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Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS Memphis, TN

April 24, 2003Craighead County, Greene County, Arkansas; Dunklin County, Missouri

NWS Memphis, TN issued this flash flood warning at Apr 24, 2003, 11:26 PM CDT for Craighead County, Greene County, Arkansas; Dunklin County, Missouri. 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: Apr 24, 2003, 11:26 PM CDT (04:26 UTC)
Expired: Apr 25, 2003, 1:30 AM CDT
In force: 2 hr
Issued by: NWS Memphis, TN
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Craighead County, AR, Greene County, AR, Dunklin County, MO

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 4.4 hours before the alert went out and 151 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 2140 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -9 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1398 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 120 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 213 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.0
Supercell composite: 10.0

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The text

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

000 
WGUS54 KMEG 250429
FFWMEM
ARC031-055-MOC069-250630-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
1126 PM CDT THU APR 24 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  CRAIGHEAD COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS
  GREENE COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS
  DUNKLIN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI

* UNTIL 130 AM CDT.

* AT 1121 PM CDT...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS 
EXTENDING FROM KENNETT THROUGH JONESBORO PRODUCING RAINFALL AMOUNTS 
IN EXCESS OF 3 INCHES.

IN ADDITION...AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS REPORT VERY HEAVY RAIN AND 
LOCALIZED FLOODING IN JONESBORO.

* CITIES AFFECTED THROUGH 130 AM CDT INCLUDE...
  CARDWELL...ARBYRD...WALCOTT...PARAGOULD...OAK GROVE HEIGHTS...
  MARMADUKE...LAKE CITY...LAFE...JONESBORO...FONTAINE...EGYPT...
  BROOKLAND...BONO...BEECH GROVE

.EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...EXCESSIVE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS AND
UNDERPASSES...AS WELL AS OTHER POOR DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING
SPOTS.

.BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED...
ACT QUICKLY.

.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 3644 9008 3623 9034 3620 9015 3582 9043
          3582 9104 3589 9104 3589 9086 3612 9076
          3627 9032

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 24, 7:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Craighead	52 min
Apr 24, 7:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Poinsett	48 min
Apr 24, 8:17 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Randolph	43 min
Apr 24, 8:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Lawrence, Randolph	36 min
Apr 24, 8:56 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Randolph	49 min
Apr 24, 9:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Phillips	38 min
Apr 24, 9:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Craighead	44 min
Apr 24, 9:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Clay	44 min
Apr 24, 9:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Phillips	39 min
Apr 24, 10:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Craighead	49 min
Apr 24, 10:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Clay	46 min
Apr 24, 11:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Craighead	44 min
Apr 24, 11:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Greene	51 min
Apr 25, 12:36 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Mississippi	24 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Arkansas, 2003 Flash Flood Warnings in Missouri, 2003 Every flash flood warning in 2003

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.