Alert archive / Arkansas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2017
Flash Flood Warning 63, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this flash flood warning at Jul 25, 2017, 4:34 PM CDT for Craighead 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
- Jul 25, 2017, 4:34 PM CDT (21:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 25, 2017, 7:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Craighead County, AR
The radar
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KBYH), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 136 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
- 1789 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -39 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1149 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -9 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -4 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
967 WGUS54 KMEG 252134 FFWMEG ARC031-260030- /O.NEW.KMEG.FF.W.0063.170725T2134Z-170726T0030Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED Flash Flood Warning National Weather Service Memphis TN 434 PM CDT TUE JUL 25 2017 The National Weather Service in Memphis has issued a * Flash Flood Warning for... Central Craighead County in eastern Arkansas... * Until 730 PM CDT * At 433 PM CDT...Local Law Enforcement estimates 1 to 3 inches of rain has occurred in the past 30 minutes. Showers and thunderstorms will produce an additional 1 to 3 inches of rain over the next hour. * Some locations that will experience flooding include... Jonesboro, Bono, Herman, Herndon, Gilkerson and Valley View. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles. && LAT...LON 3596 9059 3576 9073 3578 9085 3594 9081 $$
1 follow-up statement
633 WGUS74 KMEG 252237 FFSMEG Flash Flood Statement National Weather Service Memphis TN 537 PM CDT TUE JUL 25 2017 ARC031-252244- /O.CAN.KMEG.FF.W.0063.000000T0000Z-170726T0030Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ Craighead AR- 537 PM CDT TUE JUL 25 2017 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR CENTRAL CRAIGHEAD COUNTY IS CANCELLED... The heavy rain has ended. Flood waters have receded. Flooding is no longer expected to pose a threat. Please continue to heed any remaining road closures. LAT...LON 3596 9059 3576 9073 3578 9085 3594 9081 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 25, 2:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Greene | 24 min |
| Jul 25, 2:25 PM CDT | Excessive Heat Warning | MEG | Clay, Craighead, Greene, Mississippi, Poinsett | 5 hr |
| Jul 25, 2:25 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | MEG | Clay, Craighead, Greene, Mississippi, Poinsett | 22 hr |
| Jul 25, 3:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Craighead | 24 min |
| Jul 25, 3:41 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Craighead | 3 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.