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Areal Flood Warning 2, NWS Memphis, TN

March 9, 20164 counties in Tennessee; 6 counties in Arkansas

NWS Memphis, TN issued this areal flood warning at Mar 9, 2016, 11:24 PM CST for 4 counties in Tennessee; 6 counties in Arkansas. It was in force for 8 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 9, 2016, 11:24 PM CST (05:24 UTC)
Expired: Mar 10, 2016, 7:30 AM CST
In force: 8 hr
Issued by: NWS Memphis, TN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Craighead County, AR, Crittenden County, AR, Cross County, AR, Mississippi County, AR, Poinsett County, AR, St. Francis County, AR, Haywood County, TN, Lauderdale County, TN, Shelby County, TN, Tipton County, TN

The radar

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 31 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:27 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 (KBYH), launched 00:00Z, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 74 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 576 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 62 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 60 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -28 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this areal flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Memphis, TN wrote its last area forecast discussion before this areal flood warning went out at Mar 9, 9:45 PM CST, 1 hour 39 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 9, 9:45 PM CST, 1 hour 39 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 9, 9:49 PM CST, 1 hour 35 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
949 PM CST WED MAR 9 2016

ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115-
MSZ001>017-020>024-TNZ001>004-019>022-048>055-088>092-110600-
ALCORN-BENTON MS-BENTON TN-CALHOUN-CARROLL-CHESTER-CHICKASAW-CLAY-
COAHOMA-CRAIGHEAD-CRITTENDEN-CROCKETT-CROSS-DESOTO-DECATUR-
DUNKLIN-DYER-FAYETTE-GIBSON-GREENE-HARDEMAN-HARDIN-HAYWOOD-
HENDERSON-HENRY-ITAWAMBA-LAFAYETTE-LAKE-LAUDERDALE-LAWRENCE-
LEE AR-LEE MS-MADISON-MARSHALL-MCNAIRY-MISSISSIPPI-MONROE-OBION-
PANOLA-PEMISCOT-PHILLIPS-POINSETT-PONTOTOC-PRENTISS-QUITMAN-
RANDOLPH-SHELBY-ST. FRANCIS-TALLAHATCHIE-TATE-TIPPAH-TIPTON-
TISHOMINGO-TUNICA-UNION-WEAKLEY-YALOBUSHA-
949 PM CST WED MAR 9 2016

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST ARKANSAS...
THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL...NORTH MISSISSIPPI...AND WEST TENNESSEE.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN ARE LIKELY THROUGH TONIGHT ACROSS ALL OF
EAST ARKANSAS...THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL...WEST TENNESSEE AND MOST OF
NORTH MISSISSIPPI. FLASH FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE. IN
ADDITION...RIVERS WILL BEGIN TO RISE. PEOPLE LIVING ALONG THE
BLACK AND ST. FRANCIS RIVER BASINS NEED TO STAY TUNED TO THE
LATEST RIVER FORECASTS AND POTENTIAL FLOOD WARNINGS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH AT LEAST LATE FRIDAY
AFTERNOON ACROSS EAST ARKANSAS...THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL...EXTREME
WEST TENNESSEE AND NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI. HAZARDOUS HEAVY RAIN
MAY CONTINUE THROUGH THE WEEKEND. FLASH FLOODING WILL CONTINUE TO
BE POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION...THE HEAVY RAIN WILL LEAD TO AN ELEVATED
RISK OF FLOODING ALONG THE BLACK RIVER...CACHE RIVER...ST. FRANCIS
RIVER BASIN AS WELL AS THE WHITE RIVER IN PHILLIPS COUNTY. PEOPLE
LIVING ALONG THESE RIVERS NEED TO STAY TUNED TO THE LATEST RIVER
FORECASTS AND POTENTIAL FLOOD WARNINGS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED...BUT REPORTS OF HEAVY RAIN
AND ANY FLOODING ARE WELCOME.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 9, 7:59 PM CST, 3 hours 25 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
759 PM CST WED MAR 09 2016

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0730 PM     FLASH FLOOD      UNION CITY              36.42N 89.05W
03/09/2016                   OBION              TN   911 CALL CENTER

            MULTIPLE ROADS CLOSED AROUND CITY. A CAR WAS RESCUED FROM
            FLASH FLOOD ON KNOX-DANIEL ROAD AT SECTION LINE ROAD.
            TOWN AND COUNTRY ROAD IS CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING.

