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Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Tulsa, OK

October 3, 2007Franklin County, Sebastian County, Arkansas

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this flash flood warning at Oct 3, 2007, 4:51 AM CDT for Franklin County, Sebastian County, Arkansas. It was in force for 114 min. 9 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Oct 3, 2007, 4:51 AM CDT (09:51 UTC)
Expired
Oct 3, 2007, 6:45 AM CDT
In force
114 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Franklin County, AR, Sebastian County, AR

The radar

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 34 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:52 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Oct 3, 5:05 AM CDTFLASH FLOOD3 N Charleston, ARWATER OVER THE ROAD AT THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAYS 217 AND 60.
Oct 3, 5:50 AM CDTFLOODGreenwood, AR10 SPUR AND DENVER INTERSECTION IMPASSABLE. 2-3 FEET OF WATER IN PARKING LOT OF RESTAURANT...WATER POSSIBLY INSIDE BUILDING.
Oct 3, 5:50 AM CDTFLASH FLOODGreenwood, AR10 SPUR AND DENVER INTERSECTION IMPASSABLE. 2-3 FEET OF WATER IN PARKING LOT OF RESTAURANT...WATER POSSIBLY INSIDE BUILDING.
Oct 3, 6:05 AM CDTFLOOD1 W Greenwood, ARSEVERAL HOMES FLOODED AT WEST ATLANTA STREET OFF OF DENVER STREET.
Oct 3, 6:05 AM CDTFLASH FLOOD1 W Greenwood, ARSEVERAL HOMES FLOODED AT WEST ATLANTA STREET OFF OF DENVER STREET.
Oct 3, 6:15 AM CDTFLOOD3 E Washburn, ARHIGHWAY 60 UNDER WATER. INFO RELAYED BY NWS LITTLE ROCK.
Oct 3, 6:15 AM CDTFLASH FLOOD3 E Washburn, ARHIGHWAY 60 UNDER WATER. INFO RELAYED BY NWS LITTLE ROCK.
Oct 3, 6:55 AM CDTFLOOD1 Sw Lavaca, ARWATER OVER ROADWAY AT HWY 96 AND HWY 22.
Oct 3, 6:55 AM CDTFLASH FLOOD1 Sw Lavaca, ARWATER OVER ROADWAY AT HWY 96 AND HWY 22.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 310 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, Norman, OK at 00:00Z on 2007-10-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1431 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Norman, OK at 00:00Z on 2007-10-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 66 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1431 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-5 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1527 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
66 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
125 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
5.1

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The text

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

000 
WGUS54 KTSA 030953
FFWTSA
ARC047-131-031145-
/O.NEW.KTSA.FF.W.0002.071003T0951Z-071003T1145Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
451 AM CDT WED OCT 3 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN FRANKLIN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS
  NORTHEASTERN SEBASTIAN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS

* UNTIL 645 AM CDT

* AT 443 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN
  AREA OF HEAVY RAIN NEAR BARLING...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. RADAR   
INDICATES THAT 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN. ANOTHER 1 
TO 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 645 AM CDT. FLOODING FROM   
HEAVY RAIN WAS REPORTED AT SEVERAL LOCATIONS IN THE FORT SMITH AREA.

* LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY HEAVY RAIN
  INCLUDE...BURNVILLE...LAVACA...BLOOMER...WASHBURN...FORT CHAFFEE...
  CHARLESTON...BRANCH...OZARK...WIEDERKEHR VILLAGE...ALTUS AND
  DENNING.

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 3555 9368 3533 9379 3530 9383 3530 9389
      3525 9389 3521 9396 3523 9400 3515 9404
      3516 9434 3537 9434 3535 9427 3536 9421
      3552 9393
TIME...MOT...LOC 0951Z 269DEG 32KT 3532 9422

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 2, 7:55 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSABenton, Carroll, Washington65 min
Oct 2, 8:56 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAWashington64 min
Oct 2, 8:57 PM CDTFlash Flood WatchTSABenton, Carroll, Madison, Washington7 hr
Oct 2, 9:51 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAMadison, Washington54 min
Oct 2, 10:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSACrawford, Madison43 min
Oct 2, 11:09 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSACrawford, Franklin66 min
Oct 3, 4:07 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSACrawford, Sebastian3 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.