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Flash Flood Warning 22, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this flash flood warning at Sep 16, 2016, 4:24 PM CDT for Benton 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 16, 2016, 4:24 PM CDT (21:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 16, 2016, 8:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Benton County, AR
The radar
The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:26 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 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 75 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
- 1628 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -54 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 904 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 171 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 160 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 4.2
The text
As transmitted.
643
WGUS54 KTSA 162124
FFWTSA
ARC007-170130-
/O.NEW.KTSA.FF.W.0022.160916T2124Z-160917T0130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
424 PM CDT FRI SEP 16 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
BENTON COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN ARKANSAS...
* UNTIL 830 PM CDT
* AT 423 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE
FALLEN OVER THE PAST 3 HOURS. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN
SHORTLY.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
SPRINGDALE... ROGERS...
BENTONVILLE... SILOAM SPRINGS...
BELLA VISTA... LOWELL...
PEA RIDGE... GENTRY...
BETHEL HEIGHTS... GRAVETTE...
CAVE SPRINGS... DECATUR...
HIGHFILL... GARFIELD...
GATEWAY... SPRINGTOWN...
HOBBS STATE PARK... HIWASSE...
WAR EAGLE... MILLER...
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA THROUGH 8PM.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 49 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 75 AND 84...AND
BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 86 AND 93.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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 3624 9387 3621 9427 3622 9433 3616 9434
3615 9435 3610 9453 3611 9455 3650 9450
3650 9387 3639 9387 3639 9388 3638 9389
3637 9387
$$1 follow-up statement
863
WGUS74 KTSA 170028
FFSTSA
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
728 PM CDT FRI SEP 16 2016
ARC007-170130-
/O.CON.KTSA.FF.W.0022.000000T0000Z-160917T0130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BENTON AR-
728 PM CDT FRI SEP 16 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM CDT FOR
BENTON COUNTY...
AT 726 PM...AREAS OF LIGHT RAIN CONTINUE ACROSS BENTON COUNTY.
DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED EARLIER THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCED HEAVY RAIN
ACROSS THE WARNED AREA WITH LOCALIZED 3 TO 5 INCH AMOUNTS BEING
ESTIMATED. FLASH FLOODING MAY BE ONGOING IN AREAS WHERE THE
HEAVIEST RAIN FELL.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
SPRINGDALE... ROGERS...
BENTONVILLE... SILOAM SPRINGS...
BELLA VISTA... LOWELL...
PEA RIDGE... GENTRY...
BETHEL HEIGHTS... GRAVETTE...
CAVE SPRINGS... DECATUR...
HIGHFILL... GARFIELD...
GATEWAY... SPRINGTOWN...
HOBBS STATE PARK... HIWASSE...
WAR EAGLE... MILLER...
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 49 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 75 AND 84...AND
BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 86 AND 93.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED
ROADS. FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE.
&&
LAT...LON 3624 9387 3621 9427 3622 9433 3616 9434
3615 9435 3610 9453 3611 9455 3650 9450
3650 9387 3639 9387 3639 9388 3638 9389
3637 9387
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 16, 3:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Benton | 34 min |
| Sep 16, 3:51 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | Benton | 3 hr |
| Sep 16, 4:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Benton | 39 min |
| Sep 16, 4:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Carroll | 38 min |
| Sep 16, 5:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Carroll | 40 min |
| Sep 16, 6:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Crawford, Sebastian | 49 min |
| Sep 16, 6:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Franklin | 36 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.