Alert archive / Arkansas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2007
Flash Flood Warning 93, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this flash flood warning at Sep 8, 2007, 3:01 PM 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
- Sep 8, 2007, 3:01 PM CDT (20:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 8, 2007, 6:00 PM 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 20:03 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 289 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
- 1076 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -36 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 825 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 170 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 118 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 082003
FFWTSA
ARC033-082300-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
301 PM CDT SAT SEP 8 2007
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN CRAWFORD COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS
* UNTIL 600 PM CDT
* AT 259 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 4 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF ALMA TO 14 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FIGURE FIVE...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. RADAR INDICATES THAT NEAR 2 INCHES OF RAIN
HAS ALREADY FALLEN IN THE LAST HOUR. ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE
POSSIBLE THROUGH 600 PM CDT.
* LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY HEAVY RAIN
INCLUDE...MULBERRY...DYER AND RUDY...AND LOCATIONS NEAR THE FLAT
ROCK CREEK AND MAYS BRANCH BASINS.
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.
LAT...LON 3538 9415 3535 9424 3537 9431 3545 9436
3541 9443 3551 9445 3558 9407 3548 9405
3544 9415
$$1 follow-up statement
000
WGUS74 KTSA 082232
FFSTSA
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
533 PM CDT SAT SEP 8 2007
OKC101-082243-
MUSKOGEE OK-
533 PM CDT SAT SEP 8 2007
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHERN MUSKOGEE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE HEAVY RAINFALL HAS ENDED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA...THEREFORE THE
FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
TO REPORT PREVIOUS FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN
TULSA.
LAT...LON 3580 9554 3569 9571 3555 9571 3562 9513
3582 9514
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 8, 2:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Franklin | 45 min |
| Sep 8, 3:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Franklin | 55 min |
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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.