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Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this flash flood warning at May 4, 2006, 8:41 AM CDT for Carroll County, Franklin County, Madison County, Arkansas. 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
- May 4, 2006, 8:41 AM CDT (13:41 UTC)
- Expired
- May 4, 2006, 3:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Carroll County, AR, Franklin County, AR, Madison County, AR
The radar
The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:42 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 12:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 115 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
- 796 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -12 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 32 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 041342
FFWTSA
ARC015-047-087-042000-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
841 AM CDT THU MAY 4 2006
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
CARROLL COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS
MADISON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS
FRANKLIN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS
* UNTIL 300 PM CDT THURSDAY
* AT 838 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN REDEVELOPING OVER THE WARNED AREA.
RADAR INDICATES THAT ISOLATED AREAS OF 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS
ALREADY FALLEN. ANOTHER 2 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH
300 PM CDT THURSDAY.
* LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY HEAVY RAIN
INCLUDE...PETTIGREW...BOSTON...WITTER...HINDSVILLE...AURORA...
HUNTSVILLE...CLIFTY...FORUM...KINGSTON...MARBLE...EUREKA SPRINGS...
BEAVER...RUDD...OSAGE...BERRYVILLE...RULE...GRANDVIEW...
URBANETTE...GREEN FOREST...CARROLLTON AND OAK GROVE.
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 3571 9401 3523 9405 3538 9370 3582 9352
3615 9331 3645 9330 3651 9385
$$2 follow-up statements
000
WGUS74 KTSA 041709
FFSTSA
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1208 PM CDT THU MAY 4 2006
ARC015-047-087-042000-
CARROLL AR-MADISON AR-FRANKLIN AR-
1208 PM CDT THU MAY 4 2006
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM CDT FOR
FRANKLIN...MADISON AND CARROLL COUNTIES...
AT 1208 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN CONTINUING OVER THE WARNED AREA. ALTHOUGH
THE HEAVIER RAINFALL HAS ENDED...EXCESSIVE RUNOFF WILL CONTINUE.
SEVERAL ROADWAYS REMAIN FLOODED.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY EXCESS RUNOFF
INCLUDE CLIFTY...MARBLE...JAPTON...WITTER...FORUM...HINDSVILLE...
KINGSTON...WESLEY...AURORA...HUNTSVILLE...BEAVER...GRANDVIEW...
URBANETTE...RULE...CARROLLTON...RUDD...GREEN FOREST...OSAGE...EUREKA
SPRINGS...BERRYVILLE AND OAK GROVE.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD TO
UNKNOWN DEPTHS. IT ONLY TAKES TWO FEET OF RUSHING WATER TO CARRY AWAY
MOST SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES AND PICKUPS. TAKE A DIFFERENT ROUTE TO
REACH YOUR DESTINATION OR WAIT UNTIL THE WATER RECEDES. REMEMBER...
MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.
LAT...LON 3571 9401 3523 9405 3538 9370 3582 9352
3615 9331 3645 9330 3651 9385
$$000
WGUS74 KTSA 041957
FFSTSA
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
256 PM CDT THU MAY 4 2006
ARC015-047-087-042006-
CARROLL AR-MADISON AR-FRANKLIN AR-
256 PM CDT THU MAY 4 2006
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR FRANKLIN...MADISON AND CARROLL
COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 300 PM CDT...
THE HEAVY RAINFALL HAS ENDED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA...THEREFORE THE
FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. LIGHT TO OCCASIONALLY
MODERATE RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON BUT IS NOT EXPECTED
TO CAUSE FURTHER FLOODING PROBLEMS.
TO REPORT PREVIOUS FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN
TULSA.
LAT...LON 3571 9401 3523 9405 3538 9370 3582 9352
3615 9331 3645 9330 3651 9385
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 4, 2:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Washington | 42 min |
| May 4, 3:37 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | TSA | Benton, Carroll, Madison, Washington | 12 hr |
| May 4, 8:05 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Crawford, Washington | 6 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.