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Flash Flood Warning 72, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this flash flood warning at Aug 13, 2021, 1:50 AM CDT for Craighead County, 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
- Aug 13, 2021, 1:50 AM CDT (06:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 13, 2021, 5:00 AM 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), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:50 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 13, 2:00 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Jonesboro, AR | NUMEROUS ROAD FLOODING FROM HEAVY RAIN. SEVERAL CARS FLOODED. ROADS FLOODING FROM DOWNTOWN TO EASTERN PARTS OF JONESBORO. |
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 (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 130 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
- 1367 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -19 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2052 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 10 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -12 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 61 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
811
WGUS54 KMEG 130650
FFWMEG
ARC031-131000-
/O.NEW.KMEG.FF.W.0072.210813T0650Z-210813T1000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Memphis TN
150 AM CDT Fri Aug 13 2021
The National Weather Service in Memphis has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Central Craighead County in eastern Arkansas...
* Until 500 AM CDT.
* At 150 AM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1.5 and 3 inches of
rain have fallen. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin
shortly.
HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.
SOURCE...Radar.
IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban
areas, highways, streets and underpasses as well as
other poor drainage and low-lying areas.
* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
Jonesboro, Valley View, Apt, Herndon and Craighead Forest Park.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the
dangers of flooding.
Please report observed flooding to local emergency services or law
enforcement and request they pass this information to the National
Weather Service when you can do so safely.
&&
LAT...LON 3575 9063 3574 9076 3586 9078 3590 9077
3594 9072 3585 9063
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 13, 1:18 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Craighead | 27 min |
| Aug 13, 1:45 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MEG | Craighead | 5 min |
| Aug 13, 2:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Poinsett | 47 min |
| Aug 13, 2:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Poinsett | 46 min |
| Aug 13, 2:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Poinsett | 45 min |
| Aug 13, 2:51 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Crittenden | 3 hr |
| Aug 13, 3:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Poinsett | 33 min |
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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.