&&

AJC

Local storm report, Mar 9, 8:53 PM CST, 2 hours 31 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
853 PM CST WED MAR 09 2016

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0845 PM     FLASH FLOOD      COLLIERVILLE            35.06N 89.68W
03/09/2016                   SHELBY             TN   PUBLIC

            ROAD FLOODING AT INTERSECTION OF EAST LONGWOOD AND
            COLLIERVILLE-ARLINGTON ROADS NEAR COLLIERVILLE
            ELEMENTARY.

&&

AJC

Local storm report, Mar 9, 9:39 PM CST, 1 hour 45 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
939 PM CST WED MAR 09 2016

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0845 PM     FLASH FLOOD      2 E TRENTON             35.97N 88.90W
03/09/2016                   GIBSON             TN   BROADCAST MEDIA

            SEVERAL ROADS ARE BLOCKED OR IMPASSABLE OFF ROUTE 77 DUE
            TO FLOODING

&&

AJC

Local storm report, Mar 9, 9:45 PM CST, 1 hour 39 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
945 PM CST WED MAR 09 2016

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0940 PM     FLASH FLOOD      3 SW HORN LAKE          34.93N 90.07W
03/09/2016                   DESOTO             MS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            WATER COVERING HIGHWAY AUSTIN RD NEAR THE 301
            INTERSECTION. LOCAL RESIDENTIAL DAM BREACH THE CAUSE.

&&

JAB

Local storm report, Mar 9, 10:32 PM CST, 52 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
1032 PM CST WED MAR 09 2016

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1030 PM     FLASH FLOOD      FORREST CITY            35.01N 90.79W
03/09/2016                   ST. FRANCIS        AR   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            HWY 1 CLOSED FROM MILE MARKER 1 TO MILE MARKER 2 DUE TO
            HIGH WATER.

&&

JDS

Local storm report, Mar 9, 11:23 PM CST, 1 minute before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
1123 PM CST WED MAR 09 2016

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1100 PM     DEBRIS FLOW      3 N ARKABUTLA           34.74N 90.13W
03/09/2016                   TATE               MS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            MUDSLIDE BLOCKING HWY 301 SOUTH OF BARBEE RD.

