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Flash Flood Warning 86, NWS Memphis, TN

June 1, 2016Lee County, St. Francis County, Arkansas

NWS Memphis, TN issued this flash flood warning at Jun 1, 2016, 3:26 PM CDT for Lee County, St. Francis 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
Jun 1, 2016, 3:26 PM CDT (20:26 UTC)
Expired
Jun 1, 2016, 6:30 PM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Lee County, AR, St. Francis County, AR

The radar

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:29 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, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 101 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 2016-06-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1005 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 12:00Z on 2016-06-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -14 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1005 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-25 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
915 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-14 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
26 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

098 
WGUS54 KMEG 012026
FFWMEG
ARC077-123-012330-
/O.NEW.KMEG.FF.W.0086.160601T2026Z-160601T2330Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
326 PM CDT WED JUN 1 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN LEE COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...
  SOUTHWESTERN ST. FRANCIS COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...

* UNTIL 630 PM CDT

* AT 325 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS
  OCCURRED OVER THE PAST HOUR. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL
  CONTINUE TO REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY AND PRODUCE AN ADDITIONAL 1
  TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN OVER THE NEXT ONE TO TWO HOURS.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  FORREST CITY...MADISON...PALESTINE...WHEATLEY...MORO...HAYNES...
  GARRET GROVE...NEW SALEM...DODSONS CORNER...GOODWIN...WESTOR...
  HEUSTESS...GILL...OAK FOREST...FOUR FORKS...SLONIKERS MILL...
  BLOSSOM...POSEY...FELTON AND BONAIR.

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.

PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY WHEN YOU
CAN DO SO SAFELY.

&&

LAT...LON 3500 9115 3500 9105 3501 9104 3502 9070
      3480 9077 3473 9109 3473 9110 3487 9110
      3487 9112 3491 9112 3491 9114 3497 9115

$$
1 follow-up statement
483 
WGUS74 KMEG 012321
FFSMEG

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
621 PM CDT WED JUN 1 2016

ARC077-123-012331-
/O.EXP.KMEG.FF.W.0086.000000T0000Z-160601T2330Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
LEE AR-ST. FRANCIS AR-
621 PM CDT WED JUN 1 2016

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN LEE AND SOUTHWESTERN ST.
FRANCIS COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 630 PM CDT...

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

LAT...LON 3500 9115 3500 9105 3501 9104 3502 9070
      3480 9077 3473 9109 3473 9110 3487 9110
      3487 9112 3491 9112 3491 9114 3497 9115

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 1, 5:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGLawrence30 min
Jun 1, 5:22 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGLawrence, Randolph2 hr
Jun 1, 6:03 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGMississippi117 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.