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Flash Flood Warning 38, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this flash flood warning at Jul 14, 2002, 4:18 PM CDT for Phillips County, Arkansas; Coahoma County, Mississippi. It was in force for 117 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 14, 2002, 4:18 PM CDT (21:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 14, 2002, 6:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 117 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Phillips County, AR, Coahoma County, MS
The radar
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:20 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, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 82 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
- 973 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -10 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 739 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 21 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 30 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WGUS54 KMEG 142118
FFWMEM
ARC107-MSC027-142315-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
417 PM CDT SUN JUL 14 2002
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
PHILLIPS COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS
COAHOMA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI
* UNTIL 615 PM CDT.
* AT 414 PM CDT...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER MUCH
OF PHILLIPS COUNTY MOVING INTO COAHOMA COUNTY. RADAR ESTIMATES
INDICATE THAT 3 TO 4 INCHES HAS FALLEN OVER PHILLIPS COUNTY IN THE
LAST TWO TO THREE HOURS...WITH OVER TWO AND A HALF INCHES OVER PARTS
OF COAHOMA COUNTY SINCE 3 PM.
* CITIES AFFECTED THROUGH 615 PM CDT INCLUDE...
SHERARD...KINGS...JONESTOWN...FRIARS POINT...DUBLIN...CLARKSDALE...
BOBO...WEST HELENA...WATKINS CORNER...MARVELL...LEXA...LAKE VIEW...
HELENA...ELAINE...CRUMROD
.DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT FOR YOUR VEHICLE TO CROSS.
.STAY TUNED TO THIS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROADCAST FOR THE LATEST
UPDATES AND INFORMATION. TO REPORT FLOODING ONLY...CALL 1 800 4 3 2 0
8 7 5.
LAT...LON 3459 9052 3437 9040 3401 9048 3416 9111
3466 9106The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 14, 1:36 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Calhoun | 114 min |
| Jul 14, 2:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lafayette, Marshall | 29 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Arkansas, 2002Flash Flood Warnings in Mississippi, 2002Every flash flood warning in 2002
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.