Alert archive / Oklahoma / Flash Flood Warnings in 2017
Flash Flood Warning 8, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this flash flood warning at Apr 29, 2017, 8:38 AM CDT for Adair County, Cherokee County, Delaware County, Oklahoma; Benton County, Washington County, Arkansas. It was in force for 10 hr. 15 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
- Apr 29, 2017, 8:38 AM CDT (13:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 29, 2017, 6:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 10 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Benton County, AR, Washington County, AR, Adair County, OK, Cherokee County, OK, Delaware County, OK
The radar
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:41 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 29, 12:38 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Tahlequah, OK | MANY STREETS FLOODED IN TAHLEQUAH. SOCIAL MEDIA REPORT. |
| Apr 29, 1:00 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 1 Se Cherokee City, AR | PORTION OF AR SH12 CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING. |
| Apr 29, 1:02 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Bentonville, AR | LOW WATER CROSSSING FLOODED AT THE BENTONVILLE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT. |
| Apr 29, 2:20 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Sulphur Springs, AR | WATER OVER RURAL ROADS NEAR SULPHUR SPRINGS |
| Apr 29, 2:30 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 10 Nne Tahlequah, OK | SECTION OF HIGHWAY 10 WASHED OUT NEAR MOODYS. |
| Apr 29, 3:07 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Siloam Springs, AR | ROADS FLOODING AND IMPASSABLE IN SILOAM SPRINGS |
| Apr 29, 3:42 PM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 7.87 | 2 N Siloam Springs, AR | |
| Apr 29, 3:48 PM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 4.74 | 5 Nne Siloam Springs, AR | |
| Apr 29, 3:48 PM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 6.41 | 3 E Siloam Springs, AR | |
| Apr 29, 3:50 PM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 1.61 | Jay, OK | RAINFALL OVER THE PAST 6 HOURS |
| Apr 29, 3:50 PM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 3.19 | Tahlequah, OK | RAINFALL OVER THE PAST 6 HOURS |
| Apr 29, 3:54 PM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 4.42 | 2 N Hiwasse, AR | |
| Apr 29, 3:54 PM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 4.61 | 5 N Maysville, AR | |
| Apr 29, 3:54 PM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 5.79 | 1 W Gravette, AR | |
| Apr 29, 3:55 PM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 1.76 | Westville, OK | RAINFALL OVER THE PAST 6 HOURS |
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, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 94 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
- 704 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 72 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 318 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 413 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 3.6
The text
As transmitted.
398 WGUS54 KTSA 291338 FFWTSA ARC007-143-OKC001-021-041-291930- /O.NEW.KTSA.FF.W.0008.170429T1338Z-170429T1930Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED Flash Flood Warning National Weather Service Tulsa OK 838 AM CDT SAT APR 29 2017 The National Weather Service in Tulsa has issued a * Flash Flood Warning for... Benton County in northwestern Arkansas... Northwestern Washington County in northwestern Arkansas... Delaware County in northeastern Oklahoma... Northern Adair County in northeastern Oklahoma... Northeastern Cherokee County in east central Oklahoma... * Until 230 PM CDT * At 837 AM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. 2 to 4 inches of rain have fallen. Flash flooding is expected to begin shortly. * Some locations that may experience flooding include... Rogers... Bentonville... Tahlequah... Siloam Springs... Jay... Bella Vista... Farmington... Pea Ridge... Prairie Grove... Gentry... Tontitown... Gravette... Lincoln... Cave Springs... Decatur... Westville... West Siloam Springs... Colcord... Kansas... Highfill... Additional rainfall amounts of 2 to 4 inches are possible in the warned area. This includes Interstate 49 between mile markers 82 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. A Flash Flood Warning means that flooding is imminent or occurring. If you are in the warned area move to higher ground immediately. Residents living along streams and creeks should take immediate precautions to protect life and property. && LAT...LON 3649 9410 3592 9433 3591 9498 3650 9495 $$
2 follow-up statements
