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Flash Flood Warning 86, NWS Memphis, TN
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.
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 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 5:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Lawrence | 30 min |
| Jun 1, 5:22 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Lawrence, Randolph | 2 hr |
| Jun 1, 6:03 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Mississippi | 117 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Arkansas, 2016Every flash flood warning in 2016
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.