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Flash Flood Warning 17, NWS Tulsa, OK

April 24, 2004Crawford County, Arkansas

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this flash flood warning at Apr 24, 2004, 1:15 AM CDT for Crawford County, Arkansas. It was in force for 6 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 24, 2004, 1:15 AM CDT (06:15 UTC)
Expired
Apr 24, 2004, 7:15 AM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Crawford County, AR

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 144 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2004-04-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2004-04-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 36 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
981 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
36 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
203 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WGUS54 KTSA 240618
FFWTUL
ARC033-241215-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
115 AM CDT SAT APR 24 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR
  CRAWFORD COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS

* UNTIL 715 AM CDT

* AT 115 AM CDT RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN
  MOVING ACROSS NORTHERN CRAWFORD COUNTY.  THIS IS THE SAME AREA
  THAT RECEIVED UPWARDS OF FIVE INCHES OF RAIN LAST NIGHT.  ANOTHER
  ONE TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE...AND WILL CAUSE
  FLOODING IN NORTHERN CRAWFORD COUNTY.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY THE HEAVY RAIN
  INCLUDE MOUNTAINBURG...CEDARVILLE...NATURAL DAM...CHESTER AND LEE
  CREEK.

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.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR IS
OCCURRING. 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 3576 9451 3553 9444 3553 9404 3575 9402

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 24, 12:19 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSACarroll, Madison, Washington6 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Arkansas, 2004Every flash flood warning in 2004

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.