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Flash Flood Warning 29, NWS Tulsa, OK

August 5, 2009Madison County, Arkansas

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this flash flood warning at Aug 5, 2009, 4:27 PM CDT for Madison County, Arkansas. It was in force for 5 hr. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Aug 5, 2009, 4:27 PM CDT (21:27 UTC)
Expired: Aug 5, 2009, 9:08 PM CDT
In force: 5 hr
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

County Madison County, AR

The radar

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:30 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
Aug 5, 6:27 PM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	Japton, AR	LOLLARS CREEK BRIEFLY ROSE ABOVE ITS BANKS FLOODING SEVERAL RURAL ROUTES NEAR JAPTON. WATER RECEEDED RAPIDLY AFTER HEAVY RAIN HAD ABATED.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

Did it verify

Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched one storm report to this flash flood warning; the first came 120 minutes after it went out.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 114 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1210 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -209 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1076 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 7 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 110 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: -0.6

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WGUS54 KTSA 052127
FFWTSA
ARC087-060330-
/O.NEW.KTSA.FF.W.0029.090805T2127Z-090806T0330Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
427 PM CDT WED AUG 5 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN MADISON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS

* UNTIL 1030 PM CDT

* AT 425 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN 3 MILES SOUTH OF WITTER. THE STORM
  PRODUCING THE HEAVY RAINFALL WAS NEARLY STATIONARY. RADAR INDICATES
  THAT NEAR 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN. ANOTHER 1 TO 3      
  INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 1030 PM CDT.

* LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY HEAVY RAIN
  INCLUDE...AURORA...JAPTON AND SAINT PAUL.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

WHEN WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY REMEMBER...TURN AROUND DONT DROWN. 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 3595 9348 3589 9349 3585 9351 3582 9350
      3577 9351 3577 9372 3578 9389 3611 9387
      3599 9347 3596 9345

$$

1 follow-up statement

000 
WGUS74 KTSA 060208
FFSTSA

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
908 PM CDT WED AUG 5 2009

ARC087-060215-
/O.CAN.KTSA.FF.W.0029.000000T0000Z-090806T0330Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MADISON AR-
908 PM CDT WED AUG 5 2009

...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. FLOOD WATERS THAT AFFECTED 
LOLLARS CREEK NEAR JAPTON HAS RECEDED AND NO FLOODING IS CURRENTLY
BEING REPORTED. 

TO REPORT PREVIOUS FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN
TULSA.

LAT...LON 3595 9348 3589 9349 3585 9351 3582 9350
      3577 9351 3577 9372 3578 9389 3611 9387
      3599 9347 3596 9345

$$

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Tulsa, OK wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Aug 5, 3:18 PM CDT, 1 hour 9 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 5, 3:18 PM CDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
318 PM CDT WED AUG 5 2009

.DISCUSSION...
SLIGHTLY COOLER AIR NORTH OF STATIONARY FRONT IN NE OKLAHOMA/NW
ARKANSAS AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY ACROSS SE OKLAHOMA HAVE KEPT
TEMPERATURES SEVERAL DEGREES COOLER THAN THIS TIME YESTERDAY.
HOWEVER...WITH DEWPOINTS RUNNING SEVERAL DEGREES HIGHER THAN
YESTERDAY...HEAT INDICES ARE STILL ABOVE THE CENTURY MARK ACROSS
NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA. WILL MAINTAIN HEAT
WARNING/ADVISORY AREA THROUGH FRIDAY...WITH AN EXTENSION INTO
SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA.

ONGOING CONVECTION ACROSS SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA IS OCCURRING ALONG THE
OUTFLOW BOUNDARY FROM THE EARLY MORNING MCS IN ARKANSAS. THIS
ACTIVITY WILL CONTINUE TO SHIFT SOUTH INTO THE EVENING. CU FIELD HAS
BEEN INCREASING OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF HOURS IN THE VICINITY OF THE
EAST/WEST STATIONARY FRONT...CURRENTLY SITUATED ACROSS NE OKLAHOMA
TO NEAR THE AR/MO STATE LINE. COULD SEE SOME ADDITIONAL STORM
DEVELOPMENT NEAR THE FRONT THIS EVENING. SUFFICIENT INSTABILITY WILL
YIELD THE POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE WX...WITH STRONG WINDS BEING THE
PRIMARY THREAT.

