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Flash Flood Warning 142, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this flash flood warning at Aug 14, 2016, 6:26 PM CDT for Lawrence County, Randolph County, Arkansas. It was in force for 6 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
- Aug 14, 2016, 6:26 PM CDT (23:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 15, 2016, 12:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Lawrence County, AR, Randolph County, AR
The radar
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 166 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:29 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 14, 6:48 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 5 Sse Dalton, AR | WATER FLOWING ACROSS HIGHWAY 90 JUST EAST OF MCILROY CHURCH OF CHRIST. |
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 (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 206 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
- 52 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -182 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 547 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 8 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 105 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 108 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
526
WGUS54 KMEG 142326
FFWMEG
ARC075-121-150530-
/O.NEW.KMEG.FF.W.0142.160814T2326Z-160815T0530Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
626 PM CDT SUN AUG 14 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN LAWRENCE COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...
RANDOLPH COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...
* UNTIL 1230 AM CDT MONDAY
* AT 624 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS
OCCURRED OVER THE PAST 3 HOURS. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL
PRODUCE AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN OVER THE NEXT 6 HOURS.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
POCAHONTAS...WALNUT RIDGE...HOXIE...BLACK ROCK...IMBODEN...
RAVENDEN...COLLEGE CITY...PORTIA...MAYNARD...RAVENDEN SPRINGS...
ANNIEVILLE...DALTON...ATTICA...POWHATAN...ELKINS PARK...
ELM STORE...STOKES...BRAKEBILL...ENGELERG AND WARM SPRINGS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
&&
LAT...LON 3650 9078 3648 9077 3604 9094 3612 9135
3623 9135 3623 9133 3624 9133 3624 9126
3633 9126 3633 9128 3637 9128 3637 9129
3639 9129 3639 9131 3642 9131 3642 9135
3647 9136 3648 9140 3649 9141 3650 9141
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 14, 4:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Mississippi | 43 min |
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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.