Alert archive / Arkansas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2016
Flash Flood Warning 19, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this flash flood warning at Sep 8, 2016, 6:24 PM CDT for Benton County, Arkansas. It was in force for 3 hr. 5 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 8, 2016, 6:24 PM CDT (23:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 8, 2016, 9:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Benton County, AR
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:28 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 8, 6:48 PM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 4 | 1 E Rogers, AR | RELAYED BY SOCIAL MEDIA |
| Sep 8, 6:49 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Bentonville, AR | SEVERAL STREETS FLOODED. SOCIAL MEDIA REPORTS WITH PICTURES. |
| Sep 8, 6:49 PM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 3.5 | 1 E Rogers, AR | MEASURED AT THE ROGERS AIRPORT |
| Sep 8, 7:06 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Bentonville, AR | STREET FLOODING AT 5TH AND MOBERLY IN BENTONVILLE. SOCIAL MEDIA REPORT WITH PICTURE. |
| Sep 8, 8:09 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Rogers, AR | FLOODING NEAR VILLAGE ON THE CREEKS APARTMENTS IN ROGERS. SOCIAL MEDIA REPORT. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 61 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
- 685 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -89 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 971 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 160 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 206 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.0
The text
As transmitted.
248
WGUS54 KTSA 082324
FFWTSA
ARC007-090215-
/O.NEW.KTSA.FF.W.0019.160908T2324Z-160909T0215Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
624 PM CDT THU SEP 8 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN BENTON COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN ARKANSAS...
* UNTIL 915 PM CDT
* AT 622 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED THUNDERSTORMS
PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. SPOTTER REPORTS OF GREATER
THAN 2 INCH PER HOUR RAIN RATES HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN THE BENTONVILLE AND ROGERS
AREA. PICTURES HAVE COME IN SHOWING FLASH FLOODING IS OCCURRING.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
SPRINGDALE... ROGERS...
BENTONVILLE... BELLA VISTA...
LOWELL... PEA RIDGE...
BETHEL HEIGHTS... CAVE SPRINGS...
GARFIELD... GATEWAY...
WAR EAGLE... HOBBS STATE PARK...
MILLER... CENTERTON...
AVOCA... LARUE...
BLAND... WALNUT HILL...
HILL TOP... HEALING SPRINGS...
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 49 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 76 AND 84...AND
BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 86 AND 93.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND
UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.
&&
LAT...LON 3624 9387 3622 9428 3650 9427 3650 9387
3639 9387 3639 9388 3638 9389 3638 9388
3637 9388 3637 9387
$$
LACY1 follow-up statement
040
WGUS74 KTSA 090009
FFSTSA
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
709 PM CDT THU SEP 8 2016
ARC007-090215-
/O.CON.KTSA.FF.W.0019.000000T0000Z-160909T0215Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BENTON AR-
709 PM CDT THU SEP 8 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN BENTON COUNTY...
AT 706 PM CDT...PUBLIC REPORTS OF OVER 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS BEEN
RECEIVED IN BENTON COUNTY...ON THE EAST SIDE OF ROGERS. PICTURES
COMING IN OVER SOCIAL MEDIA INDICATE THAT FLASH FLOODING IS
OCCURRING. THE HEAVY RAINFALL HAS ENDED ACROSS BENTON
COUNTY...HOWEVER THE FLOODING WILL LIKELY CONTINUE FOR A COUPLE MORE
HOURS.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
SPRINGDALE... ROGERS...
BENTONVILLE... BELLA VISTA...
LOWELL... PEA RIDGE...
BETHEL HEIGHTS... CAVE SPRINGS...
GARFIELD... GATEWAY...
WAR EAGLE... HOBBS STATE PARK...
MILLER... CENTERTON...
AVOCA... LARUE...
BLAND... WALNUT HILL...
HILL TOP... HEALING SPRINGS...
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 49 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 76 AND 84...AND
BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 86 AND 93.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND
UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.
&&
LAT...LON 3624 9387 3622 9428 3650 9427 3650 9387
3639 9387 3639 9388 3638 9389 3638 9388
3637 9388 3637 9387
$$
LACYThe office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 8, 3:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Carroll | 32 min |
| Sep 8, 4:15 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | Carroll, Madison | 3 hr |
| Sep 8, 5:37 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | Benton | 3 hr |
| Sep 8, 5:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Benton | 31 min |
| Sep 8, 6:07 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | Carroll, Madison | 5 hr |
| Sep 8, 6:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Carroll | 28 min |
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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.