NAM BRINGS AN MCS THROUGH KANSAS OVERNIGHT AND INTO EASTERN OKLAHOMA
ON THURSDAY...WHILE THE GFS KEEPS ANY CONVECTION WEST AND NORTH OF
THE AREA. STAYED CLOSER TO THE GFS SOLUTION FOR THURSDAY...KEEPING
TEMPS WARMER AND POPS LOWER THAN THE NAM GUIDANCE. WITH ATMOSPHERE
REMAINING MOIST...DID LEAVE LOW POPS IN FOR THURSDAY AS THE
STATIONARY FRONT SLOWLY LIFTS NORTH AND OTHER BOUNDARIES REMAIN IN
THE REGION.

UPPER HIGH SLATED TO MAKE A SHIFT EASTWARD OVER THE CWA OVER THE
NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. THIS SHOULD KEEP TEMPERATURES AND DEWPOINTS HIGH
AND THE CHANCE FOR RAIN LOW INTO THE WEEKEND. HEAT INDICES WILL
LIKELY REMAIN IN THE 105 TO 108 RANGE IN THE ADVISORY AREA THURSDAY
AND FRIDAY. ALSO ANTICIPATE OVERNIGHT LOWS REMAINING WARM...THOUGH
THIS WILL BE DEPENDENT ON IF AND WHERE ANY CONVECTION DEVELOPS. WITH
THIS UNCERTAINTY...WILL HOLD OFF ON EXTENDING THE HEAT WARNING AREA.
HEAT INDICES CURRENTLY LOOK TO REMAIN JUST BELOW CRITERIA ON SATURDAY
AND SUNDAY.

COOLER TEMPERATURES AND AN IN INCREASE IN CLOUD COVER ARE EXPECTED
FOR THE BEGINNING OF NEXT WEEK AS THE UPPER HIGH SETTLES OVER THE
SE US. ECMWF CONTINUES TO SHOW A COLD FRONT MOVING INTO THE REGION
DURING THE FIRST PART OF THE WEEK WHILE THE GFS KEEPS THE FRONT TO
OUR NORTH. DUE TO THE CONTINUITY OF THE ECMWF...MAINTAINED LOW POPS
AND KEPT TEMPERATURES CLOSER TO NORMAL THROUGH THE EXTENDED.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
TUL   75  98  79 100 /  20  20  10  10
FSM   74  97  75  98 /  30  20  10  10
MLC   74  99  77  98 /  40  20  10   0
BVO   71  96  74 100 /  20  20  10  10
FYV   69  91  72  92 /  20  20  10  10
BYV   70  92  71  92 /  20  10  10  10
MKO   74  97  74  98 /  30  20  10  10
MIO   70  95  76  98 /  10  20  10  10
F10   74  98  75  99 /  30  20  10  10
HHW   73 100  76  97 /  30  20  10  10

&&

.TSA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OK...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING UNTIL 8 PM FRIDAY FOR OKZ060.

     HEAT ADVISORY UNTIL 8 PM FRIDAY FOR OKZ049-OKZ053-OKZ054-OKZ055-
     OKZ056-OKZ057-OKZ059-OKZ061-OKZ062-OKZ064-OKZ065-OKZ066-
     OKZ067-OKZ068-OKZ070-OKZ071-OKZ072-OKZ073-OKZ074-OKZ075-
     OKZ076.

AR...HEAT ADVISORY UNTIL 8 PM FRIDAY FOR ARZ019-ARZ020-ARZ029.

&&

SHORT TERM...15
LONG TERM....03

Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 5, 12:59 PM CDT, 3 hours 28 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1259 PM CDT WED AUG 5 2009

ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-061000-
ADAIR OK-BENTON AR-CARROLL AR-CHEROKEE OK-CHOCTAW OK-CRAIG OK-
CRAWFORD AR-CREEK OK-DELAWARE OK-FRANKLIN AR-HASKELL OK-LATIMER OK-
LE FLORE OK-MADISON AR-MAYES OK-MCINTOSH OK-MUSKOGEE OK-NOWATA OK-
OKFUSKEE OK-OKMULGEE OK-OSAGE OK-OTTAWA OK-PAWNEE OK-PITTSBURG OK-
PUSHMATAHA OK-ROGERS OK-SEBASTIAN AR-SEQUOYAH OK-TULSA OK-WAGONER OK-
WASHINGTON OK-WASHINGTON AR-
1258 PM CDT WED AUG 5 2009

THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS AS WELL AS
MUCH OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.
RISK...ELEVATED.
AREA...EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.
ONSET...ONGOING.

