Alert archive / Arkansas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2019
Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this flash flood warning at Feb 23, 2019, 11:24 AM CST for 4 counties in Arkansas. It was in force for 3 hr. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 23, 2019, 11:24 AM CST (17:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 23, 2019, 2:30 PM CST
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Craighead County, AR, Cross County, AR, Mississippi County, AR, Poinsett County, AR
The radar
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:26 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 23, 11:25 AM CST | FLASH FLOOD | 1 S Jonesboro, AR | FLOODING OF ROAD IN SOUTH JONESBORO WITH 10 INCHES OF WATER OVER ROAD. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KBYH), launched 12:00Z, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 90 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
- 62 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -265 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 430 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 426 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 456 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.9
The text
As transmitted.
085
WGUS54 KMEG 231724
FFWMEG
ARC031-037-093-111-232030-
/O.NEW.KMEG.FF.W.0021.190223T1724Z-190223T2030Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Memphis TN
1124 AM CST SAT FEB 23 2019
The National Weather Service in Memphis has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Craighead County in eastern Arkansas...
Poinsett County in eastern Arkansas...
Mississippi County in eastern Arkansas...
Cross County in eastern Arkansas...
* Until 230 PM CST.
* At 1123 AM CST...Doppler Radar estimates 1 to 3 inches of rain has
occurred over the past 2 hours. Showers and thunderstorms will
produce an additional 1 to 3 inches of rain over the two hours.
* Some locations that will experience flooding include...
Jonesboro, Blytheville, Wynne, Osceola, Trumann, Gosnell, Manila,
Marked Tree, Harrisburg, Bono, Lake City, Leachville, Lepanto, Bay,
Brookland, Monette, Caraway, Luxora, Parkin and Wilson.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Some roads are already flooded.
&&
LAT...LON 3588 9103 3588 9087 3596 9085 3599 8972
3576 8981 3573 8996 3566 8992 3565 8985
3559 8996 3552 8991 3556 8999 3555 9004
3546 9002 3539 9005 3547 9007 3548 9011
3544 9014 3544 9050 3514 9050 3515 9104
$$
TLSJr1 follow-up statement
239
WGUS74 KMEG 231819
FFSMEG
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Memphis TN
1219 PM CST SAT FEB 23 2019
ARC031-037-093-111-232030-
/O.CON.KMEG.FF.W.0021.000000T0000Z-190223T2030Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Craighead AR-Poinsett AR-Mississippi AR-Cross AR-
1219 PM CST SAT FEB 23 2019
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 PM CST FOR
CRAIGHEAD...POINSETT...MISSISSIPPI AND CROSS COUNTIES...
At 1218 PM CST,Doppler Radar estimates 1 to 3 inches of rain has
occurred over the past hour. Showers and thunderstorms will produce
an additional 1 to 3 inches of rain over the next hour.
Some locations that will experience flooding include...
Jonesboro, Blytheville, Wynne, Osceola, Trumann, Gosnell, Manila,
Marked Tree, Harrisburg, Bono, Lake City, Leachville, Lepanto, Bay,
Brookland, Monette, Caraway, Luxora, Parkin and Wilson.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
&&
LAT...LON 3588 9103 3588 9087 3596 9085 3599 8972
3576 8981 3573 8996 3566 8992 3565 8985
3559 8996 3552 8991 3556 8999 3555 9004
3546 9002 3539 9005 3547 9007 3548 9011
3544 9014 3544 9050 3514 9050 3515 9104
$$
TLSJrThe office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 22, 10:37 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | MEG | Phillips | 3 hr |
| Feb 23, 10:04 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Craighead, Poinsett | 41 min |
| Feb 23, 10:51 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Cross, Poinsett | 24 min |
| Feb 23, 11:11 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Mississippi | 49 min |
| Feb 23, 11:19 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Cross | 41 min |
| Feb 23, 11:52 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crittenden, Cross, St. Francis | 38 min |
| Feb 23, 12:19 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Mississippi | 41 min |
| Feb 23, 12:28 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crittenden, Cross, Mississippi, St. Francis | 32 min |
| Feb 23, 12:41 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Crittenden, Lee, St. Francis | 3 hr |
| Feb 23, 12:53 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Crittenden | 52 min |
| Feb 23, 2:16 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lee, Phillips | 44 min |
| Feb 23, 2:54 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lee, Phillips, St. Francis | 51 min |
| Feb 23, 3:28 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Crittenden | 32 min |
| Feb 23, 3:52 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crittenden | 38 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Arkansas, 2019Every flash flood warning in 2019
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.