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Flash Flood Warning 5, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this flash flood warning at Mar 10, 2010, 9:08 PM CST for Lawrence County, Randolph County, Arkansas. It was in force for 4 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
- Mar 10, 2010, 9:08 PM CST (03:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 11, 2010, 1:15 AM CST
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Lawrence County, AR, Randolph County, AR
The radar
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 143 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:11 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 00:00Z, 3.1 hours before the alert went out and 182 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
- 1389 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1112 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 99 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 193 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.4
- Supercell composite
- 6.7
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 Mar 10, 9:00 PM CST, 8 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 10, 9:00 PM CST, 8 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 10, 3:18 PM CST, 5 hours 50 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 318 PM CST WED MAR 10 2010 ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115- MSZ001>017-020>024-TNZ001>004-019>021-048>055-088>092-112330- 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- 318 PM CST WED MAR 10 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST ARKANSAS... THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL...NORTH MISSISSIPPI...AND WEST TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LATE TONIGHT ACROSS THE ENTIRE MID SOUTH. THE GREATEST POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL OCCUR WEST OF A LINE FROM CARUTHERSVILLE MISSOURI TO MEMPHIS TENNESSEE TO CHARLESTON MISSISSIPPI BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 3 AM. THE SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL WILL INCREASE EAST OF THIS LINE AFTER 3 AM CST AND CONTINUE INTO THE MORNING HOURS OF THURSDAY. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE MAIN THREATS WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. AN ISOLATED TORNADO IS ALSO POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY STRONG TO ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS WILL CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY MORNING ACROSS EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE MID SOUTH. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED LATE TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Mar 10, 8:10 PM CST, 58 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
810 PM CST WED MAR 10 2010
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0720 PM HAIL POWHATAN 36.08N 91.12W
03/10/2010 E1.00 INCH LAWRENCE AR LAW ENFORCEMENT
QUARTER HAIL IN POWHATAN. HAIL ALSO COVERING THE GROUND
IN BLACK ROCK.
0753 PM HAIL POCAHONTAS 36.26N 90.97W
03/10/2010 E1.00 INCH RANDOLPH AR LAW ENFORCEMENT
ONE INCH HAIL ALONG HIGHWAY 67 IN COLLEGE
CITY/POCAHONTAS.
0755 PM HAIL 2 S POCAHONTAS 36.23N 90.97W
03/10/2010 E1.75 INCH RANDOLPH AR TRAINED SPOTTER
GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL COVERING THE GROUND.
&&
CCDLocal storm report, Mar 10, 8:13 PM CST, 55 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
813 PM CST WED MAR 10 2010
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0720 PM HAIL POWHATAN 36.08N 91.12W
03/10/2010 E1.00 INCH LAWRENCE AR LAW ENFORCEMENT
QUARTER HAIL IN POWHATAN. HAIL ALSO COVERING THE GROUND
IN BLACK ROCK.
0753 PM HAIL POCAHONTAS 36.26N 90.97W
03/10/2010 E1.00 INCH RANDOLPH AR LAW ENFORCEMENT
ONE INCH HAIL ALONG HIGHWAY 67 IN COLLEGE
CITY/POCAHONTAS.
0755 PM HAIL 2 S POCAHONTAS 36.23N 90.97W
03/10/2010 E1.75 INCH RANDOLPH AR TRAINED SPOTTER
GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL COVERING THE GROUND.
0800 PM HAIL POCAHONTAS 36.26N 90.97W
03/10/2010 E1.00 INCH RANDOLPH AR CO-OP OBSERVER
QUARTER HAIL ON CHURCH STREET IN POCAHONTAS.
&&
CCDLocal storm report, Mar 10, 8:38 PM CST, 30 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
838 PM CST WED MAR 10 2010
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0753 PM HAIL POCAHONTAS 36.26N 90.97W
03/10/2010 E1.00 INCH RANDOLPH AR LAW ENFORCEMENT
ONE INCH HAIL ALONG HIGHWAY 67 IN COLLEGE
CITY/POCAHONTAS.
0755 PM HAIL 2 S POCAHONTAS 36.23N 90.97W
03/10/2010 E1.75 INCH RANDOLPH AR TRAINED SPOTTER
GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL COVERING THE GROUND.
0800 PM HAIL POCAHONTAS 36.26N 90.97W
03/10/2010 E1.00 INCH RANDOLPH AR CO-OP OBSERVER
QUARTER HAIL ON CHURCH STREET IN POCAHONTAS.
