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Flash Flood Warning 37, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this flash flood warning at May 17, 2015, 2:37 AM CDT for Crawford County, Franklin County, Sebastian County, Arkansas. It was in force for 6 hr. 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 17, 2015, 2:37 AM CDT (07:37 UTC)
- Expired
- May 17, 2015, 8:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Crawford County, AR, Franklin County, AR, Sebastian County, AR
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 186 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
- 1727 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1056 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 127 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 218 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.4
- Supercell composite
- 11.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
047
WGUS54 KTSA 170737
FFWTSA
ARC033-047-131-171330-
/O.NEW.KTSA.FF.W.0037.150517T0737Z-150517T1330Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
237 AM CDT SUN MAY 17 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
FRANKLIN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS...
SEBASTIAN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS...
SOUTHERN CRAWFORD COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS...
* UNTIL 830 AM CDT
* AT 236 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN MOVING INTO THE WARNED AREA. 2
TO 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL IS EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.
* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT COULD EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
CHARLESTON...FORT SMITH...OZARK...VAN BUREN...ALMA...ALTUS...
BARLING...BLOOMER...BONANZA...BRANCH...BURNVILLE...DENNING...
DYER...EXCELSIOR...FORT CHAFFEE...FORT SMITH REGIONAL AIRPORT...
GREENWOOD...HACKETT...HARTFORD...HUNTINGTON...JENNY LIND...
LAVACA...MANSFIELD...MIDLAND...MULBERRY...WASHBURN AND WIEDERKEHR
VILLAGE.
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 3538 9370 3536 9375 3540 9380 3532 9381
3532 9390 3523 9393 3522 9402 3513 9404
3514 9413 3510 9414 3507 9423 3497 9422
3496 9424 3493 9445 3548 9444 3568 9369
$$1 follow-up statement
954
WGUS74 KTSA 170940
FFSTSA
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
440 AM CDT SUN MAY 17 2015
ARC033-047-131-171330-
/O.CON.KTSA.FF.W.0037.000000T0000Z-150517T1330Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CRAWFORD AR-FRANKLIN AR-SEBASTIAN AR-
440 AM CDT SUN MAY 17 2015
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SEBASTIAN...FRANKLIN AND
SOUTHERN CRAWFORD COUNTIES UNTIL 830 AM CDT...
AT 434 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
HEAVY RAIN HAD ENDED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. SOME AREAS HAVE
RECEIVED ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS FALLEN OVER PORTIONS OF
SOUTHERN CRAWFORD COUNTY AND CENTRAL FRANKLIN COUNTY. NO REPORTS OF
FLOODING HAVE YET BEEN RECEIVED.
RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL MAY RESULT IN FLASH
FLOODING...ESPECIALLY NORTH OF ALMA AND FROM WATALULA TO OSARK AND
MEG.
SOME OTHER LOCATIONS THAT MAY EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING
INCLUDE...CHARLESTON...FORT SMITH...OZARK...VAN BUREN...ALMA...
ALTUS...BRANCH...BURNVIL LE...DENNING...DYER...EXCELSIOR...FORT
CHAFFEE...GREENWOOD...HACKETT...HARTFORD...HUNTINGTON...MANSFIELD...
MIDLAND...MULBERRY...RUDY...WASHBURN AND WIEDERKEHR VILLAGE.
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 3538 9370 3536 9375 3540 9380 3532 9381
3532 9390 3523 9393 3522 9402 3513 9404
3514 9413 3510 9414 3507 9423 3497 9422
3496 9424 3493 9445 3548 9444 3568 9369
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 17, 12:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Benton, Washington | 63 min |
| May 17, 12:59 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | Benton, Carroll, Madison, Washington | 2 hr |
| May 17, 1:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Benton, Carroll, Crawford, Madison, Washington | 62 min |
| May 17, 1:37 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Benton, Carroll, Crawford, Franklin, Madison, Washington | 6 hr |
| May 17, 2:15 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Carroll, Crawford, Madison | 75 min |
| May 17, 3:33 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Crawford, Franklin, Madison, Sebastian | 27 min |
| May 17, 4:10 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Franklin | 35 min |
| May 17, 6:36 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | TSA | Crawford, Washington | 8 hr |
| May 17, 3:12 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | Crawford, Sebastian | 18 hr |
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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.