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Flash Flood Warning 52, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this flash flood warning at Jul 2, 2007, 2:55 AM CDT for Crawford 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 counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 2, 2007, 2:55 AM CDT (07:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 2, 2007, 6:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Whole counties
County Crawford County, AR
The radar
The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 35 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 151 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
- 74 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 758 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -24 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 40 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 020755 FFWTSA ARC033-021100- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 255 AM CDT MON JUL 2 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... WESTERN CRAWFORD COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS * UNTIL 600 AM CDT * AT 252 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN NEAR CEDARVILLE...MOVING NORTH AT 5 MPH. RADAR INDICATES THAT 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN. ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 600 AM CDT. * LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY HEAVY RAIN INCLUDE...NATURAL DAM AND LEE CREEK. 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. 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 3545 9444 3545 9426 3576 9425 3577 9449 $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WGUS74 KTSA 020828 FFSTSA FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 328 AM CDT MON JUL 2 2007 ARC033-021100- CRAWFORD AR- 328 AM CDT MON JUL 2 2007 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 AM CDT FOR WESTERN CRAWFORD COUNTY... AT 326 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN 3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF NATURAL DAM...MOVING NORTH AT 5 MPH. RADAR INDICATES THAT 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN. ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 600 AM CDT. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY HEAVY RAIN INCLUDE UNIONTOWN...NATURAL DAM AND LEE CREEK. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD TO UNKNOWN DEPTHS. IT ONLY TAKES TWO FEET OF RUSHING WATER TO CARRY AWAY MOST SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES AND PICKUPS. TAKE A DIFFERENT ROUTE TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION OR WAIT UNTIL THE WATER RECEDES. REMEMBER... MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT ONLY TAKES TWO FEET OF SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY. LAT...LON 3545 9444 3545 9426 3576 9425 3577 9449 $$
000 WGUS74 KTSA 021050 FFSTSA FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 551 AM CDT MON JUL 2 2007 ARC033-021101- CRAWFORD AR- 551 AM CDT MON JUL 2 2007 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR WESTERN CRAWFORD COUNTY EXPIRES AT 600 AM CDT... THE HEAVY RAINFALL HAS ENDED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA...THEREFORE THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. TO REPORT PREVIOUS FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN TULSA. LAT...LON 3545 9444 3545 9426 3576 9425 3577 9449 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 1, 8:56 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Crawford, Franklin | 6 hr |
| Jul 2, 4:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Sebastian | 42 min |
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.