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Flash Flood Warning 8, NWS Memphis, TN

June 3, 1990Monroe County, Mississippi

NWS Memphis, TN issued this flash flood warning at Jun 3, 1990, 6:17 AM CDT for Monroe County, Mississippi. It was in force for 118 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 3, 1990, 6:17 AM CDT (11:17 UTC)
Expired
Jun 3, 1990, 8:15 AM CDT
In force
118 min
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Whole counties

County Monroe County, MS

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

Centreville/Bibb, AL (KCKL), launched 00:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 162 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, Centreville/Bibb, AL at 00:00Z on 1990-06-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1921 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Centreville/Bibb, AL at 00:00Z on 1990-06-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 78 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1921 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-15 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1189 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
78 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
147 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
3.3

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KTUP 031117
FFWTUP
MSC095-031315-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUPELO MS
617 AM CDT SUN JUN 3 1990
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUPELO HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  815 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI
 
   ...MONROE COUNTY
 
AT 615 AM CDT...AMORY POLICE DEPARTMENT REPORTED URBAN AND STREET
FLOODING TAKING PLACE IN THE CITY OF AMORY AT THIS TIME. THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A BAND OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING
FROM SMITHVILLE SOUTHWEST TO NEAR ABERDEEN.
 
THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE VERY SLOW MOVING AND ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
RAINFALL RATES IN EXCESS OF ONE INCH AN HOUR.
 
 
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS
IMMINENT.  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..y.EVEN A SMALL
ONE...ON FOOT.  TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.
 
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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 3, 3:54 AM CDT, 2 hours 23 minutes before
MSZ004-005-031000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUPELO MS
354 AM CDT SUN JUN 3 1990

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 600AM CDT THIS SUNDAY
MORNING FOR MUCH OF NORTH MISSISSIPPI...

AT 347AM CDT...A LINE OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM THE
NORTHWEST CORNER OF ALABAMA SOUTHWEST ACROSS TISHOMINGO...PRENTISS...
UNION AND LAFAYETTE COUNTIES ONTO WEST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI. THE LINE
IS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 TO 20 MILES AN HOUR.

SCATTERED VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING IN ADVANCE OF THIS
LINE.

PERSONS IN NORTH MISSISSIPPI CAN EXPECT STRONG GUSTY WINDS OF 35 TO 45
MILES AN HOUR...HAIL TO 1/2 INCH...VERY HEAVY RAINS AND FREQUENT CLOUD
TO GROUND LIGHTNING WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS.

STAY TUNE TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL TELEVISION OR RADIO STATIONS
FOR THE LATEST WEATHER UPDATES.

NNNN
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 4:08 AM CDT, 2 hours 9 minutes before
TNZ013-015-MSZ001-004-ARZ014-030930-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
400 AM CDT SUN JUN 3 1990

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 385 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR PARTS
OF NORTH MIDDLE TENNESSEE INCLUDING THE NASHVILLE METROPOLITAN AREA...

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 384 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR SOUTHWEST
TENNESSEE...

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE IN NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI...

AT 345 THIS MORNING THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN CONTINUED OVER MUCH
OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE BUT THERE HAVE BEEN NO REPORTS OF DAMAGING WIND
OR LARGE HAIL. STRONGEST STORMS HAVE MOVED TO NEAR THE TENNESSEE-ALABAMA
BORDER  WITH WEAKER ACTIVITY TO THE NORTH. THUS THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR NORTHERN PORTIONS OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MOVED THROUGH NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI BETWEEN 3 AM
AND 4 AM THIS MORNING WITH MANY PLACES RECEIVING HEAVY RAINFALLS.
HOWEVER THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DECREASED OVER SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE DURING
THIS TIME PERIOD AND NO HAIL OR DAMAGING WINDS ARE EXPECTED DURING
THE REST OF THIS MORNING. THUS THERE ARE NO WATCHES IN EFFECT FOR
WEST TENNESSEE.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO WEAKEN ACROSS THE WEST HALF OF TENNESSMEE
THROUGH THE MORNING AS DRIER AIR PUSHES INTO THE STATE FROM THE NORTHWEST.
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 4:19 AM CDT, 1 hour 58 minutes before
MSZ004-005-007-031015-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUPELO MS
419 AM CDT SUN JUN 3 1990

.....SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 384 IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR
THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI
...BENTON..COAHOMA..DESOTO..MARSHALL..PANOLA..QUITMAN..TATE AND
TUNICA.....

