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Flash Flood Warning 64, NWS Memphis, TN

September 2, 2003Randolph County, Arkansas

NWS Memphis, TN issued this flash flood warning at Sep 2, 2003, 9:40 AM CDT for Randolph County, 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 outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Sep 2, 2003, 9:40 AM CDT (14:40 UTC)
Expired
Sep 2, 2003, 11:45 AM CDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Randolph County, AR

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 196 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 2003-09-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 959 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 2003-09-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 30 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
959 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
455 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
9 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
30 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
31 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 021442
FFWMEM
ARC121-021645-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
940 AM CDT TUE SEP 2 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 1145 AM CDT.

* AT 934 AM CDT...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER ALL 
OF RANDOLPH COUNTY.

IN ADDTION...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A THREE HOUR RAINFALL 
TOTAL IN EXCESS OF 2 INCHES. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN CAN 
BE EXPECTED.

* CITIES AFFECTED THROUGH 1145 AM CDT INCLUDE...
  RAVENDEN SPRINGS...POCAHONTAS...MAYNARD...DALTON...ATTICA

.TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN
MEMPHIS.

.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 3646 9082 3619 9085 3628 9122 3646 9130

$$

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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.