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Flash Flood Warning 147, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this flash flood warning at Aug 26, 2016, 10:31 AM CDT for Lawrence County, Randolph County, Arkansas. It was in force for 3 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
- Aug 26, 2016, 10:31 AM CDT (15:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 26, 2016, 1:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 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), 170 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:32 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, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 209 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
- 323 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -147 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1175 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 77 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 88 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted.
872
WGUS54 KMEG 261531
FFWMEG
ARC075-121-261830-
/O.NEW.KMEG.FF.W.0147.160826T1531Z-160826T1830Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
1031 AM CDT FRI AUG 26 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN LAWRENCE COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...
WESTERN RANDOLPH COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...
* UNTIL 130 PM CDT
* AT 1030 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS
OCCURRED OVER THE PAST 2 HOURS. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL
PRODUCE AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN OVER THE NEXT 3 HOURS.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
IMBODEN...RAVENDEN...RAVENDEN SPRINGS...ANNIEVILLE...DALTON...
ELM STORE...WARM SPRINGS AND ELEVEN POINT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED
ROADS. FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE.
&&
LAT...LON 3650 9103 3612 9119 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
$$1 follow-up statement
094
WGUS74 KMEG 261731
FFSMEG
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
1231 PM CDT FRI AUG 26 2016
ARC075-121-261741-
/O.CAN.KMEG.FF.W.0147.000000T0000Z-160826T1830Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
LAWRENCE AR-RANDOLPH AR-
1231 PM CDT FRI AUG 26 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN LAWRENCE AND WESTERN
RANDOLPH COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED. FLOOD WATERS HAVE RECEDED. FLOODING IS NO
LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A THREAT. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY
REMAINING ROAD CLOSURES.
LAT...LON 3650 9103 3612 9119 3612 9135 3623 9135
3623 9133 3624 9133 3624 9126 3633 9126
3633 9128 3637 9128 3637 9129 3639 9129
3639 9131 3642 9131 3642 9135 3647 9136
3648 9140 3649 9141 3650 9141
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 26, 8:29 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Randolph | 46 min |
| Aug 26, 9:59 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Randolph | 31 min |
| Aug 26, 3:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Cross, Lee, St. Francis | 24 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.