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Flash Flood Warning 17, NWS Tulsa, OK

July 15, 2016Benton County, Carroll County, Madison County, Arkansas

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this flash flood warning at Jul 15, 2016, 4:27 AM CDT for Benton County, Carroll County, Madison County, Arkansas. It was in force for 3 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
Jul 15, 2016, 4:27 AM CDT (09:27 UTC)
Expired
Jul 15, 2016, 7:30 AM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Benton County, AR, Carroll County, AR, Madison County, AR

The radar

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 92 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2016-07-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2016-07-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 139 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
3176 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
139 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
251 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

277 
WGUS54 KTSA 150927
FFWTSA
ARC007-015-087-151230-
/O.NEW.KTSA.FF.W.0017.160715T0927Z-160715T1230Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
427 AM CDT FRI JUL 15 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  MADISON COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN ARKANSAS...
  CARROLL COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN ARKANSAS...
  NORTHEASTERN BENTON COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN ARKANSAS...

* UNTIL 730 AM CDT

* AT 426 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
  HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE
  FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  BERRYVILLE...                     HUNTSVILLE...
  EUREKA SPRINGS...                 GREEN FOREST...
  GARFIELD...                       GATEWAY...
  BEAVER...                         HINDSVILLE...
  URBANETTE...                      RUDD...
  FORUM...                          BOSTON...
  HOBBS STATE PARK...               CLIFTY...
  AURORA...                         WITHROW SPRINGS STATE PARK...
  WITTER...                         OSAGE...
  KINGSTON...                       GRANDVIEW...

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.

&&

LAT...LON 3612 9348 3608 9348 3608 9345 3597 9345
      3595 9349 3588 9351 3588 9352 3576 9352
      3576 9359 3621 9390 3623 9389 3624 9392
      3650 9410 3650 9357 3619 9330 3612 9330

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 15, 7:17 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningTSACarroll, Madison3 hr
Jul 15, 8:37 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTSABenton, Washington3 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Arkansas, 2016Every flash flood warning in 2016

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.