Alert archive / Arkansas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2005
Flash Flood Warning 8, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this flash flood warning at Jan 12, 2005, 7:24 PM CST for Benton 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 12, 2005, 7:24 PM CST (01:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 12, 2005, 10:30 PM CST
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Benton County, AR
The radar
The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:25 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, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 76 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
- 572 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -16 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 49 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 130124 FFWTSA ARC007-130430- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 724 PM CST WED JAN 12 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... BENTON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS * UNTIL 1030 PM CST * AT 721 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN OVER MUCH OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN BENTON COUNTY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. * LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY HEAVY RAIN INCLUDE...PEA RIDGE...BENTONVILLE AND GARFIELD. RADAR INDICATES THAT 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN OVER THE WARNED AREA. ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 1030 PM 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 3621 9449 3622 9389 3648 9384 3648 9449 $$
1 follow-up statement
000 WGUS74 KTSA 130252 FFSTSA FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 851 PM CST WED JAN 12 2005 ARC007-130430- BENTON AR- 851 PM CST WED JAN 12 2005 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1030 PM CST FOR BENTON COUNTY... AT 851 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN OVER MOST OF BENTON COUNTY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY HEAVY RAIN INCLUDE WAR EAGLE...PEA RIDGE AND GARFIELD. RADAR INDICATES THAT 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN OVER THE PARTS OF THE WARNED AREA...ESPECIALLY OVER WESTERN BENTON COUNTY. ANOTHER INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 1030 PM CST. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODS. IT IS VERY DIFFICULT AT NIGHT TO TELL HOW MUCH WATER IS ON THE ROADS. IT ONLY TAKES TWO FEET OF RUSHING WATER TO CARRY AWAY MOST SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES AND PICKUPS. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE THROUGH WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH. TAKE A DIFFERENT ROUTE TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION OR WAIT UNTIL THE WATER RECEDES. LAT...LON 3621 9449 3622 9389 3648 9384 3648 9449 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 12, 6:03 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Washington | 41 days |
| Jan 12, 6:41 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Crawford, Franklin | 41 days |
| Jan 12, 6:54 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Crawford, Sebastian | 67 days |
| Jan 12, 7:50 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Carroll, Crawford, Franklin, Madison, Sebastian, Washington | 4 hr |
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.