Alert archive / Arkansas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2016
Flash Flood Warning 65, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this flash flood warning at Apr 30, 2016, 12:48 AM CDT for 4 counties in Arkansas. It was in force for 6 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
- Apr 30, 2016, 12:48 AM CDT (05:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 30, 2016, 6:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Crittenden County, AR, Cross County, AR, Poinsett County, AR, St. Francis County, AR
The radar
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 40 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:51 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
Little Rock, AR (KBYH), launched 00:00Z, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 64 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
- 169 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -117 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 613 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 251 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 401 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
The text
As transmitted.
622
WGUS54 KMEG 300548
FFWMEG
ARC035-037-111-123-300845-
/O.NEW.KMEG.FF.W.0065.160430T0548Z-160430T0845Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
1248 AM CDT SAT APR 30 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
CROSS COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...
CRITTENDEN COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...
NORTHERN ST. FRANCIS COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...
SOUTHERN POINSETT COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...
* UNTIL 345 AM CDT
* AT 1248 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS
OCCURRED OVER THE PAST 3 HOURS. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL
PRODUCE AN ADDITONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN OVER THE NEXT 3 HOURS.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
WEST MEMPHIS...MARION...WYNNE...MARKED TREE...EARLE...HARRISBURG...
PARKIN...TYRONZA...VILLAGE CREEK STATE PARK...CHERRY VALLEY...
CALDWELL...CRAWFORDSVILLE...COLT...HICKORY RIDGE...SUNSET...
GILMORE...JERICHO...JENNETTE...WALDENBURG AND VANNDALE.
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 3558 9104 3554 9029 3544 9029 3544 9018
3538 9018 3537 9014 3531 9011 3530 9016
3528 9017 3525 9014 3525 9010 3521 9007
3520 9011 3517 9011 3517 9013 3507 9104
$$1 follow-up statement
295
WGUS54 KMEG 300807
FFWMEG
ARC035-037-111-123-301145-
/O.EXT.KMEG.FF.W.0065.000000T0000Z-160430T1145Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
307 AM CDT SAT APR 30 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS EXTENDED THE
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
CROSS COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...
CRITTENDEN COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...
NORTHERN ST. FRANCIS COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...
SOUTHERN POINSETT COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...
* UNTIL 645 AM CDT
* AT 306 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS
OCCURRED OVER THE PAST 3 HOURS. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL
PRODUCE AN ADDITONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN OVER THE NEXT 3 HOURS.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
WEST MEMPHIS...MARION...WYNNE...MARKED TREE...EARLE...HARRISBURG...
PARKIN...TYRONZA...VILLAGE CREEK STATE PARK...CHERRY VALLEY...
CALDWELL...CRAWFORDSVILLE...COLT...HICKORY RIDGE...SUNSET...
GILMORE...JERICHO...JENNETTE...WALDENBURG AND VANNDALE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.
TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
&&
LAT...LON 3558 9104 3554 9029 3544 9029 3544 9018
3538 9018 3537 9014 3531 9011 3530 9016
3528 9017 3525 9014 3525 9010 3521 9007
3520 9011 3517 9011 3517 9013 3507 9104
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 30, 9:05 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Craighead, Mississippi | 55 min |
| Apr 30, 10:03 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Crittenden, Mississippi | 57 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.