Alert archive / Arkansas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2009
Flash Flood Warning 180, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this flash flood warning at Sep 16, 2009, 2:45 PM CDT for Lee County, Phillips County, Arkansas. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 16, 2009, 2:45 PM CDT (19:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 16, 2009, 5:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Lee County, AR, Phillips County, AR
The radar
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 83 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 502 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 454 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 66 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 58 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Memphis, TN wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Sep 16, 12:31 PM CDT, 2 hours 14 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 16, 12:31 PM CDT, 2 hours 14 minutes before
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
<title>Service Notice</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
<main class="wrap">
<section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
<div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
<h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
<p id="message1">
The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
</p>
<p id="message2">
Please try again in a few minutes.
</p>
<p class="small" id="detail">
If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
</p>
</section>
</main>
<script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 16, 3:30 AM CDT, 11 hours 15 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 330 AM CDT WED SEP 16 2009 ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115- MSZ001>017-020>024-TNZ001>004-019>021-048>055-088>092-171030- ALCORN-BENTON MS-CALHOUN-CARROLL-CHESTER-CHICKASAW-CLAY-COAHOMA- CRAIGHEAD-CRITTENDEN-CROCKETT-CROSS-DESOTO-DECATUR-DUNKLIN-DYER- FAYETTE-GIBSON-GREENE-HARDEMAN-HARDIN-HAYWOOD-HENDERSON-HENRY- ITAWAMBA-LAFAYETTE-LAKE-LAUDERDALE-LAWRENCE-LEE AR-LEE MS-MADISON- MARSHALL-MCNAIRY-MISSISSIPPI-MONROE-OBION-PANOLA-PEMISCOT- PHILLIPS-POINSETT-PONTOTOC-PRENTISS-QUITMAN-RANDOLPH-SHELBY- ST. FRANCIS-TALLAHATCHIE-TATE-TIPPAH-TIPTON-TISHOMINGO-TUNICA- UNION-WEAKLEY-YALOBUSHA- 330 AM CDT WED SEP 16 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST ARKANSAS... THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL...NORTH MISSISSIPPI...AND WEST TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE MIDSOUTH. NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL REPEATEDLY MOVE OVER THE WATCH AREA WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL RATES. SEVERAL INCHES OF RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THESE AREAS WHICH MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. SOME STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS MAY CONTAIN BRIEF GUSTY WINDS TODAY AND TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY A THREAT FOR HEAVY RAINFALL WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING WILL CONTINUE OVER THE MID SOUTH THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK. THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR THE MIDSOUTH THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. LATER FORECASTS MAY NEED TO EXTEND THE WATCH PAST THURSDAY MORNING. PLEASE CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CONCERNING THE THREAT FOR FLASH FLOODING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... STORM SPOTTERS...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT...AND LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY FLOODING THIS WEEK TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN MEMPHIS.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Sep 16, 1:05 PM CDT, 1 hour 40 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
105 PM CDT WED SEP 16 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0420 AM FLASH FLOOD 5 E DOWNTOWN MEMPHIS 35.13N 89.96W
09/16/2009 SHELBY TN EMERGENCY MNGR
SEVERAL STREETS WERE FLOODED IN THE MIDTOWN SECTION OF
MEMPHIS.
0930 AM FLASH FLOOD MARMADUKE 36.19N 90.39W
09/16/2009 GREENE AR LAW ENFORCEMENT
MANY ROADS FLOODED IN MARMADUKE.
0945 AM FLASH FLOOD 4 W WALDENBURG 35.56N 91.01W
09/16/2009 POINSETT AR POST OFFICE
EXCESSIVE WATER ON HIGHWAY 14 WEST OF WALDENBURG.
1240 PM FLASH FLOOD MARMADUKE 36.19N 90.39W
09/16/2009 GREENE AR LAW ENFORCEMENT
MANY ROADS FLOODED IN MARMADUKE.
&&
CCDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 16, 1:34 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Itawamba, Lee, Monroe, Pontotoc, Union | 3 hr |
| Sep 16, 3:52 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Alcorn, Tishomingo | 3 hr |
| Sep 16, 5:39 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Alcorn, Tishomingo | 2 hr |
| Sep 16, 6:30 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MEG | Coahoma, Panola, Quitman, Tallahatchie, Tunica, Yalobusha | 3 hr |
| Sep 16, 1:59 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MEG | Shelby | 2 hr |
| Sep 16, 3:16 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Shelby | 3 hr |
| Sep 16, 12:09 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Dyer, Lake, Lauderdale | 3 hr |
| Sep 16, 2:40 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Chester, Crockett, Fayette, Hardeman, Haywood, Lauderdale and 2 more | 3 hr |
| Sep 16, 4:28 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MEG | Shelby | 62 min |
| Sep 16, 5:29 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MEG | Shelby | 91 min |
| Sep 15, 11:22 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MEG | Craighead, Poinsett | 3 hr |
| Sep 16, 1:42 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Craighead, Lawrence, Poinsett | 3 hr |
| Sep 16, 3:00 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MEG | Cross, Poinsett, St. Francis | 2 hr |
| Sep 16, 4:22 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MEG | Greene, Lawrence, Randolph | 113 min |
| Sep 16, 6:09 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Crittenden, Cross, Poinsett, St. Francis | 3 hr |
| Sep 16, 7:43 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MEG | Clay, Randolph | 2 hr |
| Sep 16, 9:12 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Crittenden, Cross, Poinsett | 3 hr |
| Sep 16, 9:19 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Clay, Greene, Lawrence, Mississippi, Randolph | 3 hr |
| Sep 16, 12:14 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Craighead, Crittenden, Cross, Mississippi, Poinsett | 3 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Arkansas, 2009Every flash flood warning in 2009
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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.