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Flash Flood Warning 47, NWS Memphis, TN

March 31, 2016Craighead County, Mississippi County, Poinsett County, Arkansas

NWS Memphis, TN issued this flash flood warning at Mar 31, 2016, 2:13 AM CDT for Craighead County, Mississippi County, Poinsett 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
Mar 31, 2016, 2:13 AM CDT (07:13 UTC)
Expired
Mar 31, 2016, 5:15 AM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Craighead County, AR, Mississippi County, AR, Poinsett County, AR

The radar

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:14 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

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 318 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2016-03-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2016-03-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 319 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
839 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
319 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
350 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

314 
WGUS54 KMEG 310713
FFWMEG
ARC031-093-111-311015-
/O.NEW.KMEG.FF.W.0047.160331T0713Z-160331T1015Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
213 AM CDT THU MAR 31 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...
  EASTERN CRAIGHEAD COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...
  POINSETT COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...

* UNTIL 515 AM CDT

* AT 213 AM CDT...RADAR ESTIMATES 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS OCCURRED
  OVER THE PAST 6 HOURS. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE AN
  ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN OVER THE NEXT 3 HOURS.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  JONESBORO...BLYTHEVILLE...TRUMANN...GOSNELL...MANILA...MARKED
  TREE...HARRISBURG...LAKE CITY...LEACHVILLE...LEPANTO...BAY...
  MONETTE...CARAWAY...TYRONZA...KEISER...DYESS...DELL...LITTLE
  RIVER...ETOWAH AND BLACK OAK.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.

TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.

&&

LAT...LON 3547 9104 3562 9067 3597 9047 3597 9039
      3600 9038 3598 8989 3544 9025 3544 9103

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 30, 7:09 PM CDTFlash Flood Warning EmergencyMEGCraighead, Greene, Lawrence, Poinsett3 hr
Mar 30, 7:21 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGPoinsett39 min
Mar 30, 7:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCraighead, Mississippi, Poinsett49 min
Mar 30, 8:20 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGCraighead, Mississippi, Poinsett6 hr
Mar 30, 8:55 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGCross, St. Francis3 hr
Mar 30, 8:59 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGClay, Greene, Mississippi, Randolph3 hr
Mar 30, 9:04 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGLawrence, Randolph3 hr
Mar 30, 10:07 PM CDTFlash Flood Warning EmergencyMEGCraighead, Greene, Lawrence, Poinsett3 hr
Mar 30, 10:11 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGMississippi3 hr
Mar 30, 11:43 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGCross, St. Francis3 hr
Mar 30, 11:44 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGClay, Greene, Mississippi, Randolph3 hr
Mar 30, 11:48 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningMEGClay, Craighead, Lawrence, Randolph3 hr
Mar 31, 1:08 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGCrittenden, Lee3 hr
Mar 31, 1:31 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningMEGClay, Craighead, Greene, Lawrence, Poinsett, Randolph4 hr
Mar 31, 1:36 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGCrittenden, Mississippi3 hr
Mar 31, 1:40 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGCrittenden, Cross, Lee, Phillips, St. Francis3 hr
Mar 31, 2:39 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningMEGClay, Greene3 hr
Mar 31, 2:42 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGCross, St. Francis3 hr
Mar 31, 3:19 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGCrittenden3 hr
Mar 31, 4:11 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGLee64 min
Mar 31, 4:19 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGCrittenden, Mississippi56 min
Mar 31, 5:09 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningMEGCraighead, Lawrence, Poinsett3 hr
Mar 31, 9:53 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningMEGCraighead69 hr
Mar 31, 9:53 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningMEGMississippi, Poinsett4 days
Mar 31, 9:53 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningMEGLee, St. Francis3 days
Mar 31, 10:09 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCraighead, Poinsett51 min
Mar 31, 10:31 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGCraighead, Poinsett3 hr
Mar 31, 10:39 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCraighead, Mississippi, Poinsett51 min
Mar 31, 10:48 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGGreene42 min
Mar 31, 10:57 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGCrittenden, Cross, Poinsett3 hr
Mar 31, 10:57 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGMississippi33 min
Mar 31, 10:59 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGClay, Greene46 min
Mar 31, 11:18 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCraighead, Mississippi, Poinsett42 min
Mar 31, 11:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCross, Poinsett45 min
Mar 31, 11:55 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGMississippi50 min
Mar 31, 12:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCrittenden, Cross, Mississippi, Poinsett48 min
Mar 31, 12:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGMississippi40 min
Mar 31, 12:55 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGMississippi35 min
Mar 31, 3:20 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGLee, St. Francis40 min
Mar 31, 3:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCross, Lee, Phillips, St. Francis51 min
Mar 31, 4:22 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGCrittenden, Lee38 min
Mar 31, 4:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCrittenden, Lee, St. Francis46 min
Mar 31, 4:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCrittenden, Lee42 min
Mar 31, 4:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGPhillips41 min
Mar 31, 5:55 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningMEGClay, Greene51 hr

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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.