HEAVY RAIN.
RISK...LIMITED.
AREA...SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA.
ONSET...ONGOING.

DANGEROUS HEAT.
RISK...ELEVATED.
AREA..EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS .
ONSET...ONGOING.

DISCUSSION...
DANGEROUS HEAT CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON AS A SWATH OF
EASTERN OKLAHOMA AGAIN EXCEEDS THE CENTURY MARK. EXCESSIVE LOW LEVEL
MOISTURE WILL CREATE HEAT INDEX VALUES NEAR OR EXCEEDING 105 DEGREES
ACROSS A LARGE PORTION OF THE REGION.

THERE WILL ALSO BE A THREAT FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...MAINLY
THIS AFTERNOON. A VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS WILL COMBINE
WITH SEVERAL SURFACE BOUNDARIES OR AREAS OF CONVERGENCE THAT COULD
POSSIBLY BE THE FOCUS FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT.
DOWNBURST WINDS WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREAT FROM ANY CONVECTIVE
ACTIVITY.

SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT...
ACTIVATION OF THE REGIONAL SPOTTER NETWORK LIKELY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.
THURSDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL...DANGEROUS HEAT POTENTIAL.
FRIDAY...DANGEROUS HEAT POTENTIAL.
SATURDAY...DANGEROUS HEAT POTENTIAL.
SUNDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL.
MONDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL.
TUESDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL.

EXTENDED DISCUSSION...
THERE WILL BE LITTLE CHANGE TO THE GENERAL WEATHER PATTERN OVER
THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN HOT AND HUMID...
WITH HEAT INDEX VALUES REACHING DANGEROUS LEVELS AT LEAST INTO THE
UPCOMING WEEKEND. GIVEN THE AVAILABLE LOW LEVEL MOISTURE...
INSTABILITY... AND RESIDUAL SURFACE BOUNDARIES... THERE WILL ALSO
BE THE CHANCE FOR INTERMITTENT THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY. STORMS
COULD BE STRONG TO SEVERE... WITH DOWNBURST WINDS THE MAIN THREAT.

EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PLANNING STATEMENT...
EMERGENCY PERSONNEL SHOULD HAVE PLANS IN PLACE FOR HEAT RELATED PROBLEMS
THROUGH THE REST OF THIS WEEK.

WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TULSA CONTAINS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 5, 1:21 PM CDT, 3 hours 6 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
121 PM CDT WED AUG 5 2009

OKZ049-075-076-051845-
LATIMER OK-LE FLORE OK-PUSHMATAHA OK-
121 PM CDT WED AUG 5 2009

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 145 PM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
     SOUTHWESTERN LE FLORE...NORTHEASTERN PUSHMATAHA AND SOUTHERN
     LATIMER

AT 121 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES
NORTHWEST OF ALBION...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT
WILL BE AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...YANUSH...BENGAL...MUSE...
WHITESBORO...TALIHINA...HONOBIA...TUSKAHOMA...KIAMICHI AND ALBION.

THIS STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO
50 MPH. RESIDENTS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT IN CASE THE
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS UPGRADED TO A WARNING.

LAT...LON 3436 9504 3464 9538 3492 9513 3468 9473
      3450 9490 3450 9504 3436 9503
TIME...MOT...LOC 1821Z 303DEG 25KT 3474 9518

Special weather statement, Aug 5, 2:28 PM CDT, 1 hour 59 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
228 PM CDT WED AUG 5 2009

OKZ053-052015-
CHOCTAW OK-
228 PM CDT WED AUG 5 2009

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 315 PM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...

IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
     WESTERN CHOCTAW

AT 228 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES
NORTH OF UNGER...MOVING SOUTH AT 20 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE
AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...GRANT...GAY...GOODLAND...BOSWELL...
UNGER AND SOPER.

THIS STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO
40 MPH.

LAT...LON 3392 9590 3392 9592 3393 9593 3416 9595
      3417 9578 3416 9578 3416 9568 3394 9551
      3391 9589
TIME...MOT...LOC 1928Z 341DEG 17KT 3414 9576

Special weather statement, Aug 5, 3:17 PM CDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
317 PM CDT WED AUG 5 2009

OKZ064-065-052100-
CREEK OK-OKFUSKEE OK-
317 PM CDT WED AUG 5 2009

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 400 PM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
     SOUTHWESTERN CREEK

IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
     NORTHWESTERN OKFUSKEE

AT 317 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 2 MILES
NORTHWEST OF DEPEW...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT
WILL BE AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...WELTY...BRISTOW...MILFAY AND
DEPEW.