059 WGUS74 KTSA 291554 FFSTSA Flash Flood Statement National Weather Service Tulsa OK 1054 AM CDT SAT APR 29 2017 ARC007-143-OKC001-021-041-291930- /O.CON.KTSA.FF.W.0008.000000T0000Z-170429T1930Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ Benton AR-Washington AR-Delaware OK-Adair OK-Cherokee OK- 1054 AM CDT SAT APR 29 2017 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 PM CDT FOR BENTON...NORTHWESTERN WASHINGTON...DELAWARE...NORTHERN ADAIR AND NORTHEASTERN CHEROKEE COUNTIES... At 1052 AM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. 2 to 4 inches of rain have fallen. Heavy rainfall will continue to overspread the warning area the remainder of the morning and into the early afternoon. Some locations that may experience flooding include... Rogers... Bentonville... Tahlequah... Siloam Springs... Jay... Bella Vista... Farmington... Pea Ridge... Prairie Grove... Gentry... Tontitown... Gravette... Lincoln... Cave Springs... Decatur... Westville... West Siloam Springs... Colcord... Kansas... Highfill... Additional rainfall amounts of 2 to 3 inches are possible in the warned area. This includes Interstate 49 between mile markers 82 and 84, and between mile markers 86 and 93. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles. A Flash Flood Warning means that flooding is imminent or occurring. If you are in the warned area move to higher ground immediately. Residents living along streams and creeks should take immediate precautions to protect life and property. && LAT...LON 3649 9410 3592 9433 3591 9498 3650 9495 $$
794 WGUS54 KTSA 291915 FFWTSA ARC007-143-OKC001-021-041-292330- /O.EXT.KTSA.FF.W.0008.000000T0000Z-170429T2330Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED Flash Flood Warning National Weather Service Tulsa OK 215 PM CDT SAT APR 29 2017 The National Weather Service in Tulsa has extended the * Flash Flood Warning for... Benton County in northwestern Arkansas... Northwestern Washington County in northwestern Arkansas... Delaware County in northeastern Oklahoma... Northern Adair County in northeastern Oklahoma... Northeastern Cherokee County in east central Oklahoma... * Until 630 PM CDT * At 209 PM CDT, the public reported flash flooding across the warned area with some roads closed in parts of Benton County and significant street flooding in Rogers, Arkansas. At least 3 to 5 inches of rain has already fallen. Flash flooding will continue this afternoon. * Some locations that may experience flooding include... Rogers... Bentonville... Tahlequah... Siloam Springs... Jay... Bella Vista... Farmington... Pea Ridge... Prairie Grove... Gentry... Tontitown... Gravette... Lincoln... Cave Springs... Decatur... Westville... West Siloam Springs... Colcord... Kansas... Highfill... Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 3 inches are possible in the warned area. This includes Interstate 49 between mile markers 82 and 84, and between mile markers 86 and 93. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Excessive runoff from heavy rainfall will cause flooding of small creeks and streams, country roads, farmland, and other low lying spots. Stay away or be swept away. River banks and culverts can become unstable and unsafe. 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. Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles. && LAT...LON 3649 9410 3592 9433 3591 9498 3650 9495 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 28, 9:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | LeFlore | 36 min |
| Apr 28, 10:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | LeFlore, Sequoyah | 45 min |
| Apr 28, 10:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | LeFlore, Sequoyah | 35 min |
| Apr 28, 10:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | McIntosh | 30 min |
| Apr 28, 10:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Adair, Sequoyah | 27 min |
| Apr 28, 10:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | LeFlore, Sequoyah | 31 min |
| Apr 28, 11:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Tulsa | 29 min |
| Apr 28, 11:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Osage | 23 min |
| Apr 28, 11:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | McIntosh, Muskogee, Pittsburg | 65 min |
| Apr 28, 11:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage | 30 min |
| Apr 28, 11:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Rogers, Tulsa | 27 min |
| Apr 28, 11:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Creek | 35 min |
| Apr 28, 11:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek, Osage, Pawnee, Tulsa | 35 min |
| Apr 28, 11:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Adair | 27 min |
| Apr 28, 11:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Washington | 37 min |
| Apr 29, 12:03 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, Delaware, McIntosh, Mayes, Muskogee and 3 more | 4 hr |
| Apr 29, 12:11 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Delaware | 34 min |
| Apr 29, 12:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Cherokee, Muskogee, Wagoner | 32 min |
| Apr 29, 12:18 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Mayes | 27 min |
| Apr 29, 12:26 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Muskogee, Wagoner | 34 min |
| Apr 29, 12:27 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Nowata | 18 min |
| Apr 29, 12:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Adair, Cherokee | 32 min |
| Apr 29, 12:46 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Mayes | 29 min |
| Apr 29, 12:49 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Osage | 26 min |
| Apr 29, 12:54 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, Muskogee, Wagoner | 4 hr |
| Apr 29, 12:54 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Muskogee | 36 min |
| Apr 29, 1:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Cherokee, Muskogee, Wagoner | 30 min |
