Alert archive / Arkansas / Flash Flood Warnings in 1993
Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this flash flood warning at Jun 12, 1993, 7:54 PM CDT for Crittenden County, Arkansas; Shelby County, Tennessee. It was in force for 66 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 12, 1993, 7:54 PM CDT (00:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 12, 1993, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 66 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Crittenden County, AR, Shelby County, TN
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 43 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
- 2125 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 959 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 9 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 17 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 30 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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, Jun 12, 6:15 PM CDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before
TNZALL-130100-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
615 PM CDT SAT JUN 12 1993
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CANCELLED FOR NORTHEAST TENNESSEE..
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED OVER NORTHEAST
PORTIONS OF TENNESSEE. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS THEREFORE
NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR THE KNOXVILLE METROPOLITAN AREA.
AT 615 PM CDT/715 PM EDT ONLY A FEW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED
ACROSS NORTHEAST TENNESSEE. THEREFORE THE SVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
ISSUED EARLIER FOR THIS AREA HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THUNDERSTORMS WITH
DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL ARE STILL POSSIBLE OVER SOUTHEAST PORTIONS
OF THE STATE AT THIS TIME.Special weather statement, Jun 12, 6:25 PM CDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before
TNZALL-130100-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
615 PM CDT SAT JUN 12 1993
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CANCELLED FOR NORTHEAST TENNESSEE..
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED OVER NORTHEAST
PORTIONS OF TENNESSEE. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS THEREFORE
NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR THE KNOXVILLE METROPOLITAN AREA.
AT 615 PM CDT/715 PM EDT ONLY A FEW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED
ACROSS NORTHEAST TENNESSEE. THEREFORE THE SVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
ISSUED EARLIER FOR THIS AREA HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THUNDERSTORMS WITH
DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL ARE STILL POSSIBLE OVER SOUTHEAST PORTIONS
OF THE STATE AT THIS TIME.Special weather statement, Jun 12, 6:49 PM CDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before
MSZ005-007-130045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUPELO MS 649 PM CDT SAT JUN 12 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IN EFFECT FOR LEE COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 645 PM CDT... AT 635 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN TUPELO INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM...WHICH PRODUCED AT LEAST SMALL HAIL AND STRONG WINDS NEAR 50 MILES AN HOUR JUST NORTH OF TUPELO...WAS MOVING INTO ITAWAMBA COUNTY. ALTHOUGH THIS STORM APPEARS TO BE WEAKENING...IT MAY STILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. IN ADDITION...ITAWAMBA AND EASTERN LEE COUNTIES MAY CONTINUE TO EXPERIENCE PROLONGED DOWNPOURS OF RAIN WITH THIS SLOW MOVING STORM. LIKEWISE...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO OCCURRING IN EASTERN TIPPAH...NORTHEAST ALCORN...AND NORTHEAST MONROE COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. THESE STORMS ARE ALL MOVING EAST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR. BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND RISING WATER IN STREAM AND ROADWAYS. LISTEN FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. & NNNN
Special weather statement, Jun 12, 6:49 PM CDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before
MSZ005-007-130045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUPELO MS 649 PM CDT SAT JUN 12 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IN EFFECT FOR LEE COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 645 PM CDT... AT 635 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN TUPELO INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM...WHICH PRODUCED AT LEAST SMALL HAIL AND STRONG WINDS NEAR 50 MILES AN HOUR JUST NORTH OF TUPELO...WAS MOVING INTO ITAWAMBA COUNTY. ALTHOUGH THIS STORM APPEARS TO BE WEAKENING...IT MAY STILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. IN ADDITION...ITAWAMBA AND EASTERN LEE COUNTIES MAY CONTINUE TO EXPERIENCE PROLONGED DOWNPOURS OF RAIN WITH THIS SLOW MOVING STORM. LIKEWISE...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO OCCURRING IN EASTERN TIPPAH...NORTHEAST ALCORN...AND NORTHEAST MONROE COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. THESE STORMS ARE ALL MOVING EAST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR. BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND RISING WATER IN STREAM AND ROADWAYS. LISTEN FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. & NNNN
Special weather statement, Jun 12, 7:02 PM CDT, 52 minutes before
TNZ015-ARZ014-130100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 702 PM CDT SAT JUN 12 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS NEAR MEMPHIS TENNESSEE... AT 650 PM A STRONG THUNDERSTORM HAD DEVELOPED OVER MEMPHIS TENNESSEE WITH ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER NORTHWEST CRITTENDEN COUNTY ARKANSAS NEAR CLARKEDALE. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAINS... GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL. PERSONS LIVING IN AND AROUND MEMPHIS TENNESSEE AS WELL AS NORTHWEST CRITTENDEN COUNTY ARKANSAS SHOULD GO INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING WHEN THESE THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH. THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THESE STORMS INDICATES THAT THEY MAY PRODUCE URBAN FLOODING SO PERSONS SHOUD STAY ALERT FOR STREET FLOODING AND FOR SMALLER RIVERS AND STREAMS OR DRAINAGE DITCHES TO OVERFLOW THEIR BANKS.
Special weather statement, Jun 12, 7:03 PM CDT, 51 minutes before
TNZ015-ARZ014-130100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 702 PM CDT SAT JUN 12 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS NEAR MEMPHIS TENNESSEE... AT 650 PM A STRONG THUNDERSTORM HAD DEVELOPED OVER MEMPHIS TENNESSEE WITH ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER NORTHWEST CRITTENDEN COUNTY ARKANSAS NEAR CLARKEDALE. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAINS... GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL. PERSONS LIVING IN AND AROUND MEMPHIS TENNESSEE AS WELL AS NORTHWEST CRITTENDEN COUNTY ARKANSAS SHOULD GO INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING WHEN THESE THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH. THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THESE STORMS INDICATES THAT THEY MAY PRODUCE URBAN FLOODING SO PERSONS SHOUD STAY ALERT FOR STREET FLHOODING AND FOR SMALLER RIVERS AND STREAMS OR DRAINAGE DITCHES TO OVERFLOW THEIR BANKS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 13, 3:21 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | St. Francis | 2 hr |
| Jun 13, 4:20 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Cross | 115 min |
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.