THIS STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO
50 MPH.

RESIDENTS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT IN CASE THE
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS UPGRADED TO A WARNING.

LAT...LON 3564 9627 3559 9630 3553 9660 3586 9661
      3587 9640
TIME...MOT...LOC 2017Z 316DEG 22KT 3580 9651

Special weather statement, Aug 5, 3:41 PM CDT, 46 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
341 PM CDT WED AUG 5 2009

ARZ029-052115-
SEBASTIAN AR-
341 PM CDT WED AUG 5 2009

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 415 PM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...

IN WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS
     EASTERN SEBASTIAN

AT 342 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 2 MILES
NORTH OF MILLTOWN...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT
WILL BE AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...CROSSROADS...MILLTOWN...
GREENWOOD...DAYTON...WASHBURN...BURNVILLE AND FORT CHAFFEE.

THIS STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO
40 MPH.

LAT...LON 3514 9413 3510 9415 3508 9419 3508 9422
      3522 9430 3531 9410 3527 9407 3522 9408
      3521 9405 3521 9403 3519 9401 3515 9402
TIME...MOT...LOC 2042Z 333DEG 9KT 3518 9415

Special weather statement, Aug 5, 4:10 PM CDT, 17 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
410 PM CDT WED AUG 5 2009

ARZ029-052145-
SEBASTIAN AR-
410 PM CDT WED AUG 5 2009

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 445 PM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...

IN WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS
     EASTERN SEBASTIAN

AT 410 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
MILLTOWN...MOVING SOUTH AT 5 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE
AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...CROSSROADS...MILLTOWN...DAYTON...
WASHBURN...BURNVILLE AND FORT CHAFFEE.

THIS STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO
50 MPH.

LAT...LON 3514 9403 3514 9413 3510 9415 3508 9419
      3507 9425 3516 9425 3524 9422 3525 9408
      3522 9407 3521 9405 3522 9403
TIME...MOT...LOC 2110Z 340DEG 6KT 3514 9415

Special weather statement, Aug 5, 4:17 PM CDT, 10 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
417 PM CDT WED AUG 5 2009

ARZ019-029-052145-
CRAWFORD AR-SEBASTIAN AR-
417 PM CDT WED AUG 5 2009

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 445 PM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

IN WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS
     NORTHEASTERN SEBASTIAN

IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS
     SOUTHERN CRAWFORD

AT 417 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES
SOUTH OF CENTRAL CITY...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS
THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...MILLTOWN...URSULA...
GREENWOOD...BARLING...LAVACA...WASHBURN...BURNVILLE...FORT CHAFFEE...
BLOOMER AND CENTRAL CITY.

THIS STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO
50 MPH. RESIDENTS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT IN CASE THE
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS UPGRADED TO A WARNING.

LAT...LON 3514 9426 3537 9434 3540 9408 3532 9407
      3522 9408 3522 9406 3515 9405
TIME...MOT...LOC 2117Z 299DEG 10KT 3527 9425

The office that day

Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 5, 3:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Sebastian	34 min
Aug 5, 3:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Madison	37 min
Aug 5, 4:10 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Sebastian	35 min
Aug 5, 4:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Madison	47 min
Aug 5, 4:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Sebastian	28 min
Aug 5, 4:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Crawford, Franklin, Sebastian	44 min
Aug 5, 4:47 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Crawford, Franklin, Sebastian	58 min
Aug 5, 4:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Crawford, Franklin, Madison, Washington	66 min
Aug 5, 5:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Crawford, Franklin, Sebastian	68 min
Aug 5, 5:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Crawford, Franklin, Madison, Washington	37 min
Aug 5, 5:28 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Crawford, Franklin, Sebastian	6 hr
Aug 5, 5:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Crawford, Franklin, Madison, Washington	61 min
Aug 5, 6:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Crawford, Franklin	58 min
Aug 5, 6:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Crawford, Franklin, Sebastian, Washington	66 min
Aug 5, 6:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Benton, Crawford, Franklin, Madison, Washington	54 min
Aug 5, 6:28 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Benton, Madison, Washington	62 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.