Alert archive / Arkansas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2016
Flash Flood Warning 76, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this flash flood warning at May 24, 2016, 5:39 PM CDT for Craighead 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
- May 24, 2016, 5:39 PM CDT (22:39 UTC)
- Expired
- May 24, 2016, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Emergency
- Flash flood emergency
- Flood severity
- None
County Craighead County, AR
The radar
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:52 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, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 135 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
- 319 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -134 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1163 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 56 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 93 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.7
The text
As transmitted.
836 WGUS54 KMEG 242239 FFWMEG ARC031-250030- /O.NEW.KMEG.FF.W.0076.160524T2239Z-160525T0030Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 539 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2016 ...FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR CENTRAL CRAIGHEAD COUNTY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... CENTRAL CRAIGHEAD COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS... * UNTIL 730 PM CDT * AT 534 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES 2 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS OCCURRED OVER THE PAST 2 HOURS. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE AN ADDITONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN OVER THE NEXT 2 HOURS. THIS IS A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR CENTRAL CRAIGHEAD COUNTY... * SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... JONESBORO...BONO...BAY...BROOKLAND...HERMAN...HERNDON... GILKERSON...GOOBERTOWN...LANIEVE...OTWELL...HERGETT...CARY...APT... DOROTHY...VALLEY VIEW AND FARRVILLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL UNLESS YOU ARE FLEEING AN AREA SUBJECT TO FLOODING OR UNDER AN EVACUATION ORDER. 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 3597 9084 3596 9052 3570 9060 3571 9092 $$
2 follow-up statements
085 WGUS54 KMEG 242352 FFWMEG ARC031-250200- /O.EXT.KMEG.FF.W.0076.000000T0000Z-160525T0200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 652 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2016 ...FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR CENTRAL CRAIGHEAD COUNTY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS EXTENDED THE * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... CENTRAL CRAIGHEAD COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS... * UNTIL 900 PM CDT * AT 651 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES 3 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAS OCCURRED OVER THE PAST 3 HOURS. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN OVER THE NEXT 2 HOURS. THIS IS A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR CENTRAL CRAIGHEAD COUNTY. * SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... JONESBORO...BONO...BAY...BROOKLAND...HERMAN...HERNDON... GILKERSON...GOOBERTOWN...LANIEVE...OTWELL...HERGETT...CARY...APT... DOROTHY...VALLEY VIEW AND FARRVILLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL UNLESS YOU ARE FLEEING AN AREA SUBJECT TO FLOODING OR UNDER AN EVACUATION ORDER. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE. DO NOT ENTER OR CROSS FLOWING WATER OR WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. && LAT...LON 3597 9084 3596 9052 3570 9060 3571 9092 $$
414 WGUS74 KMEG 250152 FFSMEG FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 852 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2016 ARC031-250201- /O.EXP.KMEG.FF.W.0076.000000T0000Z-160525T0200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ CRAIGHEAD AR- 852 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR CENTRAL CRAIGHEAD COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 900 PM CDT... FLOOD WATERS HAVE RECEDED...AND ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY ROAD CLOSURES. ADDITIONAL HEAVIER RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE LATER TONIGHT AND TOMORROW. LAT...LON 3597 9084 3596 9052 3570 9060 3571 9092 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 11:39 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Randolph | 36 min |
| May 24, 3:29 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Clay, Randolph | 3 hr |
| May 24, 4:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Craighead | 29 min |
| May 24, 4:16 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Craighead | 3 hr |
| May 24, 4:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Craighead | 52 min |
| May 24, 4:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Craighead, Greene, Mississippi | 35 min |
| May 24, 4:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lawrence, Randolph | 38 min |
| May 24, 5:11 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Lawrence | 3 hr |
| May 24, 5:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Craighead, Lawrence | 45 min |
| May 24, 5:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Craighead, Poinsett | 47 min |
| May 24, 6:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Craighead, Mississippi, Poinsett | 37 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.