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Flash Flood Warning 10, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this flash flood warning at Apr 23, 2004, 3:55 AM CDT for Franklin County, Madison County, Washington County, Arkansas. It was in force for 3 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
- Apr 23, 2004, 3:55 AM CDT (08:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 23, 2004, 7:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Franklin County, AR, Madison County, AR, Washington County, AR
The radar
The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:54 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 00:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 122 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
- 112 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -140 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 785 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 70 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 336 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 543 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 5.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WGUS54 KTSA 230853
FFWTUL
ARC047-087-143-231200-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
355 AM CDT FRI APR 23 2004
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR
MADISON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS
WASHINGTON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS
FRANKLIN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS
* UNTIL 700 AM CDT
* AT 355 AM CDT RADAR INDICATED MORE THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY
RAIN OVER MADISON...WASHINGTON...AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES. SEVERAL
INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN OVER THAT AREA LATE THURSDAY
AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ANOTHER ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN IS
POSSIBLE AT SOME LOCATIONS BETWEEN 4 AM AND 7 AM THIS MORNING.
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...ESPECIALLY
AT NIGHT.
LAT...LON 3560 9379 3572 9396 3575 9389 3577 9408
3610 9450 3612 9348
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 22, 7:35 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Washington | 3 hr |
| Apr 22, 7:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Washington | 63 min |
| Apr 22, 8:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Madison | 66 min |
| Apr 22, 9:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Washington | 56 min |
| Apr 22, 9:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Franklin | 42 min |
| Apr 22, 9:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Crawford | 13 min |
| Apr 22, 9:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Crawford | 25 min |
| Apr 22, 9:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Crawford | 24 min |
| Apr 22, 9:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Madison | 64 min |
| Apr 22, 10:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Franklin | 64 min |
| Apr 22, 10:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Sebastian | 65 min |
| Apr 22, 11:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Franklin | 59 min |
| Apr 22, 11:24 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Franklin, Madison | 5 hr |
| Apr 23, 6:58 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Madison | 4 hr |
| Apr 23, 9:36 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Carroll | 114 min |
| Apr 23, 5:15 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Benton | 4 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.