Alert archive / Tennessee / Flash Flood Warnings in 1986
Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this flash flood warning at Jun 9, 1986, 6:35 PM CDT for Madison County, Tennessee. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 9, 1986, 6:35 PM CDT (23:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 9, 1986, 10:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Madison County, TN
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 133 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3618 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 47 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KMEM 092343
FFWMEM
TNC113-100300-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
635 PM CDT MON JUN 9 1986
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS RE-ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES:
IN WEST TENNESSEE
..MADISON
HEAVY THUNDERSHOWERS THAT OCCURRED IN MADISON COUNTY DURING THE
AFTERNOON ARE NOW AFFECTING THE TRIBUTARIES THAT FEED INTO THE
FORKED DEER. PART OF BEMIS TENNESSEE IS BEING EVACUATED AND OTHER
SUBURBS OF JACKSON MAY BE AFFECTED BY THE SMALL CREEKS IN THE AREA.
FLOODING WILL CONTINUE UNTIL AFTER DARK BUT THE SMALL TRIBUTARIES
SHOULD BE BACK WITHIN BANKS BY MIDNIGHT.
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR ALREADY
OCCURRING. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT
ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES, DIPS, OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM, EVEN A SMALL ONE,
ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 4:13 PM CDT, 2 hours 22 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 410 PM CDT MON JUN 9 1986 ...FUNNEL CLOUD OBSERVED MOVING ACROSS THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER INTO NORTHWEST TENNESSEE NORTHWEST OF DYERSBURG... AT 405 PM THE MISSOURI HIGHWAY PATROL REPORTED THAT A FUNNEL CLOUD WAS MOVING NORTHEASTWARD INTO NORTHWESTERN TENNESSEE NORTHWEST OF DYERSBURG IN THE LAKE..DYER..OBION COUNTY AREA. ALL PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR APPROACHING THUNDERSTORMS AND TAKE COVER IF THREATENING WEATHER NEARS. STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 4:44 PM CDT, 1 hour 51 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 430 PM CDT MON JUN 9 1986 ...FUNNEL CLOUD OBSERVED MOVING ACROSS THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER INTO NORTHWEST TENNESSEE NORTHWEST OF DYERSBURG... AT 405 PM THE MISSOURI HIGHWAY PATROL REPORTED THAT A FUNNEL CLOUD WAS MOVING NORTHEASTWARD INTO NORTHWESTERN TENNESSEE NORTHWEST OF DYERSBURG INTO THE LAKE..DYER..OBION COUNTY AREAS. ALL PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR APPROACHING THUNDERSTORMS AND TAKE COVER IF THREATENING WEATHER NEARS. ELSEWHERE..THUNDERSHOWERS AND PATCHES OF RAIN WERE SCATTERED THROUGH MUCH OF ARKANSAS..WEST TENNESSEE AND NORTH MISSISSIPPI. THE THUNDERSHOWERS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 9, 3:14 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Madison | 4 hr |
| Jun 9, 4:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Lake | 63 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Tennessee, 1986Every flash flood warning in 1986
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.