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Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this flash flood warning at Feb 21, 2022, 11:37 PM CST for Crawford County, Sebastian County, Arkansas; LeFlore County, Sequoyah County, Oklahoma. 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
- Feb 21, 2022, 11:37 PM CST (05:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 22, 2022, 3:30 AM CST
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Crawford County, AR, Sebastian County, AR, LeFlore County, OK, Sequoyah County, OK
The radar
The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 20 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:41 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 5.6 hours before the alert went out and 166 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
- 328 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -75 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1208 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 74 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 199 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 2.2
The text
As transmitted.
116
WGUS54 KTSA 220537
FFWTSA
ARC033-131-OKC079-135-220930-
/O.NEW.KTSA.FF.W.0002.220222T0537Z-220222T0930Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
1137 PM CST Mon Feb 21 2022
The National Weather Service in Tulsa has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Central Crawford County in northwestern Arkansas...
Northern Sebastian County in west central Arkansas...
Southeastern Sequoyah County in east central Oklahoma...
Northeastern Le Flore County in southeastern Oklahoma...
* Until 330 AM CST.
* At 1137 PM CST, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1 and 2 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...
Fort Smith... Van Buren...
Cedarville... Mountainburg...
Alma... Barling...
Pocola... Muldrow...
Roland... Lavaca...
Spiro... Arkoma...
Mulberry... Panama...
Dyer... Bonanza...
Bokoshe... Chester...
Moffett... Rudy...
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 3572 9413 3563 9407 3558 9408 3557 9405
3545 9407 3537 9408 3506 9474 3518 9482
3534 9475
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
$$1 follow-up statement
207
WGUS74 KTSA 220925
FFSTSA
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
325 AM CST Tue Feb 22 2022
ARC033-131-OKC079-135-220935-
/O.EXP.KTSA.FF.W.0002.000000T0000Z-220222T0930Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Crawford AR-Sebastian AR-Le Flore OK-Sequoyah OK-
325 AM CST Tue Feb 22 2022
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 330 AM CST EARLY THIS MORNING
FOR CENTRAL CRAWFORD, NORTHERN SEBASTIAN, SOUTHEASTERN SEQUOYAH AND
NORTHEASTERN LE FLORE COUNTIES...
The heavy rain has ended. Flooding is no longer expected to pose a
threat. Please continue to heed remaining road closures.
A Flood Watch remains in effect until 600 AM CST for portions of
Arkansas and Oklahoma.
LAT...LON 3572 9413 3563 9407 3558 9408 3557 9405
3545 9407 3537 9408 3506 9474 3518 9482
3534 9475
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 21, 11:12 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Crawford | 33 min |
| Feb 21, 11:19 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | Crawford, Franklin, Sebastian | 3 hr |
| Feb 21, 11:40 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Franklin | 35 min |
| Feb 21, 11:47 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TSA | Franklin | 23 min |
| Feb 21, 11:53 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Sebastian | 20 min |
| Feb 22, 1:37 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Sebastian | 38 min |
| Feb 22, 2:59 PM CST | Winter Storm Warning | TSA | Benton, Carroll, Madison, Washington | 48 hr |
| Feb 21, 9:36 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Latimer, Pittsburg, Pushmataha | 39 min |
| Feb 21, 10:04 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Latimer | 26 min |
| Feb 21, 10:14 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Latimer | 31 min |
| Feb 21, 10:32 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Latimer, LeFlore, Pushmataha | 16 min |
| Feb 21, 11:26 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | TSA | LeFlore | 34 min |
| Feb 21, 11:32 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TSA | LeFlore | 23 min |
| Feb 22, 12:34 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Pushmataha | 41 min |
| Feb 22, 12:52 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Choctaw | 38 min |
| Feb 22, 1:10 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Latimer, LeFlore, Pushmataha | 35 min |
| Feb 22, 3:58 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Choctaw | 32 min |
| Feb 22, 2:59 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | TSA | Craig, Nowata, Ottawa, Pawnee, Washington | 48 hr |
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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.