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Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this flash flood warning at Mar 16, 2012, 2:14 AM CDT for Clay County, Arkansas; Dunklin County, Missouri. 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 outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 16, 2012, 2:14 AM CDT (07:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 16, 2012, 5:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- 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), 134 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:16 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, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 187 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
- 1331 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -43 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1576 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 37 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 93 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
399
WGUS54 KMEG 160714
FFWMEG
ARC021-MOC069-161015-
/O.NEW.KMEG.FF.W.0003.120316T0714Z-120316T1015Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
214 AM CDT FRI MAR 16 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN CLAY COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...
NORTHEASTERN DUNKLIN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...
* UNTIL 515 AM CDT
* AT 213 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL
HAS OCCURRED OVER THE PAST 2 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 CORNING...
DATTO...MCDOUGAL...PIGGOTT...POLLARD...ST. FRANCIS...SUCCESS...
CAMPBELL...CLARKTON...GLENNONVILLE...HOLCOMB...MALDEN...TOWNLEY AND
BRIAN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
.BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE
UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS
SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.
.TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY
YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN
MEMPHIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3662 8996 3645 8995 3636 8996 3633 8999
3639 9075 3641 9075 3641 9077 3643 9076
3643 9078 3651 9078 3650 9023 3654 9022
3655 9019 3659 9019 3664 9014
$$
BORGHOFF2 follow-up statements
320
WGUS74 KMEG 160845
FFSMEG
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
345 AM CDT FRI MAR 16 2012
ARC021-MOC069-161015-
/O.CON.KMEG.FF.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120316T1015Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CLAY AR-DUNKLIN MO-
345 AM CDT FRI MAR 16 2012
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 AM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN DUNKLIN AND NORTHERN CLAY COUNTIES...
AT 344 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS
OCCURRED OVER THE PAST 3 HOURS IN NORTHERN DUNKLIN COUNTY. 1 TO 2
INCHES HAVE OCCURRED OVER THE REST OF THE WARNED AREA. SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN OVER
THE NEXT 2 HOURS.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO CORNING...
DATTO...MCDOUGAL...PIGGOTT...POLLARD...ST. FRANCIS...SUCCESS...
CAMPBELL...CLARKTON...GLENNONVILLE...HOLCOMB...MALDEN...TOWNLEY...
BRIAN...VALLEY RIDGE...WILHELMINA...PROVIDENCE...MC GUIRES...BAIRD...
FRISBEE AND CHALK BLUFF NATURAL AREA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
.BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE
UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS
SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.
.TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY
YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN
MEMPHIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3662 8996 3645 8995 3636 8996 3633 8999
3639 9075 3641 9075 3641 9077 3643 9076
3643 9078 3651 9078 3650 9023 3654 9022
3655 9019 3659 9019 3664 9014
$$
BORGHOFF120
WGUS74 KMEG 161018
FFSMEG
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
518 AM CDT FRI MAR 16 2012
ARC021-MOC069-161028-
/O.EXP.KMEG.FF.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120316T1015Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CLAY AR-DUNKLIN MO-
518 AM CDT FRI MAR 16 2012
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR NORTHEASTERN DUNKLIN AND
NORTHERN CLAY COUNTIES...
THE HEAVY RAINFALL WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS BEGUN TO
DIMINISH ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. THUS THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS
BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
.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 3662 8996 3645 8995 3636 8996 3633 8999
3639 9075 3641 9075 3641 9077 3643 9076
3643 9078 3651 9078 3650 9023 3654 9022
3655 9019 3659 9019 3664 9014
$$
BORGHOFFThe office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 16, 1:51 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Clay | 39 min |
| Mar 16, 8:53 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Crittenden | 2 hr |
| Mar 16, 11:00 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Crittenden | 2 hr |
| Mar 16, 5:59 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MEG | Clay, Greene | 40 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Arkansas, 2012Flash Flood Warnings in Missouri, 2012Every flash flood warning in 2012
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.