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Flash Flood Warning 20, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this flash flood warning at Sep 8, 2016, 7:05 PM CDT for Carroll County, Madison County, Arkansas. It was in force for 4 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
- Sep 8, 2016, 7:05 PM CDT (00:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 8, 2016, 11:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Carroll County, AR, Madison County, AR
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:05 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, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 68 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
- 425 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -107 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1214 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 144 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 220 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
The text
As transmitted.
920
WGUS54 KTSA 090005
FFWTSA
ARC015-087-090400-
/O.NEW.KTSA.FF.W.0020.160909T0005Z-160909T0400Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
705 PM CDT THU SEP 8 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN MADISON COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN ARKANSAS...
CARROLL COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN ARKANSAS...
* UNTIL 1100 PM CDT
* AT 702 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO
CARROLL AND MADISON COUNTIES. THESE STORMS WILL DROP HEAVY RAINS
ON AREAS THAT HAVE ALREADY PICKED UP 3 OR MORE INCHES PER RADAR
ESTIMATES ACROSS SOUTHERN CARROLL COUNTY. THESE AREAS WILL BE MORE
PRONE TO FLASH FLOODING AS A RESULT.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
BERRYVILLE... EUREKA SPRINGS...
GREEN FOREST... RUDD...
FORUM... RULE...
CLIFTY... CARROLLTON...
OSAGE... CABANAL...
ROCKHOUSE... DELMAR...
DRYFORK... CONNOR...
COIN... METALTON...
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.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...FARMLAND...AND OTHER LOW LYING
SPOTS.
&&
LAT...LON 3619 9387 3631 9387 3631 9382 3632 9383
3634 9386 3643 9386 3639 9330 3612 9330
$$
LACY2 follow-up statements
133
WGUS74 KTSA 090117
FFSTSA
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
817 PM CDT THU SEP 8 2016
ARC015-087-090400-
/O.CON.KTSA.FF.W.0020.000000T0000Z-160909T0400Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MADISON AR-CARROLL AR-
817 PM CDT THU SEP 8 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR
NORTHERN MADISON AND CARROLL COUNTIES...
AT 815 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS
THE WARNED AREA. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING OVER AREAS THAT HAVE
ALREADY PICKED UP HEAVY RAINFALL FROM EARLIER STORMS. RADAR
ESTIMATES THAT BETWEEN 3 AND 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN ACROSS
PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN CARROLL COUNTY...AND ANOTHER ROUND OF STORMS IS
MOVING OVER THIS AREA...POSSIBLY DROPPING ANOTHER INCH OR SO OF
RAIN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN OR HAS ALREADY
BEGUN.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
BERRYVILLE... EUREKA SPRINGS...
GREEN FOREST... RUDD...
FORUM... RULE...
CLIFTY... CARROLLTON...
OSAGE... CABANAL...
ROCKHOUSE... DELMAR...
DRYFORK... CONNOR...
COIN... METALTON...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...FARMLAND...AND OTHER LOW LYING
SPOTS.
IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED
ROADS. FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE.
&&
LAT...LON 3619 9387 3631 9387 3631 9382 3632 9383
3634 9386 3643 9386 3639 9330 3612 9330
$$
LACY023
WGUS74 KTSA 090356
FFSTSA
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1056 PM CDT THU SEP 8 2016
ARC015-087-090406-
/O.EXP.KTSA.FF.W.0020.000000T0000Z-160909T0400Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MADISON AR-CARROLL AR-
1056 PM CDT THU SEP 8 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHERN MADISON AND CARROLL COUNTIES
WILL EXPIRE AT 1100 PM CDT...
THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED. FLOOD WATERS HAVE RECEDED. FLOODING IS NO
LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A THREAT. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY
REMAINING ROAD CLOSURES.
LAT...LON 3619 9387 3631 9387 3631 9382 3632 9383
3634 9386 3643 9386 3639 9330 3612 9330
$$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.