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Flash Flood Warning 48, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this flash flood warning at Nov 1, 2004, 3:36 AM CST for 6 counties in Arkansas; LeFlore County, Oklahoma. 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
- Nov 1, 2004, 3:36 AM CST (09:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 1, 2004, 10:00 AM CST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Carroll County, AR, Crawford County, AR, Franklin County, AR, Madison County, AR, Sebastian County, AR, Washington County, AR, LeFlore County, OK
The radar
The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:37 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 00:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 142 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
- 1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 471 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 61 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 186 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 366 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WGUS54 KTSA 010936
FFWTUL
ARC015-033-047-087-131-143-OKC079-011600-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
336 AM CST MON NOV 1 2004
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
CARROLL COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS
CRAWFORD COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS
MADISON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS
WASHINGTON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS
LE FLORE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
FRANKLIN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS
SEBASTIAN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS
* UNTIL 1000 AM CST
* AT 335 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
A LARGE AREA OF RAIN WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMDS OVER FAR EASTERN
OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. THIS ACTIVITY WAS MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 25 MPH.
RADAR INDICATES THAT 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN OVER
THE WARNED AREA. ANOTHER 2 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH
1000 AM CST.
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 3613 9347 3602 9344 3507 9425 3501 9426
3493 9444 3486 9447 3455 9493 3535 9476
3528 9466 3534 9459 3530 9450 3540 9443
3611 9455 3610 9439 3619 9433 3622 9383
3649 9385 3649 9329 3613 9329
$$2 follow-up statements
000
WGUS74 KTSA 011130
FFSTUL
ARC015-033-047-087-131-143-OKC079-011600-
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
529 AM CST MON NOV 1 2004
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1000 AM CST FOR LE FLORE...
SEBASTIAN...CRAWFORD...FRANKLIN...WASHINGTON...MADISON AND CARROLL
COUNTIES...
AT 524 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 4
MILES SOUTHWEST OF WITTER TO 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MOUNTAINBURG TO 5
MILES SOUTHEAST OF BURNVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
RADAR INDICATES THAT 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN OVER
THE WARNED AREA. ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 1000
AM CST.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD TO
UNKNOWN DEPTHS. IT ONLY TAKES TWO FEET OF RUSHING WATER TO CARRY AWAY
MOST SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES AND PICKUPS. TAKE A DIFFERENT ROUTE TO
REACH YOUR DESTINATION OR WAIT UNTIL THE WATER RECEDES. REMEMBER...
MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.
LAT...LON 3613 9347 3602 9344 3507 9425 3501 9426
3493 9444 3486 9447 3455 9493 3535 9476
3528 9466 3534 9459 3530 9450 3540 9443
3611 9455 3610 9439 3619 9433 3622 9383
3649 9385 3649 9329 3613 9329
$$000
WGUS74 KTSA 011557
FFSTUL
ARC015-033-047-087-131-143-OKC079-011605-
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
955 AM CST MON NOV 1 2004
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR LE FLORE...SEBASTIAN...CRAWFORD
...FRANKLIN...WASHINGTON...MADISON AND CARROLL COUNTIES WILL
EXPIRE AT 10 AM...
HEAVY RAIN HAS MOVED WELL EAST OF THE AREA. ONLY LIGHT RAIN REMAINS
IN THE AREA AND RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE INSUFFICIENT FOR ADDITIONAL
FLOODING.
LAT...LON 3613 9347 3602 9344 3507 9425 3501 9426
3493 9444 3486 9447 3455 9493 3535 9476
3528 9466 3534 9459 3530 9450 3540 9443
3611 9455 3610 9439 3619 9433 3622 9383
3649 9385 3649 9329 3613 9329
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 1, 1:22 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Benton | 3 hr |
| Nov 1, 3:59 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Benton | 6 hr |
| Oct 31, 10:49 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | McIntosh, Muskogee | 4 hr |
| Oct 31, 11:37 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Cherokee | 3 hr |
| Nov 1, 1:31 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Latimer, Pittsburg | 4 hr |
| Nov 1, 2:55 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, McIntosh, Muskogee, Sequoyah | 5 hr |
| Nov 1, 3:50 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Haskell | 3 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Arkansas, 2004Flash Flood Warnings in Oklahoma, 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.