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Flash Flood Warning 60, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this flash flood warning at May 25, 2011, 2:08 AM CDT for Benton County, Carroll County, Arkansas. It was in force for 112 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 25, 2011, 2:08 AM CDT (07:08 UTC)
- Expired
- May 25, 2011, 4:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 112 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Benton County, AR, Carroll County, AR
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:10 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
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 66 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
- 1213 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -94 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 941 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 106 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 200 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.7
- Supercell composite
- 6.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
165
WGUS54 KTSA 250708
FFWTSA
ARC007-015-250900-
/O.NEW.KTSA.FF.W.0060.110525T0708Z-110525T0900Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
208 AM CDT WED MAY 25 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
EASTERN BENTON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS...
NORTHERN CARROLL COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS...
* UNTIL 400 AM CDT
* AT 206 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN NORTH OF A LINE FROM
BENTONVILLE TO URBANETTE. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE
NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH! 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS ALREADY
OCCURRED WITH AN ADDITIONAL INCH POSSIBLE THROUGH 4 AM.
* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT COULD EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
BENTONVILLE...BERRYVILLE...EUREKA SPRINGS...ROGERS...BEAVER...BELLA
VISTA...CAVE SPRINGS...GARFIELD...GATEWAY...GRANDVIEW...GREEN
FOREST...LOWELL...OAK GROVE...PEA RIDGE...RULE...URBANETTE AND WAR
EAGLE.
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.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. DO
NOT ENTER THE WATER. TURN AROUND AND MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO
ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN
WATER BEGINS RISING.
&&
LAT...LON 3625 9348 3625 9362 3628 9363 3628 9366
3630 9366 3631 9387 3624 9387 3623 9426
3650 9427 3649 9329
$$1 follow-up statement
601
WGUS74 KTSA 250906
FFSTSA
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
406 AM CDT WED MAY 25 2011
ARC007-015-250921-
/O.EXP.KTSA.FF.W.0060.000000T0000Z-110525T0900Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BENTON AR-CARROLL AR-
406 AM CDT WED MAY 25 2011
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN CARROLL
AND EASTERN BENTON COUNTIES HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE...
THE THREAT OF ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL HAS ENDED. AN AERIAL FLOOD
WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON WEDNESDAY AS MANY LOW LYING
AREAS REMAIN FLOODED DUE TO THE HEAVY RAINFALL THIS EVENING.
LAT...LON 3625 9348 3625 9362 3628 9363 3628 9366
3630 9366 3631 9387 3624 9387 3623 9426
3650 9427 3649 9329
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 7:59 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Carroll | 12 hr |
| May 24, 9:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Benton | 48 min |
| May 24, 9:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Benton | 43 min |
| May 24, 10:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Benton, Washington | 65 min |
| May 24, 10:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Washington | 26 min |
| May 24, 10:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Crawford, Sebastian | 67 min |
| May 24, 10:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Benton, Washington | 36 min |
| May 24, 10:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Sebastian | 49 min |
| May 24, 11:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Washington | 42 min |
| May 24, 11:14 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Benton, Washington | 3 hr |
| May 24, 11:15 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Crawford, Franklin, Sebastian | 3 hr |
| May 24, 11:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Crawford, Franklin, Sebastian | 33 min |
| May 24, 11:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Benton, Carroll, Madison, Washington | 92 min |
| May 24, 11:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Franklin, Sebastian | 29 min |
| May 24, 11:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Crawford, Sebastian | 34 min |
| May 24, 11:54 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Carroll, Madison | 2 hr |
| May 24, 11:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Crawford, Franklin, Sebastian, Washington | 38 min |
| May 25, 7:23 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Carroll | 12 hr |
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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.