Alert archive / Arkansas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2007
Flash Flood Warning 64, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this flash flood warning at Jul 5, 2007, 6:00 PM CDT for Washington County, Arkansas. It was in force for 4 hr. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 5, 2007, 6:00 PM CDT (23:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 5, 2007, 10:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Whole counties
County Washington County, AR
The radar
The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:02 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 5, 6:20 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 2 N Canehill, AR | LAW ENFORCEMENT CLOSED HIGHWAY 45 NORTH OF CANE HILL DUE TO HIGH WATER. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 109 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
- 1096 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -28 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 848 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 5 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 6 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -9 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 052301 FFWTSA ARC143-060300- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 600 PM CDT THU JUL 5 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS * UNTIL 1000 PM CDT * AT 555 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 9 MILES WEST OF STRICKLER TO 3 MILES WEST OF GREENLAND...MOVING WEST AT 15 MPH. RADAR INDICATES THAT 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN. ANOTHER 2 TO 4 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 1000 PM CDT. * LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY HEAVY RAIN INCLUDE...PRAIRIE GROVE...LINCOLN...STRICKLER...AND MORROW. 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. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR IS OCCURRING. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS...CREEKS AND DRAINAGE DITCHES SHOULD BE READY TO TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER BY FOOT OR BY AUTO...YOU MAY BE SWEPT AWAY BY THE STRONG CURRENT. 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. 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 3577 9404 3601 9405 3599 9453 3575 9448 $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WGUS74 KTSA 060005 FFSTSA FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 704 PM CDT THU JUL 5 2007 ARC143-060300- WASHINGTON AR- 704 PM CDT THU JUL 5 2007 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR SOUTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTY... AT 702 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN CONTINUED ACROSS SOUTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTY. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN FELL WITHIN A FEW HOURS TIME ACROSS THIS AREA. THIS TYPE OF RAINFALL WILL OFTEN LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING...AND ROADWAYS MAY REMAIN FLOODED WELL AFTER THE RAIN HAS ENDED. THEREFORE...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTY. ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL THROUGH 1000 PM CDT WILL BE LESS THAN ONE HALF INCH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE GREENLAND...PRAIRIE GROVE...LINCOLN AND WEST FORK. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD TO UNKNOWN DEPTHS. IT ONLY TAKES TWO FEET OF RUSHING WATER TO CARRY AWAY MOST SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES AND PICKUPS. TAKE A DIFFERENT ROUTE TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION OR WAIT UNTIL THE WATER RECEDES. REMEMBER... MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT ONLY TAKES TWO FEET OF SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY. LAT...LON 3577 9404 3601 9405 3599 9453 3575 9448 $$
000 WGUS74 KTSA 060220 FFSTSA FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 920 PM CDT THU JUL 5 2007 ARC143-060230- WASHINGTON AR- 920 PM CDT THU JUL 5 2007 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE HEAVY RAINFALL HAS ENDED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA...THEREFORE THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. SCATTERED LIGHT RAIN MAY CONTINUE THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE EVENING HOURS...HOWEVER WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAIN IS NOT EXPECTED. THEREFORE THE RISK OF ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOODING HAS DIMINISHED. TO REPORT PREVIOUS FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN TULSA. LAT...LON 3577 9404 3601 9405 3599 9453 3575 9448 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 4, 8:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Franklin | 65 min |
| Jul 5, 4:25 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Madison | 4 hr |
| Jul 5, 4:44 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Franklin | 4 hr |
| Jul 5, 4:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Franklin | 24 min |
| Jul 5, 4:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Franklin | 52 min |
| Jul 5, 4:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Crawford | 62 min |
| Jul 5, 5:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Sebastian | 54 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Arkansas, 2007Every flash flood warning in 2007
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.