| Apr 29, 1:15 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Adair | 30 min |
| Apr 29, 1:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Adair, Delaware | 34 min |
| Apr 29, 1:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Adair, Cherokee | 47 min |
| Apr 29, 1:36 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Washington | 24 min |
| Apr 29, 1:54 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Cherokee | 36 min |
| Apr 29, 2:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Adair, Delaware | 29 min |
| Apr 29, 2:04 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Nowata | 26 min |
| Apr 29, 2:07 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Pawnee | 38 min |
| Apr 29, 2:21 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | Craig, Delaware, Mayes, Ottawa | 3 hr |
| Apr 29, 2:41 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Osage, Pawnee | 34 min |
| Apr 29, 2:46 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Delaware, Ottawa | 44 min |
| Apr 29, 3:03 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Pawnee | 57 min |
| Apr 29, 3:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek, Pawnee | 56 min |
| Apr 29, 3:39 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Osage | 36 min |
| Apr 29, 4:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek, Osage, Pawnee, Tulsa | 30 min |
| Apr 29, 4:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Nowata, Osage, Rogers, Tulsa, Washington | 35 min |
| Apr 29, 5:07 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, Muskogee, Wagoner | 6 hr |
| Apr 29, 5:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Craig, Mayes, Nowata, Rogers, Tulsa, Washington | 32 min |
| Apr 29, 5:17 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Pawnee | 28 min |
| Apr 29, 5:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage, Pawnee | 35 min |
| Apr 29, 5:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Craig, Delaware, Mayes, Nowata, Ottawa, Rogers | 33 min |
| Apr 29, 6:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Craig, Delaware, Ottawa | 31 min |
| Apr 29, 6:16 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Washington | 44 min |
| Apr 29, 6:19 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Osage | 41 min |
| Apr 29, 6:36 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Creek, Pawnee | 39 min |
| Apr 29, 6:42 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Osage, Pawnee | 4 hr |
| Apr 29, 6:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Delaware, Ottawa | 24 min |
| Apr 29, 8:17 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | Osage | 30 hr |
| Apr 29, 8:33 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | Creek, Muskogee, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Osage, Pawnee and 3 more | 3 hr |
| Apr 29, 10:35 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Cherokee, Delaware, McIntosh, Mayes, Muskogee, Sequoyah and 1 more | 8 hr |
| Apr 29, 10:36 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Craig, Delaware, Ottawa | 8 hr |
| Apr 29, 10:37 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Delaware | 23 min |
| Apr 29, 12:36 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, Haskell, LeFlore, Sequoyah | 6 hr |
| Apr 29, 12:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Sequoyah | 35 min |
| Apr 29, 1:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Rogers, Tulsa | 29 min |
| Apr 29, 1:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Okmulgee | 36 min |
| Apr 29, 2:23 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | Pawnee | 32 hr |
| Apr 29, 2:39 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Craig, Mayes, Muskogee, Nowata, Rogers, Wagoner | 4 hr |
| Apr 29, 3:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | McIntosh | 25 min |
| Apr 29, 3:13 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | TSA | Creek, McIntosh, Okmulgee, Osage, Pawnee, Rogers and 2 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 29, 3:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Latimer | 29 min |
| Apr 29, 4:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Haskell, Latimer, Pittsburg | 33 min |
| Apr 29, 4:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Haskell, Muskogee | 30 min |
| Apr 29, 4:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Adair, Sequoyah | 26 min |
| Apr 29, 4:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Haskell | 33 min |
| Apr 29, 4:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Adair, Sequoyah | 32 min |
| Apr 29, 4:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Haskell, Latimer, McIntosh, Muskogee, Pittsburg | 26 min |
| Apr 29, 4:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Pittsburg | 36 min |
| Apr 29, 4:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Adair | 14 min |
| Apr 29, 5:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, Sequoyah | 29 min |
| Apr 29, 5:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | McIntosh | 42 min |
| Apr 29, 5:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Haskell, Muskogee, Sequoyah | 36 min |
| Apr 29, 5:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Haskell, Muskogee | 29 min |
Nearby
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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.