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Flash Flood Warning 101, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this flash flood warning at Aug 27, 2019, 1:39 AM CDT for Crawford County, Franklin County, Sebastian 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
- Aug 27, 2019, 1:39 AM CDT (06:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 27, 2019, 4:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Crawford County, AR, Franklin County, AR, Sebastian County, AR
The radar
The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:42 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, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 175 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
- 958 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -261 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1510 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 193 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 453 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted.
372
WGUS54 KTSA 270639
FFWTSA
ARC033-047-131-270945-
/O.NEW.KTSA.FF.W.0101.190827T0639Z-190827T0945Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
139 AM CDT Tue Aug 27 2019
The National Weather Service in Tulsa has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Franklin County in west central Arkansas...
Southeastern Crawford County in northwestern Arkansas...
Northeastern Sebastian County in west central Arkansas...
* Until 445 AM CDT.
* At 139 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...
Ozark... Charleston...
Mulberry... Altus...
Branch... Denning...
Wiederkehr Village... Washburn...
Fort Chaffee... Etna...
Alix... Watalula...
Meg... Piney...
Toney... Peter Pender...
Vesta... Cecil...
Lonelm... Ursula...
Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 2 are possible in the warned
area.
This includes Interstate 40 in Arkansas between mile markers 19 and
42.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the
dangers of flooding.
&&
LAT...LON 3538 9371 3537 9375 3542 9380 3531 9381
3532 9392 3523 9392 3523 9402 3514 9403
3514 9413 3510 9414 3559 9412 3561 9370
$$2 follow-up statements
214
WGUS74 KTSA 270735
FFSTSA
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
235 AM CDT Tue Aug 27 2019
ARC033-047-131-270945-
/O.CON.KTSA.FF.W.0101.000000T0000Z-190827T0945Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Franklin AR-Crawford AR-Sebastian AR-
235 AM CDT Tue Aug 27 2019
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 AM CDT FOR
FRANKLIN...SOUTHEASTERN CRAWFORD AND NORTHEASTERN SEBASTIAN
COUNTIES...
At 234 AM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy
rain moving out of the warned area. 1 to 3 inches of rain
have fallen. Flash flooding is likely ongoing.
Some locations that may experience flooding include...
Ozark... Charleston...
Mulberry... Altus...
Branch... Denning...
Wiederkehr Village... Washburn...
Fort Chaffee... Etna...
Alix... Watalula...
Meg... Piney...
Toney... Peter Pender...
Vesta... Cecil...
Lonelm... Ursula...
Additional rainfall amounts of less than one inch are possible in
the warned area.
This includes Interstate 40 in Arkansas between mile markers 19 and
42.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the
dangers of flooding.
&&
LAT...LON 3538 9371 3537 9375 3542 9380 3531 9381
3532 9392 3523 9392 3523 9402 3514 9403
3514 9413 3510 9414 3559 9412 3561 9370
$$478
WGUS74 KTSA 270937
FFSTSA
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
437 AM CDT Tue Aug 27 2019
ARC033-047-131-270947-
/O.EXP.KTSA.FF.W.0101.000000T0000Z-190827T0945Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Franklin AR-Crawford AR-Sebastian AR-
437 AM CDT Tue Aug 27 2019
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR FRANKLIN...SOUTHEASTERN CRAWFORD AND
NORTHEASTERN SEBASTIAN COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 445 AM CDT...
The heavy rain has ended. Flooding is no longer expected to pose a
threat. Please continue to heed any remaining road closures.
LAT...LON 3538 9371 3537 9375 3542 9380 3531 9381
3532 9392 3523 9392 3523 9402 3514 9403
3514 9413 3510 9414 3559 9412 3561 9370
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 26, 10:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Benton, Washington | 48 min |
| Aug 26, 11:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Benton, Carroll, Crawford, Franklin, Madison, Washington | 45 min |
| Aug 26, 11:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Carroll, Crawford, Franklin, Madison, Washington | 41 min |
| Aug 27, 12:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Crawford, Sebastian | 46 min |
| Aug 27, 1:11 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Crawford, Sebastian | 3 hr |
| Aug 27, 1:23 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Crawford, Franklin, Sebastian | 52 min |
| Aug 27, 2:10 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | Sebastian | 3 hr |
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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.