Flash Flood Warning 19, NWS Tulsa, OK

Issued

Mar 20, 2012, 1:55 PM CDT (18:55 UTC)

Expired

Mar 20, 2012, 10:00 PM CDT

In force

8 hr

Issued by

NWS Tulsa, OK

Area

Storm-based polygon

Flood severity

None

Counties Benton County, AR, Carroll County, AR, Crawford County, AR, Franklin County, AR, Madison County, AR, Washington County, AR, Adair County, OK, Cherokee County, OK, Delaware County, OK, Muskogee County, OK, Sequoyah County, OK

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
155 PM CDT TUE MAR 20 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  ADAIR COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA...
  BENTON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS...
  CARROLL COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS...
  CRAWFORD COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS...
  EAST CENTRAL MUSKOGEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA...
  EASTERN CHEROKEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA...
  MADISON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS...
  NORTHERN FRANKLIN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS...
  NORTHERN SEQUOYAH COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA...
  SOUTHERN DELAWARE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA...
  WASHINGTON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS...

* UNTIL 1000 PM CDT

* AT 153 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  MODERATE RAIN ACROSS PARTS OF EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA. RAINFALL      
  REMAINS LIGHT ACROSS NORTHWEST ARKANSAS...ALTHOUGH THE BAND OF     
  HEAVIER RAINFALL ACROSS FAR EASTERN OKLAHOMA WILL SHIFT EAST THE   
  REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON. 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS ALREADY  
  OCCURRED WITH AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES POSSIBLE.

* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
  OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT COULD EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  BENTONVILLE...BERRYVILLE...CEDARVILLE...EUREKA SPRINGS...
  FAYETTEVILLE...HUNTSVILLE...MOUNTAINBURG...NATURAL DAM...OZARK...
  ROGERS...SALLISAW...SILOAM SPRINGS...SPRINGDALE...STILWELL...
  TAHLEQUAH...ADAIR STATE PARK...AURORA...BARON...BEAVER...BELLA
  VISTA...BLACKBURN...BOSTON...BRENTWOOD...BRUSHY...BRUSHY LAKE STATE
  PARK...BUNCH...CARROLLTON...CASS...CAVE SPRINGS AND CHEROKEE
  LANDING STATE PARK.

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.

LOW WATER CROSSINGS IN HILLY TERRAIN ARE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS IN
HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS FLOODED ROADS. FIND
ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT ONLY TAKES A FEW INCHES OF SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER
TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.

&&

LAT...LON 3612 9347 3597 9344 3592 9350 3578 9352
      3576 9369 3549 9371 3544 9532 3595 9500
      3619 9498 3620 9480 3650 9461 3650 9329
      3613 9329

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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.