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Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Tulsa, OK

January 12, 20056 counties in Arkansas

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this flash flood warning at Jan 12, 2005, 7:50 PM CST for 6 counties in 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: Jan 12, 2005, 7:50 PM CST (01:50 UTC)
Expired: Jan 12, 2005, 11:45 PM CST
In force: 4 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

The radar

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:53 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, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 123 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WGUS54 KTSA 130151
FFWTSA
ARC015-033-047-087-131-143-130545-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
750 PM CST WED JAN 12 2005

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
  FRANKLIN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS
  SEBASTIAN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS

* UNTIL 1145 PM CST

* AT 746 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN OVER MOST OF 
THE WARNED AREA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

* LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY HEAVY RAIN
  INCLUDE...GREENLAND...FARMINGTON...PETTIGREW...ELKINS...
  FAYETTEVILLE...BOSTON...JAPTON...WESLEY...WITTER...AURORA...
  HUNTSVILLE...HINDSVILLE...KINGSTON...FORUM...MARBLE...CLIFTY...
  RUDD...RULE...EUREKA SPRINGS...BERRYVILLE...GREEN FOREST...
  BEAVER...GRANDVIEW...URBANETTE AND OAK GROVE.

RADAR INDICATES THAT AROUND AN INCH INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY 
FALLEN OVER THE WARNED AREA. ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE 
THROUGH 1145 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 3497 9443 3542 9372 3650 9330 3650 9385
      3622 9391 3610 9453

$$

2 follow-up statements

000 
WGUS74 KTSA 130310
FFSTSA

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
909 PM CST WED JAN 12 2005

ARC015-033-047-087-131-143-130545-
CARROLL AR-MADISON AR-WASHINGTON AR-FRANKLIN AR-CRAWFORD AR-
SEBASTIAN AR-
909 PM CST WED JAN 12 2005

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1145 PM CST FOR SEBASTIAN...
CRAWFORD...FRANKLIN...WASHINGTON...MADISON AND CARROLL COUNTIES...

AT 901 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN 
AREA OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN ACROSS MUCH OF NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. 
THE HEAVIEST RAINS WERE OCCURRING OVER PORTIONS OF CRAWFORD... 
SEBASTIAN AND SOUTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTIES. THIS HEAVIER RAIN IS 
MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 35 MPH AND WILL MOVE INTO 
FRANKLIN...MADISON AND CARROLL COUNTIES.  

RADAR INDICATES THAT ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN 
OVER PORTIONS OF THE WARNED AREA. ANOTHER ONE OR TWO INCHES OR RAIN 
WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 1145 PM CST.

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD TO 
UNKNOWN DEPTHS. TAKE A DIFFERENT ROUTE. REMEMBER...MOST FLOOD 
RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.

WHEN WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY REMEMBER...TURN AROUND DONT DROWN. IT
ONLY TAKES TWO FEET OF RUSHING WATER TO CARRY AWAY MOST SPORT UTILITY
VEHICLES AND PICKUPS.

TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY
YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN TULSA.

LAT...LON 3497 9443 3542 9372 3650 9330 3650 9385
      3622 9391 3610 9453

$$

000 
WGUS74 KTSA 130514
FFSTSA

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1114 PM CST WED JAN 12 2005

ARC015-033-047-087-131-143-130545-
CARROLL AR-MADISON AR-WASHINGTON AR-FRANKLIN AR-CRAWFORD AR-
SEBASTIAN AR-
1114 PM CST WED JAN 12 2005

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1145 PM CST FOR SEBASTIAN...
CRAWFORD...FRANKLIN...WASHINGTON...MADISON AND CARROLL COUNTIES...

AT 1059 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
THAT THE AREA OF RAIN THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD MOVED OUT OF ALL 
BUT EASTERN PORTIONS OF CARROLL AND MADISON COUNTIES. HOWEVER...THE 
WARNING WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT TO ALLOW TIME FOR ANY REMAINING HIGH 
WATER TO RECEDE.  

ANOTHER SMALLER AREA OF LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN WILL MOVE ACROSS 
PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST ARKANSAS THROUGH 1 AM. HOWEVER...RAINFALL 
RATES FROM THIS AREA OF RAIN ARE UNDER A HALF INCH PER HOUR AND ARE 
NOT EXPECTED TO ADD TO ANY EXISTING FLASH FLOOD PROBLEMS.  

LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY FLASH FLOOD WARNING INCLUDE BOTH URBAN AND 
RURAL AREAS OF THE SEBASTIAN...CRAWFORD...FRANKLIN... 
WASHINGTON...MADISON AND CARROLL COUNTIES. 

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. 
REMEMBER...MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.

TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY
YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN TULSA.

LAT...LON 3497 9443 3542 9372 3650 9330 3650 9385
      3622 9391 3610 9453

$$

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, 7:24 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Benton	3 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.