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Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Memphis, TN

March 9, 2016Dyer County, Lauderdale County, Tennessee; Craighead County, Mississippi County, Poinsett County, Arkansas

NWS Memphis, TN issued this flash flood warning at Mar 9, 2016, 2:06 PM CST for Dyer County, Lauderdale County, Tennessee; Craighead County, Mississippi County, Poinsett 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
Mar 9, 2016, 2:06 PM CST (20:06 UTC)
Expired
Mar 9, 2016, 5:00 PM CST
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Craighead County, AR, Mississippi County, AR, Poinsett County, AR, Dyer County, TN, Lauderdale County, TN

The radar

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:06 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, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 107 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 2016-03-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 17 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 2016-03-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -90 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
17 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-25 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
825 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
56 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-90 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.

925 
WGUS54 KMEG 092006
FFWMEG
ARC031-093-111-TNC045-097-092300-
/O.NEW.KMEG.FF.W.0009.160309T2006Z-160309T2300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
206 PM CST WED MAR 9 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  MISSISSIPPI COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...
  SOUTHEASTERN CRAIGHEAD COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...
  POINSETT COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...
  NORTHWESTERN LAUDERDALE COUNTY IN WEST TENNESSEE...
  SOUTHWESTERN DYER COUNTY IN WEST TENNESSEE...

* UNTIL 500 PM CST

* AT 206 PM CST...DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS
  OCCURRED OVER THE PAST 3 HOURS. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL
  PRODUCE AN ADDITONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN OVER THE NEXT 6 HOURS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 3600 9019 3599 8939 3544 9018 3544 9102

$$

TVT
1 follow-up statement
832 
WGUS74 KMEG 092138
FFSMEG

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
338 PM CST WED MAR 9 2016

ARC031-093-111-TNC045-097-092300-
/O.CON.KMEG.FF.W.0009.000000T0000Z-160309T2300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MISSISSIPPI AR-CRAIGHEAD AR-POINSETT AR-LAUDERDALE TN-DYER TN-
338 PM CST WED MAR 9 2016

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CST FOR
MISSISSIPPI...SOUTHEASTERN CRAIGHEAD...POINSETT...NORTHWESTERN
LAUDERDALE AND SOUTHWESTERN DYER COUNTIES...

AT 337 PM CST...DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS
OCCURRED OVER THE PAST 3 HOURS. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL
PRODUCE AN ADDITONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN OVER THE NEXT 6 HOURS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 3600 9019 3599 8939 3544 9018 3544 9102

$$

TVT

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 9, 3:53 AM CSTFlash Flood WatchMEGCarroll, Crockett, Dyer, Fayette, Gibson, Hardeman and 9 more24 hr
Mar 9, 11:36 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningMEGDyer11 days
Mar 9, 11:36 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningMEGCrockett, Dyer, Lauderdale13 days
Mar 9, 11:36 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningMEGFayette, Shelby67 hr
Mar 9, 4:45 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningMEGLauderdale, Shelby, Tipton7 hr
Mar 9, 4:53 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningMEGDyer, Lake, Obion7 hr
Mar 9, 3:38 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningMEGCraighead4 days
Mar 9, 3:38 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningMEGMississippi, Poinsett3 days
Mar 9, 3:38 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningMEGLee, St. Francis10 days
Mar 9, 11:36 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningMEGSt. Francis70 hr
Mar 9, 12:12 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningMEGCrittenden, Cross, Lee, Phillips, St. Francis11 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Arkansas, 2016Flash Flood Warnings in Tennessee, 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.