Alert archive / Arkansas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2009

Flash Flood Warning 234, NWS Memphis, TN

December 23, 20099 counties in Arkansas

NWS Memphis, TN issued this flash flood warning at Dec 23, 2009, 11:30 PM CST for 9 counties in Arkansas. It was in force for 13 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: Dec 23, 2009, 11:30 PM CST (05:30 UTC)
Expired: Dec 24, 2009, 12:30 PM CST
In force: 13 hr
Issued by: NWS Memphis, TN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Clay County, AR, Craighead County, AR, Cross County, AR, Greene County, AR, Lawrence County, AR, Mississippi County, AR, Poinsett County, AR, Randolph County, AR, St. Francis County, AR

The radar

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:33 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.

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 Dec 23, 8:45 PM CST, 2 hours 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 23, 8:45 PM CST, 2 hours 45 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, Dec 23, 8:56 PM CST, 2 hours 34 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
856 PM CST WED DEC 23 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>092-250500-
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-
856 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST ARKANSAS...
THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL...NORTH MISSISSIPPI...AND WEST TENNESSEE.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEAST ARKANSAS AND THE
MISSOURI BOOTHEEL.

A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT AFTER MIDNIGHT. WINDS 20 TO 35 MPH WITH
GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL DEVELOP.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH 6 PM THURSDAY FOR
NORTHEAST ARKANSAS AND THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL.

A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT THROUGH NOON THURSDAY...FOLLOWED BY A
HIGH WIND WATCH FROM NOON THURSDAY THROUGH MIDNIGHT.  THE HIGH WIND
WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE POTENTIAL FOR WIND GUST OF 50 TO 60
MILES AN HOUR AS A COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE REGION.

IN ADDITION...THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY IN NORTH
MISSISSIPPI...FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING
HOURS AS THE COLD FRONT RACES THROUGH OUR REGION.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED ON CHRISTMAS EVE DUE TO HIGH
WINDS.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Dec 24, 12:24 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Coahoma, Tunica	4 hr
Dec 24, 4:19 PM CST	Areal Flood Warning	MEG	Coahoma, Tunica	13 hr
Dec 23, 8:28 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	MEG	Clay, Craighead, Cross, Greene, Lawrence, Poinsett and 1 more	3 hr
Dec 23, 8:30 PM CST	Flash Flood Watch	MEG	Clay, Craighead, Crittenden, Cross, Greene, Lawrence and 6 more	22 hr
Dec 24, 8:18 AM CST	River Flood Warning	MEG	Lee, St. Francis	8 days
Dec 24, 8:18 AM CST	River Flood Warning	MEG	Craighead	8 days
Dec 24, 8:18 AM CST	River Flood Warning	MEG	Mississippi, Poinsett	25 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Arkansas, 2009 Every 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.