CONTINUE FROM WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS INTO
FAR SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA.  THIS SAME AREA WILL BE MOST LIKELY TO
EXPERIENCE WIDESPREAD CONVECTIVE REDEVELOPMENT OVERNIGHT WITH
APPROACHING UPPER LOW.  HOWEVER FLOOD GUIDANCE REMAINS VERY LOW
ACROSS MOST OF THE AREA...AND WITH MOST LOCALES HAVING A CHANCE AT
OVERNIGHT PRECIP THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH WILL CONTINUE WITH SAME
CONFIGURATION.  TEMPS APPEAR ON TRACK...AND ONLY ADJUSTMENT WILL BE
TO THE RDF TO TAPER POPS DOWN FAR NORTHWEST AND CAPTURE CURRENT
TEMPERATURE TRENDS.

FORECASTER = 07

.TSA...
AR...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL NOON CDT WEDNESDAY FOR ZONES
ARZ001>002...ARZ010>011...ARZ019>020...ARZ029.

OK...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL NOON CDT WEDNESDAY FOR ZONES OKZ049...
OKZ053...OKZ057>058...OKZ060>076.

Flash Flood Warnings in Arkansas, 2002Every flash flood warning in 2002

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.