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Flash Flood Warning 99, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this flash flood warning at Jun 18, 2015, 9:11 PM CDT for 4 counties in 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
- Jun 18, 2015, 9:11 PM CDT (02:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 19, 2015, 3:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Benton County, AR, Carroll County, AR, Madison County, AR, Washington County, AR
The radar
The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:13 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, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 102 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
- 198 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 609 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 69 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 52 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
178
WGUS54 KTSA 190211
FFWTSA
ARC007-015-087-143-190800-
/O.NEW.KTSA.FF.W.0099.150619T0211Z-150619T0800Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
911 PM CDT THU JUN 18 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
BENTON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS...
CARROLL COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS...
MADISON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS...
WASHINGTON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS...
* UNTIL 300 AM CDT
* AT 910 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
WIDESPREAD MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. 1 TO 2
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...EUREKA SPRINGS...FAYETTEVILLE...
HUNTSVILLE...ROGERS...SILOAM SPRINGS...SPRINGDALE...AURORA...
BEAVER...BELLA VISTA...BLACKBURN...BOSTON...BRENTWOOD...
CARROLLTON...CAVE SPRINGS...CINCINNATI...CLIFTY...DECATUR...DEVILS
DEN STATE PARK...DRAKE FIELD AIRPORT...ELKINS...FARMINGTON...
FORUM...GARFIELD...GATEWAY...GENTRY...GRANDVIEW...GRAVETTE AND
GREEN FOREST.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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 3612 9329 3612 9347 3609 9347 3608 9344
3597 9345 3587 9352 3577 9351 3576 9369
3577 9391 3576 9392 3577 9412 3575 9413
3576 9449 3650 9461 3649 9329
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 2:55 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | TSA | Benton, Carroll, Madison, Washington | 24 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.