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Flash Flood Warning 41, NWS Memphis, TN

July 3, 2004Clay County, Arkansas

NWS Memphis, TN issued this flash flood warning at Jul 3, 2004, 4:39 AM CDT for Clay 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
Jul 3, 2004, 4:39 AM CDT (09:39 UTC)
Expired
Jul 3, 2004, 6:45 AM CDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Clay County, AR

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 180 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 2004-07-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 37 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 2004-07-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 160 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
37 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-378 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1762 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
160 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
306 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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

000 
WGUS54 KMEG 030941
FFWMEM
ARC021-031145-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
439 AM CDT SAT JUL 3 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 645 AM CDT

* AT 439 AM CDT...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED BETWEEN 2.50 AND 3 INCHES
  OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN OVER A LARGE PART OF CLAY COUNTY. ADDITIONAL
  RAIN IS EXPECTED WHICH WILL CAUSE SOME FLOODING.

* FLASH FLOODING WILL AFFECT THE CITIES OF...
  RECTOR...PIGGOTT...CORNING
  AND SURROUNDING AREAS THROUGH 645 AM CDT

.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 3652 9016 3622 9011 3630 9074 3649 9079

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WGUS74 KMEG 031134
FFSMEM
ARC021-031200-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
633 AM CDT SAT JUL 3 2004

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR CLAY COUNTY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE 
AT 645 AM...

AT 633 AM CDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED THE RAINFALL HAD ENDED ACROSS 
CLAY COUNTY...AND THE FLOOD THREAT WAS DIMINISHING. SOME MINOR 
FLOODING MAY OCCUR...BUT THE SERIOUS THREAT OF FLOODING IS ENDING. 
THUS...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

.STAY TUNED TO THIS BROADCAST FOR THE LATEST UPDATES AND INFORMATION.

$$

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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.