Alert archive / Arkansas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2013
Flash Flood Warning 113, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this flash flood warning at Dec 21, 2013, 2:11 PM CST for 6 counties in Arkansas. It was in force for 3 hr. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 21, 2013, 2:11 PM CST (20:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 21, 2013, 5:15 PM CST
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Crittenden County, AR, Cross County, AR, Lee County, AR, Mississippi County, AR, Poinsett County, AR, St. Francis County, AR
The radar
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:12 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 21, 3:23 PM CST | FLASH FLOOD | 5 W Marianna, AR | WATER COVERING HWY 79 WEST OF TOWN. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KBYH), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 71 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
- 158 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -96 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 461 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 57 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 518 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 610 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 5.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
009
WGUS54 KMEG 212011
FFWMEG
ARC035-037-077-093-111-123-212315-
/O.NEW.KMEG.FF.W.0113.131221T2011Z-131221T2315Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
211 PM CST SAT DEC 21 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
CRITTENDEN COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...
EASTERN CROSS COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...
NORTHERN LEE COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...
MISSISSIPPI COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...
SOUTHEASTERN POINSETT COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...
ST. FRANCIS COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...
* UNTIL 515 PM CST
* AT 210 PM CST...DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL
HAS OCCURRED OVER THE PAST 3 HOURS. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL
PRODUCE AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO EARLE...
FORREST CITY...HUGHES...KEISER...MADISON...MARIANNA...OSCEOLA...
PALESTINE...PARKIN...TYRONZA...WYNNE AND VILLAGE CREEK STATE PARK.
PLACES ON CROWLEYS RIDGE ARE MOST LIKELY TO HAVE FLASH FLOODING.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
.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 3500 9116 3501 9106 3513 9105 3557 9029
3565 9027 3599 8973 3574 8996 3544 9017
3502 9031 3489 9032 3489 9046 3476 9055
3475 9111 3490 9113 3491 9116
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 20, 8:56 PM CST | River Flood Warning | MEG | Clay, Greene | 9 days |
| Dec 20, 8:56 PM CST | River Flood Warning | MEG | Craighead | 3 days |
| Dec 20, 8:56 PM CST | River Flood Warning | MEG | Mississippi, Poinsett | 12 days |
| Dec 20, 8:58 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Cross | 3 hr |
| Dec 21, 8:24 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Craighead, Cross, Mississippi, Poinsett | 7 hr |
| Dec 21, 8:33 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Mississippi | 7 hr |
| Dec 21, 9:35 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Clay, Craighead, Greene, Lawrence, Poinsett, Randolph | 6 hr |
| Dec 21, 11:32 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Mississippi | 28 min |
| Dec 21, 2:59 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lee, Phillips, St. Francis | 46 min |
| Dec 21, 3:08 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Mississippi | 6 hr |
| Dec 21, 3:18 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crittenden | 42 min |
| Dec 21, 3:21 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Crittenden, St. Francis | 24 min |
| Dec 21, 3:29 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Lee, Phillips | 6 hr |
| Dec 21, 4:10 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crittenden, Lee, Phillips, St. Francis | 35 min |
| Dec 21, 4:15 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Crittenden, Lee, Phillips | 3 hr |
| Dec 21, 4:30 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Clay, Craighead, Cross, Greene, Lawrence, Mississippi and 2 more | 4 hr |
| Dec 21, 4:31 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crittenden, St. Francis | 44 min |
| Dec 21, 4:39 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crittenden, Lee, Phillips, St. Francis | 51 min |
| Dec 21, 5:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lee, Phillips | 45 min |
| Dec 21, 5:08 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crittenden, St. Francis | 52 min |
| Dec 21, 5:21 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Crittenden, Cross, Lee, Mississippi, Phillips, Poinsett and 1 more | 5 hr |
| Dec 21, 5:22 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Phillips | 23 min |
| Dec 21, 5:25 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crittenden, Lee, Phillips, St. Francis | 35 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.