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Flash Flood Warning 82, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this flash flood warning at May 27, 2016, 3:00 AM CDT for Craighead County, Randolph 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 27, 2016, 3:00 AM CDT (08:00 UTC)
- Expired
- May 27, 2016, 6:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Craighead County, AR, Randolph County, AR
The radar
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 132 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:03 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 00:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 171 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
- 280 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -183 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 991 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 4 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 79 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
470
WGUS54 KMEG 270800
FFWMEG
ARC031-121-271100-
/O.NEW.KMEG.FF.W.0082.160527T0800Z-160527T1100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
300 AM CDT FRI MAY 27 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN CRAIGHEAD COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...
RANDOLPH COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...
* UNTIL 600 AM CDT
* AT 259 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS
OCCURRED OVER THE PAST 2 HOURS. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL
PRODUCE AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN OVER THE NEXT 3 HOURS.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
JONESBORO...POCAHONTAS...BONO...IMBODEN...PORTIA...MAYNARD...
BIGGERS...O'KEAN...RAVENDEN SPRINGS...DALTON...FONTAINE...ATTICA...
HERNDON...ELKINS PARK...ELM STORE...LANIEVE...WHISKERVILLE...
STOKES...BRAKEBILL AND ENGELERG.
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.
&&
LAT...LON 3650 9079 3597 9081 3597 9060 3588 9061
3588 9090 3589 9087 3615 9081 3615 9106
3614 9106 3611 9107 3589 9103 3588 9094
3588 9103 3615 9108 3624 9124 3623 9124
3637 9128 3650 9141
$$1 follow-up statement
697
WGUS74 KMEG 270801
FFSMEG
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
301 AM CDT FRI MAY 27 2016
ARC031-121-270811-
/O.CAN.KMEG.FF.W.0082.000000T0000Z-160527T1100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CRAIGHEAD AR-RANDOLPH AR-
301 AM CDT FRI MAY 27 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN CRAIGHEAD AND RANDOLPH
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED...AND FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE
A THREAT. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ALL ROAD CLOSURES.
LAT...LON 3650 9079 3597 9081 3597 9060 3588 9061
3588 9090 3589 9087 3615 9081 3615 9106
3614 9106 3611 9107 3589 9103 3588 9094
3588 9103 3615 9108 3624 9124 3623 9124
3637 9128 3650 9141
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 7:49 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MEG | Greene | 3 hr |
| May 27, 3:03 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Randolph | 3 hr |
| May 27, 5:55 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Clay, Greene, Lawrence, Randolph | 3 hr |
| May 27, 11:35 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MEG | Clay, Greene | 3 days |
| May 27, 12:31 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Craighead | 3 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.