Alert archive / Arkansas / Flash Flood Warnings in 1990
Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this flash flood warning at Feb 3, 1990, 4:52 AM CST for St. Francis County, Arkansas. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 3, 1990, 4:52 AM CST (10:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 3, 1990, 10:00 AM CST
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Whole counties
County St. Francis County, AR
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 76 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
- 3598 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 60 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 49 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 104 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KMEM 031054
FFWMEM
ARC035-077-107-123-MSC009-027-033-093-137-143-TNC047-069-075-113-
157-031600-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
452 AM CST SAT FEB 3 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1000 AM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN EAST ARKANSAS
...CRITTENDEN...LEE...PHILLIPS...ST.FRANCIS
IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
...BENTON
IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI
...COAHOMA...DESOTO...MARSHALL...TATE...TUNICA
IN WEST TENNESSEE
...FAYETTE...HARDEMAN...HAYWOOD...MADISON...SHELBY
HEAVY RAINS CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS EAST ARKANSAS ... THE NORTHWEST
CORNER OF MISSISSIPPI AND THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF TENNESSEE. WATER HAS
STARTED TO ACCUMULATE IN LOW SPOTS ... SMALL STREAMS ... AND POORLY
DRAINED AREAS. WEATHER RADAR SHOWS NO IMMEDIATE END TO THE RAIN SO
FLOODING WILL BECOME WORSE OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS.
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS
IMMINENT. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. 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. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Feb 3, 1:04 AM CST, 3 hours 48 minutes before
MSZ004-005-007-030810- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUPELO MS 100 AM CST SAT FEB 3 1990 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 14 IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 5AM CST SATURDAY MORNING... AT 100 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN TUPELO SHOWED A LARGE AREA OF RAINSHOWERS AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI...WESTERN TENNESSEE AND NORTHERN ALABAMA. INTENSITIES HAVE DECREASED DURING THE PAST HOUR AS THIS ACTIVITY MOVED TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED TO THIS OFFICE DURING THE PAST HOUR.
Special weather statement, Feb 3, 1:42 AM CST, 3 hours 10 minutes before
TNZ013-015-ARZ014-MSZ001-003-030900 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 145 AM CST SAT FEB 3 1990 ... TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 14 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM THIS MORNING FOR SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE ... MUCH OF EAST ARKANSAS ... AND NORTH MISSISSIPPI... AT 140 AM THIS MORNING WEATHER RADAR CONTINUED TO FIND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS SCATTERED ACROSS WEST TENNESSEE ... NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI ... AND EAST ARKANSAS. THE STRONGER STORMS WERE MOVING ACROSS ST. FRANCIS CROSS AND CRITTENDEN COUNTIES OF EAST ARKANSAS AND OVER PANOLA LAFAYETTE AND DESOTO COUNTIES OF NORTH MISSISSIPPI. MOVING NORTHEAST AT NEARLY 50 MPH THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BRING A BRIEF PERIOD OF VERY HEAVY RAIN ... STRONG GUSTY WIND ... AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AS THEY MOVE THROUGH. ALTHOUGH NO DAMAGING WEATHER HAS YET BEEN REPORTED ... THIS REMAINS A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION. THE ATMOSPHERE CONTINUES QUITE UNSTABLE AND CAPABLE OF TRIGGERING RAPID THUNDERSTORM INTENSIFICATION. STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR LATER UPDATES ON THE THUNDERSTORMS.
Special weather statement, Feb 3, 2:05 AM CST, 2 hours 47 minutes before
MSZ004-005-007-030910- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUPELO MS 210 AM CST SAT FEB 3 1990 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 14 IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 5AM CST ... AT 200 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN TUPELO SHOWED A LARGE AREA OF RAINSHOWERS AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI...WESTERN TENNESSEE AND NORTHERN ALABAMA. AREAL COVER AGE HAD DECREASED DURING THE PAST HOUR AS THIS ACTIVITY MOVED TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Feb 3, 2:35 AM CST, 2 hours 17 minutes before
TNZ013-015-ARZ014-MSZ001-003-030900 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 235 AM CST SAT FEB 3 1990 ... TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 14 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM THIS MORNING FOR SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE ... MUCH OF EAST ARKANSAS ... AND NORTH MISSISSIPPI... AT 230 AM THIS MORNING WEATHER RADAR CONTINUED TO FIND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS SCATTERED ACROSS WEST TENNESSEE ... NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI ... AND EAST ARKANSAS. THE STRONGER STORMS WERE MOVING ACROSS CRITTENDEN COUNTY OF EAST ARKANSAS AND INTO SHELBY COUNTY TENNESSEE. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO OVER NORTH MISSISSIPPI NEAR SARDIS IN PANOLA COUNTY. MOVING NORTHEAST AT NEARLY 50 MPH THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BRING A BRIEF PERIOD OF VERY HEAVY RAIN ... STRONG GUSTY WIND ... AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AS THEY MOVE THROUGH. ALTHOUGH NO DAMAGING WEATHER HAS YET BEEN REPORTED ... THIS REMAINS A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION. THE ATMOSPHERE CONTINUES QUITE U[NSTABLE AND CAPABLE OF TRIGGERING RAPID THUNDERSTORM INTENSIFICATION. STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR LATER UPDATES ON THE THUNDERSTORMS.
Special weather statement, Feb 3, 3:03 AM CST, 1 hour 49 minutes before
MSZ004-005-007-031015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUPELO MS 300 AM CST SAT FEB 3 1990 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 15 IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 9AM CST ... AT 300 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN TUPELO SHOWED A LARGE AREA OF RAINSHOWERS AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI...WESTERN TENNESSEE AND NORTHERN ALABAMA. THUNDERSTORMS WITH PHEAVY RAINS WERE INDICATED BETWEEN NEW ALBANY AND BOONEVILLE. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Feb 3, 4:05 AM CST, 47 minutes before
MSZ004-005-031115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUPELO MS 410 AM CST SAT FEB 3 1990 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 15 IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 9AM CST ... AT 400 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN TUPELO SHOWED A LARGE AREA OF RAINSHOWERS AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS FROM SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS ACROSS NORTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI INTO WESTERN TENNESSEE. THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINS WERE INDICATED BETWEEN BATESVILLE AND HOLLY SPRINGS. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 3, 12:05 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Phillips | 25 min |
| Feb 3, 4:52 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Crittenden, Lee, Phillips | 5 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Arkansas, 1990Every flash flood warning in 1990
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.