Flash Flood Warning 8, NWS Tulsa, OK

Issued

Mar 19, 2002, 7:17 AM CST (13:17 UTC)

Expired

Mar 19, 2002, 11:00 AM CST

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, Choctaw County, OK, Latimer County, OK, LeFlore County, OK, Pushmataha County, OK

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 50 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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000 
WGUS54 KTSA 191317
FFWTUL
ARC033-047-131-OKC023-077-079-127-191700-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
715 AM CST TUE MAR 19 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR
  CRAWFORD COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS
  CHOCTAW COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
  LATIMER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
  LE FLORE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
  PUSHMATAHA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
  FRANKLIN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS
  SEBASTIAN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS

* UNTIL 1100 AM CST

* RADAR INDICATED ANOTHER AREA OF HEAVY RAIN WAS MOVING OUT OF       
  NORTHERN TEXAS EARLY THIS MORNING THAT WILL MOVE ACROSS            
  SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS DURING THE REMAINDER  
  OF THE MORNING.  RAINFALL TOTALS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES HAVE ALREADY     
  FALLEN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA...AND ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN THIS     
  MORNING WILL ONLY AGGRAVATE THE FLOODING SITUATION.  NUMEROUS      
  ROADS AND LOW LYING AREAS ACROSS THE WARNED AREA ARE ALREADY       
  FLOODED AND THE ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL PROLONG THE FLOODING.


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.

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.

LAT...LON 3577 9444 3538 9444 3510 9484 3502 9547
          3459 9552 3397 9595 3396 9517 3450 9502
          3452 9449 3493 9445 3537 9377 3577 9369

000 
WGUS74 KTSA 191607
FFSTUL
ARC033-047-131-OKC023-077-079-127-191700-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1005 AM CST TUE MAR 19 2002

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR FRANKLIN...CRAWFORD... 
SEBASTIAN...LE FLORE...LATIMER...PUSHMATAHA AND CHOCTAW COUNTIES    
UNTIL 1100 AM CST...

AT 1005 AM CST...RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW AREAS OF VERY HEAVY RAIN 
ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. THIS AREA 
OF RAINFALL WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. 

RADAR...SURFACE REPORTS...AND REPORTS FROM THE OKLAHOMA MESONEET 
INDICATE THAT 4 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN OVER THE 
WARNED AREA. ANOTHER INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 1100 AM CST.

PRECIPITATION WILL TAPER OFF TO MODERATE TO AT TIMES HEAVY FOR THE 
REMAINDER OF THE MORNING. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED 
DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. THIS WILL CAUSE 
FLOODING TO WORSEN ACROSS THE AREA.

AT 930 AM CST...LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORT SEVERAL ROADS UNDER 
WATER IN SEBASTIAN COUNTY ARKANSAS. 

AT 945 AM CST...CRAWFORD COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED A COUNTY 
ROAD UNDER WATER NEAR VAN BUREN. 

AT 955 AM CST...PITTSBURG COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTS THAT 
HIGHWAY 63 IN SOUTHERN PITTSBURG COUNTY IS COVERED BY WATER. 

AT 1000 AM CST...LATIMER COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTS HIGHWAY 
2 NORTH OF WILBURTON IS COVERED BY RUNNING WATER. IN 
ADDITION...NUMEROUS COUNTY ROADS ARE FLOODED. 

AT 1000 AM CST...FRANKLIN COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTS SOME 
COUNTY ROADS FLOODED ACROSS THE COUNTY. 

AT 1005 AM CST...CHOCTAW COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTS US 
HIGHWAY 70...8 MILES WEST OF HUGO...COVERED BY HIGH WATER. IN 
ADDITION...SEVERAL COUNTY ROADS HAVE BEEN BARRICADED DUE TO 
FLOODING. 

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.

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MANNING

Flash Flood Warnings in Oklahoma, 2002Flash 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.