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Flash Flood Warning 32, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this flash flood warning at Jun 12, 2012, 5:43 AM CDT for Coahoma County, Mississippi; Phillips County, Arkansas. It was in force for 5 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
- Jun 12, 2012, 5:43 AM CDT (10:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 12, 2012, 10:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Phillips County, AR, Coahoma County, MS
The radar
The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 142 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:46 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, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 113 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
- 1634 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -270 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1020 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 194 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 324 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 23.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
848
WGUS54 KMEG 121043
FFWMEG
ARC107-MSC027-121345-
/O.NEW.KMEG.FF.W.0032.120612T1043Z-120612T1345Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
543 AM CDT TUE JUN 12 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN PHILLIPS COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...
SOUTHERN COAHOMA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...
* UNTIL 845 AM CDT
* AT 544 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAINFALL
HAS OCCURRED OVER THE PAST 3 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 ELAINE AND
WHITE RIVER NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE.
THIS WARNING ALSO INCLUDES AREAS NEAR HORSESHOE LAKE AND OLD TOWN
LAKE.
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.
.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 3415 9109 3419 9110 3422 9107 3428 9108
3434 9106 3435 9101 3444 9101 3451 9098
3407 9045 3398 9045 3399 9067 3411 9067
3412 9112
$$
30/SIRMON2 follow-up statements
858
WGUS54 KMEG 121339
FFWMEG
ARC107-MSC027-121545-
/O.EXT.KMEG.FF.W.0032.000000T0000Z-120612T1545Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
839 AM CDT TUE JUN 12 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS EXTENDED THE
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN PHILLIPS COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...
SOUTHERN COAHOMA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...
* UNTIL 1045 AM CDT
* AT 838 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES UP TO 2 INCHES OF RAINFALL
HAS OCCURRED OVER THE PAST 3 HOURS. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
WILL PRODUCE UP TO AN ADDITIONAL 1 INCH OF RAIN.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO ELAINE AND
WHITE RIVER NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE.
THIS WARNING ALSO INCLUDES AREAS NEAR HORSESHOE LAKE AND OLD TOWN
LAKE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
.BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE
UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS
SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.
.MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE
INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE
USUALLY DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS
POWERFUL ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING
FLOODED ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.
.STAY TUNED TO THIS BROADCAST FOR THE LATEST UPDATES AND INFORMATION.
TO REPORT FLASH FLOODING ONLY...CALL 1 800 4 3 2 0 8 7 5.
&&
LAT...LON 3415 9109 3419 9110 3422 9107 3428 9108
3434 9106 3435 9101 3444 9101 3451 9098
3407 9045 3398 9045 3399 9067 3411 9067
3412 9112
$$642
WGUS74 KMEG 121535
FFSMEG
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
1035 AM CDT TUE JUN 12 2012
ARC107-MSC027-121546-
/O.EXP.KMEG.FF.W.0032.000000T0000Z-120612T1545Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
PHILLIPS AR-COAHOMA MS-
1035 AM CDT TUE JUN 12 2012
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 1045 AM CDT FOR SOUTHERN
COAHOMA AND SOUTHWESTERN PHILLIPS COUNTIES...
THE HEAVY RAINFALL WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS DIMINISHED 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 3415 9109 3419 9110 3422 9107 3428 9108
3434 9106 3435 9101 3444 9101 3451 9098
3407 9045 3398 9045 3399 9067 3411 9067
3412 9112
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 5:18 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MEG | Coahoma | 3 hr |
| Jun 12, 2:33 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Phillips | 42 min |
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.