Alert archive / Arkansas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2016
Flash Flood Warning 17, NWS Tulsa, OK
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.
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, 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 15, 7:17 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | TSA | Carroll, Madison | 3 hr |
| Jul 15, 8:37 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | Benton, Washington | 3 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.