Alert archive / Oklahoma / Flood Watches in 2012
Flood Watch 2, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this flood watch at Mar 18, 2012, 3:42 AM CDT for 4 counties in Arkansas; 11 counties in Oklahoma. It took effect at Mar 19, 2012, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 18, 2012, 3:42 AM CDT (08:42 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 19, 2012, 1:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Mar 18, 2012, 3:46 PM CDT
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Benton County, AR, Carroll County, AR, Madison County, AR, Washington County, AR, Adair County, OK, Cherokee County, OK, Choctaw County, OK, Delaware County, OK, Haskell County, OK, Latimer County, OK, McIntosh County, OK, Muskogee County, OK, Ottawa County, OK, Pittsburg County, OK, Pushmataha County, OK
The radar
The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 173 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
- 389 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -125 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2096 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 18 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 88 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
569 WGUS64 KTSA 180842 FFATSA URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 342 AM CDT SUN MAR 18 2012 ...HEAVY RAIN POTENTIAL OVER PARTS OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA...NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY EVENING. THE HEAVIER RAINFALL MAY RESULT IN CREEKS AND STREAMS TO RISE AND POTENTIALLY FLOOD. ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053-058-063-068>076-181700- /O.NEW.KTSA.FA.A.0002.120319T1800Z-120321T0000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BENTON-CARROLL-WASHINGTON AR-MADISON-CRAWFORD-FRANKLIN-SEBASTIAN- PUSHMATAHA-CHOCTAW-OTTAWA-DELAWARE-CHEROKEE-ADAIR-MUSKOGEE- MCINTOSH-SEQUOYAH-PITTSBURG-HASKELL-LATIMER-LE FLORE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROGERS...BENTONVILLE...BERRYVILLE... EUREKA SPRINGS...FAYETTEVILLE...SPRINGDALE...HUNTSVILLE... VAN BUREN...OZARK...CHARLESTON...FORT SMITH...ANTLERS...CLAYTON... HUGO...MIAMI...JAY...TAHLEQUAH...STILWELL...MUSKOGEE...EUFAULA... SALLISAW...MCALESTER...STIGLER...WILBURTON...POTEAU 342 AM CDT SUN MAR 18 2012 ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A * FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF ARKANSAS AND OKLAHOMA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN ARKANSAS...BENTON...CARROLL... CRAWFORD...FRANKLIN...MADISON...SEBASTIAN AND WASHINGTON. IN OKLAHOMA...ADAIR...CHEROKEE...CHOCTAW...DELAWARE...HASKELL... LATIMER...LE FLORE...MCINTOSH...MUSKOGEE...OTTAWA... PITTSBURG...PUSHMATAHA AND SEQUOYAH. * FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY EVENING * A LARGE UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM CURRENTLY ALONG THE WEST COAST WILL SLOWLY TRACK EAST OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS. ORGANIZED SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BY MONDAY AFTERNOON AS THE LIFT ASSOCIATED WITH THE UPPER LOW INTERACTS WITH A MOIST AND UNSTABLE ENVIRONMENT. THE COMBINATION OF ABUNDANT MOISTURE AND THE SLOW MOVING SYSTEM WILL LEAD TO SEVERAL ROUNDS OF HEAVY RAINFALL MONDAY AND CONTINUING INTO TUESDAY EVENING. 3 TO 5 INCH TOTALS ARE ANTICIPATED WITHIN THE WATCH AREA...WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS APPROACHING 10 INCHES POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. MODERATE TO MAJOR RIVER FLOODING WILL LIKELY OCCUR SHOULD THESE RAIN AMOUNTS BE REALIZED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON CURRENT FORECASTS. && $$
2 follow-up statements
744 WGUS64 KTSA 181557 FFATSA FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 1057 AM CDT SUN MAR 18 2012 ...HEAVY RAIN POTENTIAL OVER PARTS OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA... NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY EVENING. THE HEAVIER RAINFALL MAY RESULT IN CREEKS AND STREAMS TO RISE AND POTENTIALLY FLOOD. ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053-058-063-068>076-182100- /O.CON.KTSA.FA.A.0002.120319T1800Z-120321T0000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BENTON-CARROLL-WASHINGTON AR-MADISON-CRAWFORD-FRANKLIN-SEBASTIAN- PUSHMATAHA-CHOCTAW-OTTAWA-DELAWARE-CHEROKEE-ADAIR-MUSKOGEE- MCINTOSH-SEQUOYAH-PITTSBURG-HASKELL-LATIMER-LE FLORE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROGERS...BENTONVILLE...BERRYVILLE... EUREKA SPRINGS...FAYETTEVILLE...SPRINGDALE...HUNTSVILLE... VAN BUREN...OZARK...CHARLESTON...FORT SMITH...ANTLERS...CLAYTON... HUGO...MIAMI...JAY...TAHLEQUAH...STILWELL...MUSKOGEE...EUFAULA... SALLISAW...MCALESTER...STIGLER...WILBURTON...POTEAU 1057 AM CDT SUN MAR 18 2012 ...