Alert archive / Arkansas / Flash Flood Warnings in 1993
Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this flash flood warning at Jun 13, 1993, 3:21 PM CDT for St. Francis County, Arkansas. It was in force for 2 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 13, 1993, 3:21 PM CDT (20:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 13, 1993, 5:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Whole counties
County St. Francis County, AR
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 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
- 1229 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -28 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1002 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 3 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -52 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -32 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 132030 FFWMEM ARC123-132230- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 321 PM CDT SUN JUN 13 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 530 PM CDT FOR PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...... IN EAST ARKANSAS ...EASTERN ST.FRANCIS COUNTY AT 335 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER EASTERN ST. FRANCIS COUNTY ARKANSAS..ABOUT 30 MILES EAST OF FORREST CITY. THIS STORM HAS MOVED LITTLE DURING THE PAST HOUR..RADAR ESTIMATES OF RAINFALL FOR THAT PERIOD OF TIME IS NEAR TWO INCHES. 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, Jun 13, 1:35 PM CDT, 1 hour 46 minutes before
TNZ015-MSZ001-004-ARZ014-131930- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 135 PM CDT SUN JUN 13 1993 AT 140 PM CDT RADAR WAS INDICATING SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI..EASTERN ARKANSAS AND SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE. THE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTH OF ARKABUTLA DAM IN TATE COUNTY MISSISSIPPI..NEAR MARVELL IN NORTHWEST PHILLIPS COUNTY ARKANSAS AND OVER NORTHWEST DESOTO COUNTY IN MISSISSIPPI..ABOUT 30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MEMPHIS. DUE TO THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS AND VERY HEAVY RAIN ..FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS IS POSSIBLE. REMEMBER DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH AREAS WHERE WATER IS COVERING ROADS. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IMMEADATELY.
Special weather statement, Jun 13, 1:40 PM CDT, 1 hour 41 minutes before
TNZ015-MSZ001-004-ARZ014-131930- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 135 PM CDT SUN JUN 13 1993 AT 140 PM CDT RADAR WAS INDICATING SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI..EASTERN ARKANSAS AND SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE. THE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTH OF ARKABUTLA DAM IN TATE COUNTY MISSISSIPPI..NEAR MARVELL IN NORTHWEST PHILLIPS COUNTY ARKANSAS AND OVER NORTHWEST DESOTO COUNTY IN MISSISSIPPI..ABOUT 30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MEMPHIS. DUE TO THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS AND VERY HEAVY RAIN ..FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS IS POSSIBLE. REMEMBEXR DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH AREAS WHERE WATER IS COVERING ROADS. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IMMEADATELY.
Special weather statement, Jun 13, 2:42 PM CDT, 39 minutes before
TNZ015-MSZ004-ARZ014-132045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 242 PM CDT SUN JUN 13 1993 AT 245 PM CDT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN CONTINUED ACROSS EXTREME EAST ARKANSAS..NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE. THE STRONGEST STORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS WERE LOCATED ABOUT 45 MILES EAST OF FORREST CITY ARKANSAS IN ST FRANCIS COUNTY..30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DOWNTOWN MEMPHIS ALONG THE TENNESSEE AND MISSISSIPPI STATE LINE AND ABOUT 30 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HERNANDO ..ALONG THE MARSHALL AND DESOTO COUNTY LINES IN MISSISSIPPI. THE STORMS WERE HAD LITTLE MOVEMENT..THIS ALONG WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL MAY CAUSE FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IMMEADATELY AND REMEMBER DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH AREAS WHERE WATER IS COVERING ROADS.
Special weather statement, Jun 13, 2:53 PM CDT, 28 minutes before
TNZ015-MSZ004-ARZ014-132045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 242 PM CDT SUN JUN 13 1993 AT 245 PM CDT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN CONTINUED ACROSS EXTREME EAST ARKANSAS..NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE. THE STRONGEST STORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS WERE LOCATED ABOUT 45 MILES EAST OF FORREST CITY ARKANSAS IN ST FRANCIS COUNTY..30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DOWNTOWN MEMPHIS ALONG THE TENNESSEE AND MISSISSIPPI STATE LINE AND ABOUT 30 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HERNANDO ..ALONG THE MARSHALL AND DESOTO COUNTY LINES IN MISSISSIPPI. THE STORMS WERE HAD LITTLE MOVEMENT..THIS ALONG WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL MAY CAUSE FLOODING XOF LOW LYING AREAS. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IMMEADATELY AND REMEMBER DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH AREAS WHERE WATER IS COVERING ROADS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 7:54 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Crittenden | 66 min |
| Jun 13, 4:20 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Cross | 115 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Arkansas, 1993Every flash flood warning in 1993
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.