.....SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 384 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE
REST OF NORTH MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 6AM.....

AT 412 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN TUPELO SHOWED A BAND
OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS REACHING FROM MUSCLE SHOALS ALABAMA SOUTHWEST
ACROSS TUPELO TO NEAR GRENADA MISSISSIPPI MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT
15 TO 20 MILES AN HOUR.

PERSONS IN NORTH MISSISSIPPI CAN EXPECT LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS...GUSTY
SURFACE WINDS ON THE ORDER OF 35 TO 45 MILES AN HOUR...FREQUENT CLOUD
TO GROUND LIGHTING AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL WITH THE PASSAGE OF THESE
THUNDERSTORMS.

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Special weather statement, Jun 3, 5:05 AM CDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before
TNZ007-009>011-MSZ001-004-031045-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
500 AM CDT SUN JUN 3 1990

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 385 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR ALL OF
MIDDLE TENNESSEE...

AT 445 THIS MORNING NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER
MIDDLE TENNESSEE. WHILE THESE STORMS HAVE PRODUCED AREAS OF VERY HEAVY
RAINS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING...THEY HAVE NOT PRODUCED LARGE HAIL OR
DAMAGING WINDS. SINCE STORMS HAVE WEAKENED OVER MIDDLE TENNESSEE DURING
THE PAST HOUR NO SEVERE WEATHER IS LIKELY THE REST OF THE MORNING.
THEREFORE THERE ARE NO LONGER ANY SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCHES IN EFFECT
FO MIDDLE TENNESSEE.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH HEAVY RAIN...WILL MOVE OUT OF
MIDDLE TENNESSEE INTO EASTERN SECTIONS OF THE STATE DURING THE NEXT
SEVERAL HOURS. THUNDERSTORMS WILL AGAIN BE POSSIBLE OVER THE MIDDLE
PORTIONS OF TENNESSEE THIS AFTERNOON BUT THESE SHOULD BE CONSIDERABLY
WEAKER THAN THE ONES EXPERIENCED THIS MORNING.
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 5:07 AM CDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before
MSZ004-005-007-031115-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUPELO MS
507 AM CDT SUN JUN 3 1990

.....SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 384 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR ALL
OF NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI.....

AT 502 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW A
LARGE AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR NASHVILLE TENNESSEE
SOUTHWEST ACROSS NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI TO SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS MOVING TO
THE SOUTHEAST AT 15 TO 20 MILES AN HOUR.

PERSONS IN NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI CAN EXPECT LOCALLY HEAVY
RAINS...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTING AND GUSTY SURFACE WINDS ON
THE ORDER OF 30 TO 40 MILES AN HOUR WITH THE PASSAGE OF THESE
THUNDERSTORMS.

DURING THE PAST HOUR...THE WEATH"ER SERVICE OFFICE IN TUPELO HAS
RECEIVED OVER ONE INCH OF RAIN AND WIND GUSTS TO 35 MILES AN HOUR WITH
THE PASSAGE OF THE THUNDERSTORMS.

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Local storm report, Jun 3, 6:06 AM CDT, 11 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUPELO MS
610  AM CDT SUN JUN  3 1990

TIME OF OCCURRENCE        REPORT

248 AM CDT                TIPPAH COUNTY S.O. REPORTED A FEW TREES
               k           BLOWN DOWN EAST AND WEST OF WALNUT MS.
                          BLOCKING HIGHWAY 72.  (NORTHERN TIPPAH
                          COUNTY)

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 3, 2:02 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGTippah58 min
Jun 3, 3:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGTippah31 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Mississippi, 1990Every flash flood warning in 1990

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.