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Flash Flood Warning 74, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this flash flood warning at Jul 20, 2007, 5:17 PM CDT for Madison 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 20, 2007, 5:17 PM CDT (22:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 20, 2007, 9:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Whole counties
County Madison County, AR
The radar
The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:17 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 20, 5:49 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Japton, AR | WATER OVER SEVERAL SECONDARY ROADS |
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, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 99 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
- 1318 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -28 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 833 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 8 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 19 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 10 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 202217 FFWTSA ARC087-210215- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 517 PM CDT FRI JUL 20 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN MADISON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS * UNTIL 915 PM CDT * AT 512 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM HUNTSVILLE TO 7 MILES WEST OF SAINT PAUL...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH. RADAR INDICATES THAT 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN. ANOTHER 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 915 PM CDT. * LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY HEAVY RAIN INCLUDE...AURORA...WITTER...KINGSTON AND PETTIGREW. 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 3613 9385 3579 9396 3578 9365 3605 9352 $$
1 follow-up statement
000 WGUS74 KTSA 210128 FFSTSA FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 828 PM CDT FRI JUL 20 2007 ARC087-210138- MADISON AR- 828 PM CDT FRI JUL 20 2007 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHERN MADISON COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE HEAVY RAINFALL HAS ENDED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA...THEREFORE THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. TO REPORT PREVIOUS FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN TULSA. LAT...LON 3613 9385 3579 9396 3578 9365 3605 9352 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 20, 4:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Madison | 25 min |
| Jul 20, 5:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Franklin | 53 min |
| Jul 20, 6:37 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Washington | 4 hr |
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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.