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Flash Flood Warning 5, NWS Memphis, TN

June 13, 1993Cross County, Arkansas

NWS Memphis, TN issued this flash flood warning at Jun 13, 1993, 4:20 PM CDT for Cross County, Arkansas. It was in force for 115 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 13, 1993, 4:20 PM CDT (21:20 UTC)
Expired
Jun 13, 1993, 6:15 PM CDT
In force
115 min
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Whole counties

County Cross County, AR

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 91 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Little Rock, AR at 12:00Z on 1993-06-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1229 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Little Rock, AR at 12:00Z on 1993-06-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -52 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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The text

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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, 2 hours 45 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, 2 hours 40 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, 1 hour 38 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, 1 hour 27 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.
Special weather statement, Jun 13, 4:01 PM CDT, 19 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 12, 7:54 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGCrittenden66 min
Jun 13, 3:21 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGSt. Francis2 hr

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.