0830 PM HAIL 3 N RAVENDEN 36.28N 91.25W
03/10/2010 E0.75 INCH RANDOLPH AR TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
CCDLocal storm report, Mar 10, 8:43 PM CST, 25 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
843 PM CST WED MAR 10 2010
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0753 PM HAIL POCAHONTAS 36.26N 90.97W
03/10/2010 E1.00 INCH RANDOLPH AR LAW ENFORCEMENT
ONE INCH HAIL ALONG HIGHWAY 67 IN COLLEGE
CITY/POCAHONTAS.
0755 PM HAIL 2 S POCAHONTAS 36.23N 90.97W
03/10/2010 E1.75 INCH RANDOLPH AR TRAINED SPOTTER
GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL COVERING THE GROUND.
0800 PM HAIL POCAHONTAS 36.26N 90.97W
03/10/2010 E1.00 INCH RANDOLPH AR CO-OP OBSERVER
QUARTER HAIL ON CHURCH STREET IN POCAHONTAS.
0820 PM HAIL 3 N RAVENDEN 36.28N 91.25W
03/10/2010 E0.75 INCH RANDOLPH AR TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
CCDSpecial weather statement, Mar 10, 8:46 PM CST, 22 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 846 PM CST WED MAR 10 2010 ARZ018-026-MOZ113-110315- CRAIGHEAD AR-GREENE AR-DUNKLIN MO- 846 PM CST WED MAR 10 2010 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 915 PM CST FOR... EASTERN CRAIGHEAD COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS... SOUTHEASTERN GREENE COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS... SOUTHWESTERN DUNKLIN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI... A STRONG THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING PEA SIZE HAIL OR LARGER AND WINDS AT LEAST 40 MPH WAS LOCATED 5 MILES EAST OF JONESBORO AT 846 PM CST... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. PEOPLE IN CRAIGHEAD...DUNKLIN AND GREENE COUNTIES...INCLUDING LOCATIONS NEAR BROOKLAND...CROWLEYS RIDGE STATE PARK...JONESBORO... LAKE CITY...LAKE FRIERSON STATE PARK AND PARAGOULD...SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY.
Special weather statement, Mar 10, 9:04 PM CST, 4 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 904 PM CST WED MAR 10 2010 ARZ008-017-110345- RANDOLPH AR-LAWRENCE AR- 904 PM CST WED MAR 10 2010 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 945 PM CST FOR... LAWRENCE COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS... RANDOLPH COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS... AN APPROACHING LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM 22 MILES WEST OF RAVENDEN SPRINGS TO 39 MILES SOUTHWEST OF STRAWBERRY AT 904 PM CST...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. PEOPLE IN LAWRENCE AND RANDOLPH COUNTIES...INCLUDING LOCATIONS NEAR BLACK ROCK AND LAKE CHARLES STATE PARK...SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 11, 12:01 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Shelby | 44 min |
| Mar 11, 12:30 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Shelby | 2 hr |
| Mar 11, 12:34 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Dyer, Haywood, Lauderdale, Tipton | 41 min |
| Mar 11, 12:56 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Fayette, Haywood, Shelby, Tipton | 64 min |
| Mar 11, 1:02 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crockett, Dyer, Gibson, Haywood, Lake, Lauderdale and 2 more | 58 min |
| Mar 11, 1:21 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crockett, Fayette, Hardeman, Haywood, Madison | 54 min |
| Mar 11, 1:27 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Fayette, Hardeman, Shelby | 3 hr |
| Mar 11, 1:41 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | MEG | Carroll, Chester, Crockett, Dyer, Fayette, Gibson and 6 more | 2 hr |
| Mar 11, 2:16 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Chester, Fayette, Hardeman, Hardin, Henderson, McNairy and 1 more | 48 min |
| Mar 11, 4:07 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | MEG | Chester, Decatur, Hardin, Henderson, McNairy | 3 hr |
| Mar 10, 10:43 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Coahoma | 62 min |
| Mar 11, 1:32 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Calhoun, Lafayette, Panola, Pontotoc, Quitman, Tallahatchie and 2 more | 4 hr |
| Mar 10, 7:16 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lawrence, Randolph | 44 min |
| Mar 10, 7:29 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Randolph | 46 min |
| Mar 10, 7:56 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Randolph | 64 min |
| Mar 10, 7:59 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lawrence, Randolph | 26 min |
| Mar 10, 8:10 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Clay, Randolph | 50 min |
| Mar 10, 8:49 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | MEG | Lawrence, Randolph | 86 min |
| Mar 10, 10:28 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Craighead, Greene, Lawrence, Poinsett | 62 min |
| Mar 10, 11:04 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lee, St. Francis | 56 min |
| Mar 10, 11:59 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Crittenden, Cross, Mississippi, Poinsett | 16 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Arkansas, 2010Every flash flood warning in 2010
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.