&&

JDS

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 9, 7:32 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Crockett, Dyer, Gibson, Haywood, Henry, Lauderdale and 2 more	4 hr
Mar 9, 7:37 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Fayette, Haywood, Lauderdale, Shelby, Tipton	7 hr
Mar 9, 9:38 PM CST	River Flood Warning	MEG	Obion, Weakley	4 days
Mar 9, 9:38 PM CST	River Flood Warning	MEG	Dyer, Gibson, Obion	12 days
Mar 9, 11:20 PM CST	Areal Flood Warning	MEG	Shelby	8 hr
Mar 9, 11:26 PM CST	Areal Flood Warning	MEG	Dyer, Lake, Obion	8 hr
Mar 10, 1:47 AM CST	River Flood Warning	MEG	Shelby	4 days
Mar 10, 2:58 AM CST	Areal Flood Warning	MEG	Fayette, Haywood, Lauderdale, Shelby, Tipton	6 hr
Mar 10, 3:40 AM CST	Flood Watch	MEG	Carroll, Crockett, Dyer, Fayette, Gibson, Hardeman and 9 more	12 hr
Mar 10, 6:57 AM CST	Areal Flood Warning	MEG	Shelby	6 hr
Mar 10, 7:05 AM CST	Areal Flood Warning	MEG	Haywood, Lauderdale, Shelby, Tipton	6 hr
Mar 10, 7:08 AM CST	Areal Flood Warning	MEG	Dyer, Lake, Obion	6 hr
Mar 10, 7:59 AM CST	Areal Flood Warning	MEG	Fayette, Hardeman, Haywood, Madison	6 hr
Mar 10, 8:18 AM CST	Areal Flood Warning	MEG	Crockett, Dyer, Gibson, Haywood, Henry, Lauderdale and 3 more	6 hr
Mar 10, 8:32 AM CST	Areal Flood Warning	MEG	Carroll, Gibson, Henderson, Henry, Madison, Weakley	6 hr
Mar 10, 8:43 AM CST	Areal Flood Warning	MEG	Fayette, Haywood, Lauderdale, Madison, Shelby, Tipton	6 hr
Mar 10, 11:13 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Fayette, Shelby	3 hr
Mar 10, 11:47 AM CST	River Flood Warning	MEG	Fayette, Shelby	43 hr
Mar 10, 11:47 AM CST	River Flood Warning	MEG	Madison	5 days
Mar 10, 12:02 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Crockett, Gibson, Haywood, Lauderdale, Madison, Tipton	3 hr
Mar 10, 12:47 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Fayette, Hardeman, Haywood, Madison	3 hr
Mar 10, 1:55 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Benton, Carroll, Chester, Decatur, Henderson, Henry and 2 more	3 hr
Mar 10, 2:11 PM CST	Areal Flood Warning	MEG	Fayette, Haywood, Madison, Shelby, Tipton	12 hr
Mar 10, 2:18 PM CST	Areal Flood Warning	MEG	Crockett, Dyer, Gibson, Haywood, Henry, Lauderdale and 2 more	12 hr
Mar 10, 3:24 PM CST	Flash Flood Watch	MEG	Carroll, Crockett, Dyer, Fayette, Gibson, Hardeman and 9 more	4 days
Mar 10, 3:32 PM CST	Areal Flood Warning	MEG	Fayette, Hardeman, Haywood, Madison	6 hr
Mar 10, 4:52 PM CST	Areal Flood Warning	MEG	Benton, Carroll, Decatur, Gibson, Henderson, Henry and 1 more	6 hr
Mar 9, 7:46 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Coahoma, DeSoto, Panola, Quitman, Tallahatchie, Tate and 1 more	7 hr
Mar 9, 9:38 PM CST	River Flood Warning	MEG	Monroe	3 days
Mar 9, 9:38 PM CST	River Flood Warning	MEG	Monroe	3 days
Mar 10, 3:04 AM CST	Areal Flood Warning	MEG	Coahoma, DeSoto, Panola, Quitman, Tallahatchie, Tate and 1 more	6 hr
Mar 10, 8:52 AM CST	Areal Flood Warning	MEG	Coahoma, DeSoto, Lafayette, Panola, Quitman, Tallahatchie and 3 more	6 hr
Mar 10, 10:44 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Coahoma, DeSoto, Panola, Quitman, Tallahatchie, Tate and 1 more	3 hr
Mar 10, 11:46 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Lafayette, Marshall, Panola, Quitman, Tallahatchie, Tate and 1 more	3 hr
Mar 10, 11:47 AM CST	River Flood Warning	MEG	Quitman	17 days
Mar 10, 11:47 AM CST	River Flood Warning	MEG	Quitman	19 days
Mar 10, 11:47 AM CST	River Flood Warning	MEG	Tallahatchie	15 days
Mar 10, 11:57 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Panola, Tallahatchie	48 min
Mar 10, 12:22 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Tate	23 min
Mar 10, 12:49 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Calhoun, Chickasaw, Pontotoc	41 min
Mar 10, 1:25 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Monroe	50 min
Mar 10, 1:28 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Itawamba, Lee, Pontotoc	47 min
Mar 10, 1:39 PM CST	Areal Flood Warning	MEG	Coahoma	6 hr
Mar 10, 1:45 PM CST	Areal Flood Warning	MEG	Coahoma, DeSoto, Quitman, Tunica	6 hr
Mar 10, 2:46 PM CST	Areal Flood Warning	MEG	Calhoun, Coahoma, DeSoto, Lafayette, Marshall, Panola and 5 more	8 hr
Mar 9, 7:11 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Craighead, Greene, Lawrence, Poinsett	5 hr
Mar 10, 11:47 AM CST	River Flood Warning	MEG	Clay, Greene	54 hr

Nearby

Areal Flood Warnings in Arkansas, 2016 Areal Flood Warnings in Tennessee, 2016 Every areal flood warning in 2016

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.