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Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS Memphis, TN

February 16, 20014 counties in Arkansas

NWS Memphis, TN issued this flash flood warning at Feb 16, 2001, 11:23 AM CST for 4 counties in Arkansas. It was in force for 2 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 16, 2001, 11:23 AM CST (17:23 UTC)
Expired
Feb 16, 2001, 1:30 PM CST
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Crittenden County, AR, Cross County, AR, Lee County, AR, St. Francis County, AR

The radar

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 70 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 2001-02-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 17 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 2001-02-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -96 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
17 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-1 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
439 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
87 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-96 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
64 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WGUS54 KMEG 161727
FFWMEM
ARC035-037-077-123-161930-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
1123 AM CST FRI FEB 16 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  CRITTENDEN COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS
  CROSS COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS
  LEE COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS
  ST. FRANCIS COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS

* UNTIL 130 PM CST

* AT 1124 AM CST...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN MOVING 
BACK INTO PORTIONS OF EAST ARKANSAS. AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES 
OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE THROUGH 100 PM CST. FALLING OVER ALREADY 
SATURATED GROUND...THE RAIN WILL PRODUCE FLOODING IN MANY AREAS. 

* FLOODING MAY AFFECT THE CITIES OF...
  EARLE...FORREST CITY...HUGHES...MADISON...PALESTINE...PARKIN...  
TURRELL...WYNNE   AND SURROUNDING AREAS THROUGH 130 PM CST

.DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY.

.STAY TUNED TO THIS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROADCAST FOR THE LATEST
UPDATES AND INFORMATION.

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Arkansas, 2001Every flash flood warning in 2001

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.