Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Memphis, TN

Issued

Dec 25, 1987, 8:20 PM CST (02:20 UTC)

Expired

Dec 26, 1987, 4:00 AM CST

In force

8 hr

Issued by

NWS Memphis, TN

Area

Whole counties

Counties Crittenden County, AR, Cross County, AR, Lee County, AR, Mississippi County, AR, Phillips County, AR, Poinsett County, AR, St. Francis County, AR, Benton County, MS

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

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ARC035-037-077-093-107-111-123-MSC009-027-033-093-107-119-137-143-
TNC005-017-023-033-047-053-069-075-077-079-097-113-157-167-183-261000-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
820 PM CST FRI DEC 25 1987
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 4 AM CST SATURDAY FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES
 
IN EAST ARKANSAS
          ...CRITTENDEN...CROSS...LEE
          ...MISSISSIPPI...PHILLIPS...EASTERN POINSETT
          ...ST.FRANCIS
IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
          ...BENTON
IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI
          ...COAHOMA...DESOTO...MARSHALL
          ...PANOLA...QUITMAN...TATE
          ...TUNICA
IN WEST TENNESSEE
          ...BENTON...CARROLL...CHESTER
          ...CROCKETT...FAYETTE...GIBSON
          ...HARDEMAN...HAYWOOD...HENDERSON
          ...HENRY...LAUDERDALE...MADISON
          ...SHELBY...TIPTON...WEAKLEY
 
LIGHT TO MODERATE RAINS HAVE MOVED BACK ACROSS THE MIDSOUTH
AGGRAVATING THE FLOOD PROBLEMS ALREADY SUFFERED.
THE RAIN WILL LAST THROUGH MOST OF TONIGHT AND THERE MAY BE PERIODS
OF HEAVIER RAINS LATE IN THE NIGHT. STANDING WATER WILL BE
WIDESPREAD AND NEARLY ALL STREAMS WILL ESCAPE THEIR BANKS
IN LOW AREAS. DRAINAGE DITCHES..ROADS AND UNDERPASSES WILL BECOME
FLOODED IN MANY AREAS. EVACUATIONS MAY BECOME NECESSARY AS THE PROBLEM
GROWS.
 
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE
THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS.  IF FLOODING IS
OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY.  MOVE UP TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS.  DO
NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.
 
MOST DEATHS IN FLASH FLOODING OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILXES.  DO NOT
ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS
THE ROADWAY.  NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A
SMALL ONE...ON FOOT.

In the hours before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TENNESSEE
730 PM CST FRI DEC 25 1987

AT 730 PM A LARGE NEARLY SOLID AREA OF RAIN AND A FEW HEAVY SHOWERS WAS
LCOATED OVER SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE AND NORTHEAST ARKANSAS.  THE HEAVIEST
SHOWERS WERE LOCATED BETWEEN FORREST CITY AND TURRELL IN ARKANSAS.
THE SHOWERS ARE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR.

THE SHOWERS ARE MOVING INTO WEST TENNESSEE AND THESE ADDITIONAL RAINS
WILL CAUSE MANY DITCHES AND RIVERS..MOST ALREADY OUT OF THEIR BANKS..TO
RISE EVEN FURTHER. REPORTS FROM MILLINGTON INDICATE THAT FLOODWATERS
CONTINUE TO RISE AND THESE ADDITIONAL RAINS WILL ONLY ADD TO THE RISE.

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WEST TENNESSEE SOUTHEAST
ARKANSAS AND NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI. YOUR SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO THE
RAIN SITUATION AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF FLOODING IS
OBSERVED.

DO NOT DRIVE ON FLOODED ROADWAYS AS THIS HAS BEEN THE: MOST FREQUENT
CAUSE OF DEATH FROM FLOODWATERS.

Flash Flood Warnings in Arkansas, 1987Flash Flood Warnings in Mississippi, 1987Every flash flood warning in 1987

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.