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Flash Flood Warning 63, NWS Memphis, TN

April 29, 2016Crittenden County, Mississippi County, Poinsett County, Arkansas; DeSoto County, Mississippi; Shelby County, Tennessee

NWS Memphis, TN issued this flash flood warning at Apr 29, 2016, 12:47 PM CDT for Crittenden County, Mississippi County, Poinsett County, Arkansas; DeSoto County, Mississippi; Shelby County, Tennessee. It was in force for 3 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
Apr 29, 2016, 12:47 PM CDT (17:47 UTC)
Expired
Apr 29, 2016, 3:45 PM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Crittenden County, AR, Mississippi County, AR, Poinsett County, AR, DeSoto County, MS, Shelby County, TN

The radar

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 35 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:49 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 29, 12:51 PM CDTFLASH FLOOD6 Ne Midtown Memphis, TNWATER CURB TO CURB AND SIX TO EIGHT INCHES DEEP AT WELLS STATION ROAD AND RUSSWOOD. DAYTONA ROAD AND TRUMAN AVENUE ALSO FLOODED.

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 (KBYH), launched 12:00Z, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 65 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, Little Rock, AR at 12:00Z on 2016-04-29Temperature 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°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Little Rock, AR at 12:00Z on 2016-04-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 271 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
1579 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
271 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
360 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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The text

As transmitted.

612 
WGUS54 KMEG 291747
FFWMEG
ARC035-093-111-MSC033-TNC157-292045-
/O.NEW.KMEG.FF.W.0063.160429T1747Z-160429T2045Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
1247 PM CDT FRI APR 29 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  CRITTENDEN COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...
  SOUTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...
  SOUTHEASTERN POINSETT COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...
  NORTHERN DESOTO COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI...
  CENTRAL SHELBY COUNTY IN EASTWEST TENNESSEE...

* UNTIL 345 PM CDT

* AT 1247 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES 1.5 TO 2.5 INCHES OF RAIN
  HAS OCCURRED OVER THE PAST 3 HOURS. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL
  PRODUCE AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  BARTLETT...SOUTHAVEN...GERMANTOWN...OLIVE BRANCH...WEST MEMPHIS...
  HORN LAKE...MARION...MILLINGTON...MARKED TREE...EARLE...WILSON...
  TYRONZA...MEEMAN SHELBY FOREST STATE PARK...T O FULLER STATE
  PARK...WALLS...JOINER...CRAWFORDSVILLE...EDMONDSON...SUNSET AND
  GILMORE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.

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

&&

LAT...LON 3553 9067 3556 9002 3555 9004 3551 9005
      3546 9002 3541 9005 3539 8994 3493 8973
      3492 9040 3515 9040 3515 9050 3544 9050
      3545 9063

$$
1 follow-up statement
357 
WGUS74 KMEG 291918
FFSMEG

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
218 PM CDT FRI APR 29 2016

ARC035-093-111-MSC033-TNC157-291928-
/O.CAN.KMEG.FF.W.0063.000000T0000Z-160429T2045Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CRITTENDEN AR-MISSISSIPPI AR-POINSETT AR-DESOTO MS-SHELBY TN-
218 PM CDT FRI APR 29 2016

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR CRITTENDEN...SOUTHWESTERN
MISSISSIPPI...SOUTHEASTERN POINSETT...NORTHERN DESOTO AND CENTRAL
SHELBY COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED...AND FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE
A THREAT.

LAT...LON 3553 9067 3556 9002 3555 9004 3551 9005
      3546 9002 3541 9005 3539 8994 3493 8973
      3492 9040 3515 9040 3515 9050 3544 9050
      3545 9063

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 29, 10:33 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGCross, Lee, Phillips, Poinsett, St. Francis42 min
Apr 29, 3:26 PM CDTFlash Flood WatchMEGClay, Craighead, Crittenden, Cross, Greene, Lawrence and 6 more19 hr
Apr 29, 11:26 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningMEGQuitman50 hr
Apr 29, 12:11 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGDeSoto, Marshall, Panola, Tate49 min
Apr 29, 12:41 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGTallahatchie49 min
Apr 29, 1:05 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGBenton, Lafayette, Marshall40 min
Apr 29, 1:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGBenton, Lafayette, Marshall, Tippah, Union40 min
Apr 29, 1:31 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGYalobusha44 min
Apr 29, 2:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGCalhoun, Chickasaw, Pontotoc47 min
Apr 29, 2:26 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGCalhoun, Chickasaw, Pontotoc49 min
Apr 29, 2:51 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGAlcorn, Benton, Prentiss, Tippah, Union3 hr
Apr 29, 3:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGChickasaw, Itawamba, Lee, Monroe57 min
Apr 29, 3:31 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGMonroe44 min
Apr 29, 4:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGMonroe23 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Arkansas, 2016Flash Flood Warnings in Mississippi, 2016Flash Flood Warnings in Tennessee, 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.