Alert archive / Arkansas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2016
Flash Flood Warning 113, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this flash flood warning at Jul 14, 2016, 8:54 AM CDT for 4 counties in Arkansas. It was in force for 2 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
- Jul 14, 2016, 8:54 AM CDT (13:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 14, 2016, 11:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Crittenden County, AR, Cross County, AR, Mississippi County, AR, Poinsett County, AR
The radar
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 12:00Z, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 73 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
- 2328 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -77 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1131 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 9 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -93 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -70 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
767
WGUS54 KMEG 141354
FFWMEG
ARC035-037-093-111-141600-
/O.NEW.KMEG.FF.W.0113.160714T1354Z-160714T1600Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
854 AM CDT THU JUL 14 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
EASTERN CROSS COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...
NORTHWESTERN CRITTENDEN COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...
SOUTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...
EASTERN POINSETT COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...
* UNTIL 1100 AM CDT
* AT 854 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS
OCCURRED OVER THE PAST HOUR. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL
PRODUCE AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN OVER THE NEXT 2 HOURS.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
WYNNE...OSCEOLA...MARKED TREE...EARLE...LEPANTO...PARKIN...
TYRONZA...KEISER...VILLAGE CREEK STATE PARK...JOINER...
CRAWFORDSVILLE...DYESS...GILMORE...BASSETT...JENNETTE...MARIE...
VANNDALE...TURRELL...ETOWAH AND BIRDSONG.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
&&
LAT...LON 3570 9042 3570 8999 3514 9038 3514 9040
3515 9040 3514 9053 3515 9097
$$1 follow-up statement
674
WGUS74 KMEG 141538
FFSMEG
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
1038 AM CDT THU JUL 14 2016
ARC035-037-093-111-141548-
/O.CAN.KMEG.FF.W.0113.000000T0000Z-160714T1600Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CROSS AR-CRITTENDEN AR-MISSISSIPPI AR-POINSETT AR-
1038 AM CDT THU JUL 14 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR EASTERN CROSS...NORTHWESTERN
CRITTENDEN...SOUTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI AND EASTERN POINSETT COUNTIES
IS CANCELLED...
THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED. FLOOD WATERS HAVE RECEDED. FLOODING IS NO
LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A THREAT. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY
REMAINING ROAD CLOSURES.
LAT...LON 3570 9042 3570 8999 3514 9038 3514 9040
3515 9040 3514 9053 3515 9097
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 14, 8:07 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Mississippi | 53 min |
| Jul 14, 8:08 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Cross, St. Francis | 52 min |
| Jul 14, 8:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Mississippi | 36 min |
| Jul 14, 8:47 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Crittenden | 43 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Arkansas, 2016Every flash 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.