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Flash Flood Warning 44, NWS Memphis, TN

August 13, 2002Craighead County, Arkansas

NWS Memphis, TN issued this flash flood warning at Aug 13, 2002, 6:29 AM CDT for Craighead County, Arkansas. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Aug 13, 2002, 6:29 AM CDT (11:29 UTC)
Expired
Aug 13, 2002, 9:30 AM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Craighead County, AR

The radar

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 128 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 00:00Z on 2002-08-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2538 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 00:00Z on 2002-08-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 73 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
2538 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-5 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1077 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
73 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
131 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.8
Supercell composite
5.3

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The text

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

146 
WGUS54 KMEG 131129
FFWMEM
ARC031-131430-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
626 AM CDT TUE AUG 13 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  CRAIGHEAD COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS

* UNTIL 930 AM CDT

* AT 625 AM CDT...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS 
WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN COVERING MOST OF CRAIGHEAD COUNTY MOVING SLOWLY 
EASTWARD ACROSS THE COUNTY.

DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO 3 INCHES IN A 
THREE HOUR PERIOD IN THE JONESBORO AREA WITH MORE HEAVY RAIN MOVING 
INTO THE COUNTY FROM THE WEST. 

* CITIES AFFECTED THROUGH 930 AM CDT INCLUDE...
  MONETTE...LAKE CITY...JONESBORO...EGYPT...CASH...CARAWAY...
  BROOKLAND...BONO...BLACK OAK...BAY

.A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED
ROADWAYS.

.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.

LAT...LON 3596 9031 3573 9031 3570 9105 3591 9100





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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 13, 6:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGLee, Phillips46 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Arkansas, 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.