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Flash Flood Warning 144, NWS Memphis, TN

July 24, 2011Dunklin County, Missouri; Clay County, Arkansas

NWS Memphis, TN issued this flash flood warning at Jul 24, 2011, 4:33 PM CDT for Dunklin County, Missouri; Clay County, Arkansas. It was in force for 87 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
Jul 24, 2011, 4:33 PM CDT (21:33 UTC)
Expired
Jul 24, 2011, 6:00 PM CDT
In force
87 min
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Clay County, AR, Dunklin County, MO

The radar

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 123 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 179 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 2011-07-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2983 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Little Rock, AR at 12:00Z on 2011-07-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -5 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
2983 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-97 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
942 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
9 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-5 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
80 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.

447 
WGUS54 KMEG 242133
FFWMEG
ARC021-MOC069-242330-
/O.NEW.KMEG.FF.W.0144.110724T2133Z-110724T2330Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
433 PM CDT SUN JUL 24 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN CLAY COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...
  NORTHEASTERN DUNKLIN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...

* UNTIL 630 PM CDT

* AT 433 PM CDT... 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS OCCURRED OVER THE
  PAST HOUR. LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH          
  FLOODING AROUND CAMPBELL MISSOURI. SOME ROADS WERE COVERED BY 6 TO 
  8 INCHES OF WATER.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO PIGGOTT...
  RECTOR...CAMPBELL...MALDEN...TOWNLEY...BRIAN...VALLEY RIDGE...
  WILHELMINA...PROVIDENCE...MC GUIRES...BAIRD...FRISBEE...WHITE OAK
  AND IPLEY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

.DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

.STAY TUNED TO THIS BROADCAST FOR THE LATEST UPDATES AND INFORMATION.
TO REPORT FLASH FLOODING ONLY...CALL 1 800 4 3 2 0 8 7 5.

&&

LAT...LON 3663 8996 3626 8996 3621 9030 3623 9032
      3626 9033 3627 9037 3650 9040 3650 9023
      3653 9022 3663 9014

$$
1 follow-up statement
948 
WGUS74 KMEG 242300
FFSMEG

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
600 PM CDT SUN JUL 24 2011

ARC021-MOC069-242310-
/O.CAN.KMEG.FF.W.0144.000000T0000Z-110724T2330Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CLAY AR-DUNKLIN MO-
600 PM CDT SUN JUL 24 2011

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR NORTHEASTERN
DUNKLIN AND EASTERN CLAY COUNTIES...

THE HEAVY RAINFALL WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS DIMINISHED ACROSS
THE WARNED AREA. THUS THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

.STAY TUNED TO THIS BROADCAST FOR THE LATEST UPDATES AND INFORMATION.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER ONLY...CALL 1 800 4 3 2 0 8 7 5.

LAT...LON 3663 8996 3626 8996 3621 9030 3623 9032
      3626 9033 3627 9037 3650 9040 3650 9023
      3653 9022 3663 9014

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 24, 4:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGDunklin31 min
Jul 24, 4:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGPemiscot35 min
Jul 24, 5:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGPemiscot29 min
Jul 24, 2:54 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGLawrence51 min
Jul 24, 4:06 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGClay39 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Missouri, 2011Flash Flood Warnings in Arkansas, 2011Every flash flood warning in 2011

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.