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Flash Flood Warning 28, NWS Memphis, TN

May 16, 2003Craighead County, Cross County, Poinsett County, Arkansas

NWS Memphis, TN issued this flash flood warning at May 16, 2003, 6:35 PM CDT for Craighead County, Cross County, Poinsett County, Arkansas. It was in force for 115 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
May 16, 2003, 6:35 PM CDT (23:35 UTC)
Expired
May 16, 2003, 8:30 PM CDT
In force
115 min
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Craighead County, AR, Cross County, AR, Poinsett County, AR

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 119 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 2003-05-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1736 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 2003-05-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 50 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1736 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-60 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
734 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
50 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
222 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.7
Supercell composite
4.7

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The text

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

000 
WGUS54 KMEG 162338
FFWMEM
ARC031-037-111-170130-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
635 PM CDT FRI MAY 16 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 830 PM CDT.

* AT 634 PM CDT...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN HAS FALLEN 
OVER CROSS AND POINSETT COUNTIES AND SOUTHWESTERN CRAIGHEAD COUNTY. 
AS MUCH AS 2.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN ONE HOUR AND ADDITIONAL 
RAINFALL IS EXPECTED THIS EVENING.

IN ADDTION...AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS REPORTED STREET FLOODING IN 
HICKORY RIDGE.

* CITIES AFFECTED THROUGH 830 PM CDT INCLUDE...
  WEINER...WALDENBURG...JONESBORO...HICKORY RIDGE...HARRISBURG...
  GREENFIELD...FISHER...CHERRY VALLEY...BONO

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

.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 3544 9124 3527 9115 3537 9055 3585 9058
          3595 9076

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 16, 9:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGSt. Francis31 min
May 16, 6:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCross, Poinsett57 min
May 16, 6:23 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGPoinsett52 min
May 16, 6:58 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGMississippi62 min

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.