Flash Flood Warning 5, NWS Tulsa, OK

Issued

Mar 18, 2002, 11:54 PM CST (05:54 UTC)

Expired

Mar 19, 2002, 1:30 AM CST

In force

96 min

Issued by

NWS Tulsa, OK

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Sebastian County, AR, LeFlore County, OK

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000 
WGUS54 KTSA 190554
FFWTUL
ARC131-OKC079-190730-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1151 PM CST MON MAR 18 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR
  LE FLORE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
  SEBASTIAN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS

* UNTIL 130 AM CST

* AT 1151 PM CST RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF VERY HEAVY RAIN WITH A   
  FEW EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS OVER MOST OF LE FLORE AND SEBASTIAN     
  COUNTIES. THIS ACTIVITY WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

  RADAR AND SURFACE OBSERVATIONS INDICATE THAT BETWEEN 1.5 AND 2.5   
  INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER THE WARNED AREA OVER THE PAST 3     
  HOURS. ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 130 AM CST.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY THE HEAVY RAIN 
  INCLUDE POTEAU...HEAVENER...WISTER...CAMERON...PANAMA...SPIRO...   
  POCOLA...HARTFORD...GREENWOOD AND FORT SMITH.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND
STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND
FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING
AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING.

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 3520 9494 3471 9504 3454 9491 3453 9449
          3490 9442 3515 9415 3542 9413

000 
WGUS74 KTSA 190643
FFSTUL
ARC131-OKC079-190730-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1241 AM CST TUE MAR 19 2002

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR SEBASTIAN AND LE FLORE COUNTIES
   UNTIL 130 AM CST...

AT 1241 AM CST...RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW AN AREA OF VERY HEAVY RAIN 
OVER MUCH OF LE FLORE AND SEBASTIAN COUNTIES...MOVING NORTHEAST 
AT 35 MPH.

RADAR INDICATES THAT 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN OVER 
THE WARNED AREA. ANOTHER INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 130 AM CST.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY THE HEAVY RAIN 
INCLUDE POTEAU...HEAVENER...PANAMA...MONROE...BIG CEDAR...FORT 
SMITH...JENNY LIND...GREENWOOD...HUNTINGTON AND HARTFORD.

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.

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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.