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Flash Flood Warning 16, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this flash flood warning at Feb 24, 2011, 5:04 PM CST for Craighead County, Mississippi County, Poinsett 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 outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 24, 2011, 5:04 PM CST (23:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 24, 2011, 9:03 PM CST
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Craighead County, AR, Mississippi County, AR, Poinsett County, AR
The radar
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:04 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, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 97 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
- 10 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -162 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 466 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 59 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 201 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 91 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
493
WGUS54 KMEG 242304
FFWMEG
ARC031-093-111-250200-
/O.NEW.KMEG.FF.W.0016.110224T2304Z-110225T0200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
504 PM CST THU FEB 24 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
CRAIGHEAD COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...
MISSISSIPPI COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...
POINSETT COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...
* UNTIL 800 PM CST
* AT 458 PM CST...DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL
HAS OCCURRED OVER THE PAST 6 HOURS. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL
PRODUCE AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN OVER THE NEXT 3 HOURS.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO CROWLEYS
RIDGE...BAY...CARAWAY...HARRISBURG...JONESBORO...KEISER...LAKE
CITY...LEPANTO...MANILA...MARKED TREE...MONETTE...OSCEOLA
...TRUMANN...TYRONZA AND WILSON. THIS WARNING ALSO INCLUDES AREAS
NEAR BIG LAKE.
FLASH FLOODING IN THE STREETS OF JONESBORO WILL BE A PROBLEM THIS
EVENING ALONG WITH FLOODING OF SMALL JONESBORO STREAMS. CROWLEYS
RIDGE WILL HAVE SIGNIFICANT FLOODING OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
.MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE
INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE
USUALLY DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS
POWERFUL ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING
FLOODED ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.
.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 3589 9104 3589 8979 3573 8997 3564 8993
3560 9000 3551 9007 3544 9017 3544 9061
3545 9061 3544 9104
$$2 follow-up statements
007
WGUS54 KMEG 250135
FFWMEG
ARC031-093-111-250400-
/O.EXT.KMEG.FF.W.0016.000000T0000Z-110225T0400Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
735 PM CST THU FEB 24 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS EXTENDED THE
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
CRAIGHEAD COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...
MISSISSIPPI COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...
POINSETT COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...
* UNTIL 1000 PM CST
* AT 734 PM CST...DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL
HAS OCCURRED OVER THE PAST 6 HOURS. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL
PRODUCE AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN OVER THE NEXT 2 HOURS.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO BAY...
CARAWAY...HARRISBURG...JONESBORO...KEISER...LAKE CITY...LEPANTO...
MANILA...MARKED TREE...MONETTE...OSCEOLA...TRUMANN...TYRONZA AND
WILSON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
.MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE
INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE
USUALLY DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS
POWERFUL ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING
FLOODED ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.
.STAY TUNED TO THIS BROADCAST FOR THE LATEST UPDATES AND INFORMATION.
TO REPORT FLASH FLOODING ONLY...CALL 1 800 4 3 2 0 8 7 5.
&&
LAT...LON 3589 9104 3589 8979 3573 8997 3564 8993
3560 9000 3551 9007 3544 9017 3544 9061
3545 9061 3544 9104
$$223
WGUS74 KMEG 250303
FFSMEG
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
903 PM CST THU FEB 24 2011
ARC031-093-111-250314-
/O.CAN.KMEG.FF.W.0016.000000T0000Z-110225T0400Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CRAIGHEAD AR-MISSISSIPPI AR-POINSETT AR-
903 PM CST THU FEB 24 2011
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR POINSETT...
MISSISSIPPI AND CRAIGHEAD 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 3589 9104 3589 8979 3573 8997 3564 8993
3560 9000 3551 9007 3544 9017 3544 9061
3545 9061 3544 9104
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 2:48 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Clay, Greene, Lawrence, Randolph | 3 hr |
| Feb 24, 5:45 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Clay, Greene, Lawrence, Randolph | 3 hr |
| Feb 24, 8:47 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Clay, Greene, Lawrence, Randolph | 3 hr |
| Feb 24, 11:28 AM CST | River Flood Advisory | MEG | Mississippi | 35 hr |
| Feb 24, 11:45 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Clay, Greene, Lawrence, Randolph | 3 hr |
| Feb 24, 1:08 PM CST | River Flood Warning | MEG | Mississippi, Poinsett | 54 hr |
| Feb 24, 2:44 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Clay, Craighead, Greene, Lawrence, Mississippi, Randolph | 6 hr |
| Feb 24, 4:59 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Clay, Greene | 46 min |
| Feb 24, 5:11 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Clay | 49 min |
| Feb 24, 5:17 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Mississippi | 5 hr |
| Feb 24, 5:40 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Clay, Craighead, Cross, Greene, Lawrence, Poinsett | 50 min |
| Feb 24, 5:43 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crittenden, Cross, Lee, Poinsett, St. Francis | 47 min |
| Feb 24, 5:47 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Crittenden, Cross, Lee, St. Francis | 3 hr |
Nearby
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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.