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Flash Flood Warning 89, NWS Memphis, TN

June 1, 2016Lauderdale County, Tennessee; Mississippi County, Arkansas

NWS Memphis, TN issued this flash flood warning at Jun 1, 2016, 6:03 PM CDT for Lauderdale County, Tennessee; Mississippi County, Arkansas. It was in force for 117 min. 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, 6:03 PM CDT (23:03 UTC)
Expired
Jun 1, 2016, 8:00 PM CDT
In force
117 min
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Mississippi County, AR, Lauderdale County, TN

The radar

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:02 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, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 97 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.

619 
WGUS54 KMEG 012303
FFWMEG
ARC093-TNC097-020100-
/O.NEW.KMEG.FF.W.0089.160601T2303Z-160602T0100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...
  WEST CENTRAL LAUDERDALE COUNTY IN WESTERN TENNESSEE...

* UNTIL 800 PM CDT

* AT 603 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS
  OCCURRED OVER THE PAST HOUR. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE
  AN ADDITONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN OVER THE NEXT 2 HOURS.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  OSCEOLA...LUXORA...GRIDER...CARSON LAKE...KEYES PORT...ROTAN...SANS
  SOUCI...MORAN AND CHILSON.

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3577 8989 3566 8988 3560 9005 3572 9005

$$
1 follow-up statement
836 
WGUS74 KMEG 020058
FFSMEG

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

ARC093-TNC097-020108-
/O.EXP.KMEG.FF.W.0089.000000T0000Z-160602T0100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MISSISSIPPI AR-LAUDERDALE TN-
758 PM CDT WED JUN 1 2016

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI AND WEST CENTRAL
LAUDERDALE COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 800 PM CDT...

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

LAT...LON 3577 8989 3566 8988 3560 9005 3572 9005

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 1, 4:32 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGShelby118 min
Jun 1, 3:26 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGLee, St. Francis3 hr
Jun 1, 5:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGLawrence30 min
Jun 1, 5:22 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGLawrence, Randolph2 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Tennessee, 2016Flash 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.