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Flash Flood Warning 8, NWS Memphis, TN

April 29, 2003Mississippi County, Arkansas

NWS Memphis, TN issued this flash flood warning at Apr 29, 2003, 6:02 PM CDT for Mississippi County, Arkansas. It was in force for 118 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
Apr 29, 2003, 6:02 PM CDT (23:02 UTC)
Expired
Apr 29, 2003, 8:00 PM CDT
In force
118 min
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Mississippi County, AR

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 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 2003-04-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 935 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 2003-04-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -4 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
935 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-157 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1464 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
3 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-4 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-20 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 292302
FFWMEM
ARC093-300100-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
602 PM CDT TUE APR 29 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 800 PM CDT.

* AT 600 PM CDT...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN ACROSS     
  NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI COUNTY ALONG INTERSTATE 55 JUST EAST OF      
  BLYTHEVILLE.

* CITIES AFFECTED THROUGH 800 PM CDT INCLUDE...
  GOSNELL...DELL...BURDETTE...BLYTHEVILLE

NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS HAVE CONTINUED TO MOVE ALONG INTERSTATE 55 
JUST EAST OF BLYTHEVILLE SINCE 4 PM. RADAR INDICATES 2 TO 3 INCHES 
OF RAIN ACROSS NORTHEAST SECTIONS OF MISSISSIPPI COUNTY. ANOTHER 
INCH OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE THROUGH 7 PM BEFORE THUNDERSTORMS 
DISSIPATE. 

.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. TO REPORT FLOODING ONLY...CALL 1 800 4 3 2 0
8 7 5.

LAT...LON 3600 8971 3576 8983 3575 9013 3600 9011

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 29, 4:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGMississippi31 min
Apr 29, 5:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGMississippi22 min
Apr 29, 5:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGMississippi40 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Arkansas, 2003Every 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.