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Flash Flood Warning 58, NWS Tulsa, OK

August 13, 2021Benton County, Arkansas

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this flash flood warning at Aug 13, 2021, 5:18 PM CDT for Benton 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 13, 2021, 5:18 PM CDT (22:18 UTC)
Expired
Aug 13, 2021, 8:30 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 Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:21 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, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 70 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2021-08-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 592 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2021-08-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 49 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
592 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-167 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
904 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
49 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
68 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

289 
WGUS54 KTSA 132218
FFWTSA
ARC007-140130-
/O.NEW.KTSA.FF.W.0058.210813T2218Z-210814T0130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
518 PM CDT Fri Aug 13 2021

The National Weather Service in Tulsa has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Central Benton County in northwestern Arkansas...

* Until 830 PM CDT.

* At 518 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing 
  heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1 and 3 inches of rain 
  have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 2 inches are 
  possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected 
  to begin shortly.

  HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.

  SOURCE...Radar.

  IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban
           areas, highways, streets and underpasses as well as
           other poor drainage and low-lying areas.

* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
  Springdale...                      Rogers...
  Bentonville...                     Lowell...
  Centerton...                       Monte Ne...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood 
deaths occur in vehicles.

Be aware of your surroundings and do not drive on flooded roads.

&&

LAT...LON 3643 9419 3630 9404 3623 9416 3636 9432

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED

$$
1 follow-up statement
275 
WGUS74 KTSA 140123
FFSTSA

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
823 PM CDT Fri Aug 13 2021

ARC007-140133-
/O.EXP.KTSA.FF.W.0058.000000T0000Z-210814T0130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Benton AR-
823 PM CDT Fri Aug 13 2021

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 830 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR 
CENTRAL BENTON COUNTY...

The heavy rain has ended and flooding is no longer expected to pose 
a threat. Please continue to heed remaining road closures.

LAT...LON 3643 9419 3630 9404 3623 9416 3636 9432

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 13, 2:16 PM CDTHeat AdvisoryTSA4 hr
Aug 13, 3:55 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSABenton50 min
Aug 13, 4:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSABenton42 min
Aug 13, 4:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSABenton, Carroll, Madison, Washington50 min
Aug 13, 5:09 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTSABenton3 hr
Aug 13, 5:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSACarroll, Madison, Washington47 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Arkansas, 2021Every flash flood warning in 2021

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.