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF ARKANSAS AND OKLAHOMA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN ARKANSAS...BENTON...CARROLL...CRAWFORD...FRANKLIN... MADISON...SEBASTIAN AND WASHINGTON. IN OKLAHOMA...ADAIR... CHEROKEE...CHOCTAW...DELAWARE...HASKELL...LATIMER...LE FLORE... MCINTOSH...MUSKOGEE...OTTAWA...PITTSBURG...PUSHMATAHA AND SEQUOYAH. * FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING * A LARGE UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM CURRENTLY ALONG THE WEST COAST WILL SLOWLY TRACK EAST OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS. ORGANIZED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BY MONDAY AFTERNOON AS THE LIFT ASSOCIATED WITH THE UPPER LOW INTERACTS WITH A MOIST AND UNSTABLE ENVIRONMENT. THE COMBINATION OF ABUNDANT MOISTURE AND THE SLOW MOVING SYSTEM WILL LEAD TO SEVERAL ROUNDS OF HEAVY RAINFALL MONDAY AND CONTINUING INTO TUESDAY EVENING. 3 TO 5 INCH TOTALS ARE ANTICIPATED WITHIN THE WATCH AREA...WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS APPROACHING 10 INCHES POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. MODERATE TO MAJOR RIVER FLOODING WILL LIKELY OCCUR SHOULD THESE RAIN AMOUNTS BE REALIZED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON CURRENT FORECASTS. && $$
815 WGUS64 KTSA 182046 FFATSA URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 346 PM CDT SUN MAR 18 2012 ...A SIGNIFICANT AND LIFE-THREATENING HEAVY RAINFALL EVENT WILL UNFOLD OVER EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS EARLY THIS WEEK... .A SLOW MOVING UPPER STORM SYSTEM WILL COMBINE WITH WELL ABOVE AVERAGE DEEP LAYER MOISTURE FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR AND A FOCUSING FRONTAL BOUNDARY TO PRODUCE EXCESSIVE RAINFALL. THIS BAND OF HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BEGIN OVER EASTERN OK MONDAY NIGHT AND GRADUALLY SHIFT EAST INTO WESTERN ARKANSAS THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT AND POSSIBLY INTO WEDNESDAY BEFORE ENDING WEDNESDAY NIGHT. ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053-058-063-068>076-191015- /O.CAN.KTSA.FA.A.0002.120319T1800Z-120321T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KTSA.FF.A.0001.120319T1800Z-120321T1200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BENTON-CARROLL-WASHINGTON AR-MADISON-CRAWFORD-FRANKLIN-SEBASTIAN- PUSHMATAHA-CHOCTAW-OTTAWA-DELAWARE-CHEROKEE-ADAIR-MUSKOGEE- MCINTOSH-SEQUOYAH-PITTSBURG-HASKELL-LATIMER-LE FLORE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROGERS...BENTONVILLE...BERRYVILLE... EUREKA SPRINGS...FAYETTEVILLE...SPRINGDALE...HUNTSVILLE... VAN BUREN...OZARK...CHARLESTON...FORT SMITH...ANTLERS...CLAYTON... HUGO...MIAMI...JAY...TAHLEQUAH...STILWELL...MUSKOGEE...EUFAULA... SALLISAW...MCALESTER...STIGLER...WILBURTON...POTEAU 346 PM CDT SUN MAR 18 2012 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... ...FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF ARKANSAS AND OKLAHOMA... INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN ARKANSAS...BENTON... CARROLL...CRAWFORD...FRANKLIN...MADISON...SEBASTIAN AND WASHINGTON. IN OKLAHOMA...ADAIR...CHEROKEE...CHOCTAW... DELAWARE...HASKELL...LATIMER...LE FLORE...MCINTOSH... MUSKOGEE...OTTAWA...PITTSBURG...PUSHMATAHA AND SEQUOYAH. * FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING * WIDESPREAD RAINFALL AMOUNTS FROM 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS A GOOD PORTION OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. SOME ISOLATED AREAS COULD RECEIVE RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN A FOOT AND 15 INCHES. WIDESPREAD AND POTENTIALLY CATASTROPHIC AREAL FLOODING AND RIVER FLOODING IS EXPECTED. HOWEVER...THE POTENTIAL FOR LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOODING IS ALSO HIGH...THUS THE FLOOD WATCH WILL BE CHANGED TO A FLASH FLOOD WATCH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS RAPIDLY RISING WATER OR FLOODING IS POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA. && $$ OKZ055>057-060>062-065>067-191015- /O.NEW.KTSA.FF.A.0001.120319T1800Z-120321T1200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ WASHINGTON OK-NOWATA-CRAIG-TULSA-ROGERS-MAYES-OKFUSKEE-OKMULGEE- WAGONER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BARTLESVILLE...NOWATA...VINITA... TULSA...CLAREMORE...PRYOR...OKEMAH...OKMULGEE...WAGONER 346 PM CDT SUN MAR 18 2012 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA AND NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA...OKFUSKEE. IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA...CRAIG... MAYES...NOWATA...OKMULGEE...ROGERS...TULSA...WAGONER AND WASHINGTON. * FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING * WIDESPREAD RAINFALL AMOUNTS FROM 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS A GOOD PORTION OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. SOME ISOLATED AREAS COULD RECEIVE RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN A FOOT AND 15 INCHES. WIDESPREAD AND POTENTIALLY CATASTROPHIC AREAL FLOODING AND RIVER FLOODING IS EXPECTED. HOWEVER...THE POTENTIAL FOR LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOODING IS ALSO HIGH...THUS THE FLOOD WATCH WILL BE CHANGED TO A FLASH FLOOD WATCH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS RAPIDLY RISING WATER OR FLOODING IS POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 18, 3:46 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | TSA | Benton, Carroll, Madison, Washington | 3 days |
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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.