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Flash Flood Warning 52, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this flash flood warning at Mar 31, 2016, 4:19 AM CDT for Crittenden County, Mississippi County, Arkansas; 8 counties in Tennessee; Dunklin County, Pemiscot County, Missouri. It was in force for 56 min. 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, 4:19 AM CDT (09:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 31, 2016, 5:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 56 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Crittenden County, AR, Mississippi County, AR, Dunklin County, MO, Pemiscot County, MO, Dyer County, TN, Fayette County, TN, Haywood County, TN, Lake County, TN, Lauderdale County, TN, Obion County, TN, Shelby County, TN, Tipton County, TN
The radar
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:19 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
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 276 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2133 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 87 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 229 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
333
WGUS54 KMEG 310919
FFWMEG
ARC035-093-MOC069-155-TNC045-047-075-095-097-131-157-167-311015-
/O.NEW.KMEG.FF.W.0052.160331T0919Z-160331T1015Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
419 AM CDT THU MAR 31 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...
NORTHEASTERN CRITTENDEN COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...
PEMISCOT COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MISSOURI...
NORTHEASTERN DUNKLIN COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MISSOURI...
LAKE COUNTY IN WEST TENNESSEE...
LAUDERDALE COUNTY IN WEST TENNESSEE...
TIPTON COUNTY IN WEST TENNESSEE...
OBION COUNTY IN WEST TENNESSEE...
WESTERN HAYWOOD COUNTY IN WEST TENNESSEE...
NORTHWESTERN FAYETTE COUNTY IN WEST TENNESSEE...
NORTHEASTERN SHELBY COUNTY IN WEST TENNESSEE...
DYER COUNTY IN WEST TENNESSEE...
* UNTIL 515 AM CDT
* AT 418 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS
OCCURRED OVER THE PAST 6 HOURS. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL
PRODUCE UP TO 1 ADDITIONAL INCH OF RAIN OVER THE NEXT HOUR.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
DYERSBURG...BLYTHEVILLE...UNION CITY...MILLINGTON...RIPLEY...
OSCEOLA...CARUTHERSVILLE...MALDEN...GOSNELL...PORTAGEVILLE...
HAYTI...STEELE...CAMPBELL...LUXORA...WILSON...KEISER...FORT PILLOW
STATE PARK...MEEMAN SHELBY FOREST STATE PARK...REELFOOT LAKE STATE
PARK AND MUNFORD.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.
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 3663 8996 3639 8997 3643 8973 3634 8955
3650 8954 3646 8948 3651 8929 3649 8894
3620 8907 3620 8916 3597 8920 3577 8944
3531 8948 3533 9029 3598 8995 3647 8998
3651 9021 3661 9017 3663 9015
$$1 follow-up statement
010
WGUS74 KMEG 311018 RRA
FFSMEG
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
518 AM CDT THU MAR 31 2016
ARC035-093-MOC069-155-TNC045-047-075-095-097-131-157-167-311028-
/O.EXP.KMEG.FF.W.0052.000000T0000Z-160331T1015Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MISSISSIPPI AR-CRITTENDEN AR-PEMISCOT MO-DUNKLIN MO-LAKE TN-
LAUDERDALE TN-TIPTON TN-OBION TN-HAYWOOD TN-FAYETTE TN-SHELBY TN-
DYER TN-
518 AM CDT THU MAR 31 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...NORTHEASTERN
CRITTENDEN...PEMISCOT...NORTHEASTERN DUNKLIN...LAKE...LAUDERDALE...
TIPTON...OBION...WESTERN HAYWOOD...NORTHWESTERN FAYETTE...
NORTHEASTERN SHELBY AND DYER COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...
THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED...AND FLASH FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED
TO POSE A THREAT.
