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Flash Flood Warning 83, NWS Memphis, TN

May 27, 2016Randolph County, Arkansas

NWS Memphis, TN issued this flash flood warning at May 27, 2016, 3:03 AM CDT for 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, 3:03 AM CDT (08:03 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

County Randolph County, AR

The radar

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 157 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:03 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, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 198 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 00:00Z on 2016-05-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 280 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2016-05-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 4 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
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

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The text

As transmitted.

281 
WGUS54 KMEG 270803
FFWMEG
ARC121-271100-
/O.NEW.KMEG.FF.W.0083.160527T0803Z-160527T1100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
303 AM CDT FRI MAY 27 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  RANDOLPH COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...

* UNTIL 600 AM CDT

* AT 303 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES 1 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...
  POCAHONTAS...REYNO...MAYNARD...BIGGERS...O'KEAN...RAVENDEN
  SPRINGS...DALTON...ATTICA...ELKINS PARK...ELM STORE...STOKES...
  BRAKEBILL...ENGELERG...WARM SPRINGS...MIDDLEBROOK...HAMIL...
  BROCKETT...ELNORA...ELEVEN POINT AND INGRAM.

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 3649 9078 3643 9078 3641 9075 3628 9075
      3629 9080 3616 9081 3616 9113 3620 9116
      3624 9124 3623 9124 3633 9126 3633 9128
      3637 9128 3639 9131 3642 9131 3642 9135
      3647 9136 3650 9141

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 26, 7:49 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMEGGreene3 hr
May 27, 3:00 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGCraighead, Randolph3 hr
May 27, 5:55 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGClay, Greene, Lawrence, Randolph3 hr
May 27, 11:35 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningMEGClay, Greene3 days
May 27, 12:31 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGCraighead3 hr

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.