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Flash Flood Warning 55, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this flash flood warning at May 24, 2015, 3:14 AM CDT for Benton County, Crawford County, Washington 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 24, 2015, 3:14 AM CDT (08:14 UTC)
- Expired
- May 24, 2015, 9:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Benton County, AR, Crawford County, AR, Washington County, AR
The radar
The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:17 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, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 121 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
- 34 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -173 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 919 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 124 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 150 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
089
WGUS54 KTSA 240814
FFWTSA
ARC007-033-143-241400-
/O.NEW.KTSA.FF.W.0055.150524T0814Z-150524T1400Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
314 AM CDT SUN MAY 24 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
BENTON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS...
CRAWFORD COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS...
WASHINGTON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS...
* UNTIL 900 AM CDT
* AT 314 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN MOVING INTO THE WARNED AREA. 2
TO 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 900 AM.
* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT COULD EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
BENTONVILLE...CEDARVILLE...FAYETTEVILLE...MOUNTAINBURG...NATURAL
DAM...ROGERS...SILOAM SPRINGS...SPRINGDALE...VAN BUREN...ALMA...
BELLA VISTA...BLACKBURN...BRENTWOOD...CAVE SPRINGS...CHESTER...
CINCINNATI...DECATUR...DEVILS DEN STATE PARK...DRAKE FIELD
AIRPORT...DYER...ELKINS...FARMINGTON...FIGURE FIVE...GARFIELD...
GATEWAY...GENTRY...GRAVETTE...GREENLAND...HIGHFILL AND HIWASSE.
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 3610 9394 3570 9397 3566 9399 3566 9407
3558 9407 3558 9403 3556 9403 3537 9434
3542 9435 3545 9441 3540 9443 3541 9444
3651 9459 3651 9387 3640 9387 3638 9389
3633 9386
$$1 follow-up statement
869
WGUS74 KTSA 240958
FFSTSA
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
458 AM CDT SUN MAY 24 2015
ARC007-033-143-241400-
/O.CON.KTSA.FF.W.0055.000000T0000Z-150524T1400Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BENTON AR-CRAWFORD AR-WASHINGTON AR-
458 AM CDT SUN MAY 24 2015
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WASHINGTON...CRAWFORD
AND BENTON COUNTIES IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS UNTIL 900 AM CDT...
AT 458 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED AREA. AROUND AN
INCH OF RAINFALL HAS ALREADY OCCURRED WITH AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2
POSSIBLE.
RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
BENTONVILLE...CEDARVILLE...FAYETTEVILLE...MOUNTAINBURG...NATURAL
DAM...ROGERS...SILOAM SPRINGS...SPRINGDALE...VAN BUREN...ALMA...BELLA
VISTA...BLACKBURN...BRENTWOOD...CAVE SPRINGS...CHESTER...
CINCINNATI...DECATUR...DEVILS DEN STATE PARK...DRAKE FIELD AIRPORT...
ELKINS...FARMINGTON...FIGURE FIVE...GARFIELD...GATEWAY...GENTRY...
GRAVETTE...GREENLAND...HIGHFILL...HIWASSE AND HOBBS STATE PARK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD TO
UNKNOWN DEPTHS. IT ONLY TAKES TWO FEET OF RUSHING WATER TO CARRY AWAY
MOST SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES AND PICKUPS. TAKE A DIFFERENT ROUTE TO
REACH YOUR DESTINATION OR WAIT UNTIL THE WATER RECEDES. REMEMBER...
MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.
&&
LAT...LON 3610 9394 3570 9397 3566 9399 3566 9407
3558 9407 3558 9403 3556 9403 3537 9434
3542 9435 3545 9441 3540 9443 3541 9444
3651 9459 3651 9387 3640 9387 3638 9389
3633 9386
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 3:20 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | Crawford, Sebastian | 12 days |
| May 24, 7:14 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Benton | 3 hr |
| May 24, 8:53 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Benton, Carroll, Crawford, Franklin, Madison, Sebastian and 1 more | 12 hr |
| May 24, 10:10 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Franklin, Madison | 45 min |
| May 24, 10:19 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | Crawford | 10 days |
| May 24, 10:20 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | Franklin | 12 days |
| May 24, 1:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Carroll | 45 min |
| May 24, 2:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Madison | 28 min |
| May 24, 2:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Carroll | 39 min |
| May 24, 3:29 PM CDT | River Flood Advisory | TSA | Crawford, Franklin | 7 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Arkansas, 2015Every flash flood warning in 2015
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.