Alert archive / Arkansas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2003
Flash Flood Warning 5, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this flash flood warning at May 16, 2003, 5:34 PM 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 16, 2003, 5:34 PM CDT (22:34 UTC)
- Expired
- May 16, 2003, 9:30 PM 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), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:37 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 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 111 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
- 189 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -176 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 777 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 178 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 168 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS54 KTSA 162234 FFWTUL ARC087-170230- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 534 PM CDT FRI MAY 16 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR MADISON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS * UNTIL 930 PM CDT * AT 534 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN 7 MILES WEST OF ST PAUL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. RADAR INDICATES THAT 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN OVER THE WARNED AREA. ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 930 PM CDT. * SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY THE HEAVY RAIN INCLUDE HUNTSVILLE...ST PAUL...AURORA...WITTER AND JAPTON. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD TO UNKNOWN DEPTHS. IT ONLY TAKES TWO FEET OF RUSHING WATER TO CARRY AWAY MOST SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES AND PICKUPS. TAKE A DIFFERENT ROUTE TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION OR WAIT UNTIL THE WATER RECEDES. REMEMBER... MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. LAT...LON 3582 9405 3569 9389 3599 9346 3617 9367
1 follow-up statement
000 WGUS74 KTSA 170035 FFSTUL ARC087-170230- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 733 PM CDT FRI MAY 16 2003 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR MADISON COUNTY UNTIL 930 PM CDT... AT 733 PM CDT...RADAR SHOWED THAT THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WAS MOVING OUT OF MADISON COUNTY. HOWEVER...LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN WILL CONTINUE WITH ANOTHER 1/4 TO 1/2 INCH OF RAIN POSSIBLE THROUGH 930 PM. THUS WATER WILL BE SLOW TO RECEDE ACROSS THE COUNTY. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY POSSIBLE FLOODING INCLUDE HARMONY...HUNTSVILLE...ST PAUL... AURORA...KINGSTON...COMBS...BRASHEARS...PATRICK...DELANEY... CROSSES...WITTER...JAPTON...GEORGETOWN...MARBLE AND ALABAM. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD TO UNKNOWN DEPTHS. IT ONLY TAKES TWO FEET OF RUSHING WATER TO CARRY AWAY MOST SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES AND PICKUPS. TAKE A DIFFERENT ROUTE TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION OR WAIT UNTIL THE WATER RECEDES. REMEMBER... MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. LAT...LON 3586 9401 3573 9385 3604 9342 3621 9363
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 16, 5:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Benton, Crawford, Sebastian, Washington | 62 min |
| May 16, 5:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Carroll, Franklin, Madison | 79 min |
| May 16, 6:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Crawford, Sebastian | 75 min |
| May 16, 6:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Carroll, Franklin, Madison | 23 min |
| May 16, 1:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Franklin, Madison | 54 min |
| May 16, 4:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Crawford, Sebastian | 56 min |
| May 16, 4:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Washington | 63 min |
| May 16, 4:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Franklin | 55 min |
| May 16, 4:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Crawford | 47 min |
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.