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Flash Flood Warning 19, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this flash flood warning at Apr 30, 2004, 9:50 PM CDT for Benton 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
- Apr 30, 2004, 9:50 PM CDT (02:50 UTC)
- Expired
- May 1, 2004, 1:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Benton County, AR
The radar
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 78 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
- 954 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1102 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 43 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 144 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 1.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS54 KTSA 010251 FFWTUL ARC007-010645- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 950 PM CDT FRI APR 30 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR BENTON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS * UNTIL 145 AM CDT * AT 949 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH ACROSS BENTON COUNTY. RADAR INDICATES THAT 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN WILL FALL IN SOME AREAS. * SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THE HEAVY RAIN INCLUDE BENTONVILLE...ROGERS...LOWELL...GENTRY...PEA RIDGE... SPRINGTOWN...HIGHFILL...CAVE SPRINGS...DECATUR...HIWASSE AND BELLA VISTA. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODS. IT IS VERY DIFFICULT AT NIGHT TO TELL HOW MUCH WATER IS ON THE ROADS. IT ONLY TAKES TWO FEET OF RUSHING WATER TO CARRY AWAY MOST SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES AND PICKUPS. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE THROUGH WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH. TAKE A DIFFERENT ROUTE TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION OR WAIT UNTIL THE WATER RECEDES. LAT...LON 3639 9457 3619 9459 3624 9399 3651 9398 $$
2 follow-up statements
000
WGUS74 KTSA 010436
FFSTUL
ARC007-010645-
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1135 PM CDT FRI APR 30 2004
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR BENTON COUNTY UNTIL 145 AM
CDT...
RADAR INDICATES THAT 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN OVER
MUCH OF BENTON COUNTY THIS EVENING. ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE AREA AFTER
MIDNIGHT...WITH AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES POSSIBLE.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY THE HEAVY RAIN
INCLUDE WALNUT HILL...ROCKY COMFORT...FAIRMOUNT...MILLER...HILL
TOP...BENTONVILLE...SILOAM SPRINGS...ROGERS...LOWELL...GENTRY...
GRAVETTE...PEA RIDGE...GALLITIN...HEALING SPRINGS...SPRINGTOWN...
HIGHFILL...CAVE SPRINGS...WAR EAGLE...VAUGHN...LARUE...DECATUR...
CENTERTON...AVOCA...HIWASSE...BELLA VISTA AND GARFIELD.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODS. IT IS VERY DIFFICULT AT NIGHT TO TELL HOW
MUCH WATER IS ON THE ROADS. IT ONLY TAKES TWO FEET OF RUSHING WATER
TO CARRY AWAY MOST SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES AND PICKUPS. MOTORISTS
SHOULD NOT DRIVE THROUGH WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH. TAKE A DIFFERENT
ROUTE TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION OR WAIT UNTIL THE WATER RECEDES.
LAT...LON 3621 9433 3613 9438 3611 9455 3649 9460
3649 9395 3623 9386
$$000 WGUS74 KTSA 010650 FFSTUL ARC007-010715- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 150 AM CDT SAT MAY 1 2004 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR BENTON COUNTY HAS EXPIRED... RADAR INDICATES THE HEAVY RAIN HAS MOVE OUT OF BENTON COUNTY... THEREFORE THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA LATER TONIGHT...BUT RAINFALL IS NOT EXPECTED TO CAUSE ANY ADDITIONAL FLOODING. LAT...LON 3634 9438 3622 9422 3652 9379 3669 9400 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 30, 9:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Benton | 53 min |
| Apr 30, 9:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Benton | 43 min |
| Apr 30, 10:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Benton, Washington | 64 min |
| Apr 30, 11:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Carroll, Madison | 116 min |
| Apr 30, 11:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Washington | 56 min |
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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.