Alert archive / Arkansas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2005
Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this flash flood warning at Jan 4, 2005, 5:07 AM CST for Franklin 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
- Jan 4, 2005, 5:07 AM CST (11:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 4, 2005, 8:00 AM CST
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Franklin County, AR
The radar
The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:06 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, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 153 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 414 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 67 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 166 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 208 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 041108 FFWTSA ARC047-041400- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 507 AM CST TUE JAN 4 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... FRANKLIN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS * UNTIL 800 AM CST * AT 505 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN OVER MUCH OF FRANKLIN COUNTY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. * LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY HEAVY RAIN INCLUDE...CASS. RADAR INDICATES THAT 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN OVER THE WARNED AREA. ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 800 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 3534 9408 3540 9370 3576 9366 3577 9397 $$
1 follow-up statement
000 WGUS74 KTSA 041312 FFSTSA FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 709 AM CST TUE JAN 4 2005 ARC047-041319- FRANKLIN AR- 709 AM CST TUE JAN 4 2005 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR FRANKLIN COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE HEAVY RAIN HAD ENDED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA...INCLUDING THE THREAT FOR FLASH FLOODING...THEREFORE THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. NO REPORTS OF FLASH FLOODING HAVE BEEN RECEIVED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALTHOUGH RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES OF UP TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN IN THE NORTHERN PART OF FRANKLIN COUNTY OCCURRED DURING THE PAST THREE HOURS. TO REPORT PREVIOUS FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN TULSA. LAT...LON 3534 9408 3540 9370 3576 9366 3577 9397 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 4, 3:12 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Benton | 18 min |
| Jan 4, 4:07 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Crawford | 113 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.