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Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Tulsa, OK

January 4, 2005Franklin County, Arkansas

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2005-01-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2005-01-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 166 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 4, 3:12 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSABenton18 min
Jan 4, 4:07 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningTSACrawford113 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Arkansas, 2005Every flash flood warning in 2005

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.