LAT...LON 3663 8996 3639 8997 3643 8973 3634 8955
3650 8954 3646 8948 3651 8929 3649 8894
3620 8907 3620 8916 3597 8920 3577 8944
3531 8948 3533 9029 3598 8995 3647 8998
3651 9021 3661 9017 3663 9015
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 30, 7:09 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Craighead, Greene, Lawrence, Poinsett | 3 hr |
| Mar 30, 7:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Poinsett | 39 min |
| Mar 30, 7:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Craighead, Mississippi, Poinsett | 49 min |
| Mar 30, 8:20 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Craighead, Mississippi, Poinsett | 6 hr |
| Mar 30, 8:55 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Cross, St. Francis | 3 hr |
| Mar 30, 8:59 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Clay, Greene, Mississippi, Randolph | 3 hr |
| Mar 30, 9:04 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Lawrence, Randolph | 3 hr |
| Mar 30, 10:07 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Craighead, Greene, Lawrence, Poinsett | 3 hr |
| Mar 30, 10:11 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Mississippi | 3 hr |
| Mar 30, 11:43 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Cross, St. Francis | 3 hr |
| Mar 30, 11:44 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Clay, Greene, Mississippi, Randolph | 3 hr |
| Mar 30, 11:48 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MEG | Clay, Craighead, Lawrence, Randolph | 3 hr |
| Mar 31, 1:08 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Crittenden, Lee | 3 hr |
| Mar 31, 1:31 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MEG | Clay, Craighead, Greene, Lawrence, Poinsett, Randolph | 4 hr |
| Mar 31, 1:36 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Crittenden, Mississippi | 3 hr |
| Mar 31, 1:40 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Crittenden, Cross, Lee, Phillips, St. Francis | 3 hr |
| Mar 31, 2:13 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Craighead, Mississippi, Poinsett | 3 hr |
| Mar 31, 2:39 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MEG | Clay, Greene | 3 hr |
| Mar 31, 2:42 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Cross, St. Francis | 3 hr |
| Mar 31, 3:19 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Crittenden | 3 hr |
| Mar 31, 4:11 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Lee | 64 min |
| Mar 31, 5:09 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MEG | Craighead, Lawrence, Poinsett | 3 hr |
| Mar 31, 9:53 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MEG | Craighead | 69 hr |
| Mar 31, 9:53 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MEG | Mississippi, Poinsett | 4 days |
| Mar 31, 9:53 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MEG | Lee, St. Francis | 3 days |
| Mar 31, 10:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Craighead, Poinsett | 51 min |
| Mar 31, 10:31 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Craighead, Poinsett | 3 hr |
| Mar 31, 10:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Craighead, Mississippi, Poinsett | 51 min |
| Mar 31, 10:48 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Greene | 42 min |
| Mar 31, 10:57 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Crittenden, Cross, Poinsett | 3 hr |
| Mar 31, 10:57 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Mississippi | 33 min |
| Mar 31, 10:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Clay, Greene | 46 min |
| Mar 31, 11:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Craighead, Mississippi, Poinsett | 42 min |
| Mar 31, 11:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Cross, Poinsett | 45 min |
| Mar 31, 11:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Mississippi | 50 min |
| Mar 31, 12:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crittenden, Cross, Mississippi, Poinsett | 48 min |
| Mar 31, 12:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Mississippi | 40 min |
| Mar 31, 12:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Mississippi | 35 min |
| Mar 31, 3:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Lee, St. Francis | 40 min |
| Mar 31, 3:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Cross, Lee, Phillips, St. Francis | 51 min |
| Mar 31, 4:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Crittenden, Lee | 38 min |
| Mar 31, 4:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crittenden, Lee, St. Francis | 46 min |
| Mar 31, 4:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crittenden, Lee | 42 min |
| Mar 31, 4:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Phillips | 41 min |
| Mar 31, 5:55 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MEG | Clay, Greene | 51 hr |
| Mar 30, 7:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Hardin | 27 min |
| Mar 30, 8:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Dyer | 51 min |
| Mar 30, 9:33 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MEG | Crockett, Dyer, Lauderdale | 8 days |
| Mar 31, 12:01 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Shelby | 3 hr |
| Mar 31, 2:22 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Fayette, Haywood | 3 hr |
| Mar 31, 3:29 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MEG | Obion, Weakley | 40 hr |
| Mar 31, 6:44 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MEG | Fayette, Shelby | 14 hr |
| Mar 31, 11:43 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Dyer, Lake, Obion | 47 min |
| Mar 31, 12:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Tipton | 48 min |
| Mar 31, 12:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crockett, Dyer, Gibson, Lauderdale | 34 min |
| Mar 31, 12:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Lake, Obion | 28 min |
| Mar 31, 1:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Fayette, Haywood, Shelby, Tipton | 49 min |
| Mar 31, 1:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Shelby | 28 min |
| Mar 31, 1:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Dyer | 25 min |
| Mar 31, 1:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Fayette, Shelby | 37 min |
| Mar 31, 2:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Fayette, Hardeman, Haywood, Madison | 49 min |
| Mar 31, 2:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Shelby | 27 min |
| Mar 31, 2:23 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MEG | Shelby, Tipton | 2 hr |
| Mar 31, 2:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Fayette, Hardeman | 47 min |
| Mar 31, 2:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Chester, Henderson, Madison | 44 min |
| Mar 31, 2:47 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MEG | Dyer, Gibson, Obion | 4 days |
| Mar 31, 2:47 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MEG | Dyer | 67 hr |
| Mar 31, 2:47 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MEG | Madison | 45 hr |
| Mar 31, 3:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Hardeman | 30 min |
| Mar 31, 3:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Haywood | 29 min |
| Mar 31, 3:06 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MEG | Haywood, Madison | 114 min |
| Mar 31, 3:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Hardeman | 46 min |
| Mar 31, 3:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Chester, Decatur, Hardin, Henderson, McNairy | 50 min |
| Mar 31, 3:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Chester, Hardeman, McNairy | 42 min |
| Mar 31, 3:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Decatur, Hardin, Henderson | 32 min |
| Mar 31, 3:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Decatur, Hardin, Henderson | 36 min |
| Mar 31, 4:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Hardin, McNairy | 66 min |
| Mar 31, 4:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Hardin | 39 min |
| Mar 31, 4:38 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MEG | Chester, Decatur, Hardeman, Hardin, Henderson, McNairy | 2 hr |
| Mar 31, 4:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Hardin | 35 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Tennessee, 2016Flash Flood Warnings in Arkansas, 2016Flash Flood Warnings in Missouri, 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.