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Flash Flood Warning 74, NWS Tulsa, OK

July 20, 2007Madison County, Arkansas

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 20, 5:49 PM CDTFLASH FLOODJapton, ARWATER 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2007-07-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1318 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2007-07-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 19 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 20, 4:35 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAMadison25 min
Jul 20, 5:22 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAFranklin53 min
Jul 20, 6:37 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSAWashington4 hr

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.