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Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Memphis, TN

February 18, 1991Chickasaw County, Pontotoc County, Mississippi

NWS Memphis, TN issued this flash flood warning at Feb 18, 1991, 7:40 PM CST for Chickasaw County, Pontotoc County, Mississippi. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 18, 1991, 7:40 PM CST (01:40 UTC)
Expired
Feb 18, 1991, 11:45 PM CST
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Chickasaw County, MS, Pontotoc County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Centreville/Bibb, AL (KCKL), launched 00:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 211 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 1991-02-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 1991-02-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 367 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
807 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
62 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
367 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
490 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KTUP 190142 COR
FFWTUP
MSC087-071-003-017-057-081-095-115-117-139-141-145-190545-

BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUPELO MS
740 PM CST MON FEB 18 1991

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUPELO HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1145 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...

IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

   ...LOWNDES COUNTY

IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

   ...LAFAYETTE COUNTY

IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI

   ...ALCORN COUNTY...CHICKASAW COUNTY...ITAWAMBA COUNTY...LEE COUNTY
   ...MONROE COUNTY...PONTOTOC COUNTY...PRENTISS COUNTY...TIPPAH    
 COUNTY ...TISHOMINGO COUNTY...UNION COUNTY

AT 635 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWES A LINE OF
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN EXTENDING FROM NEAR NEAR NEW
ALBANY TO GRENADA. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST INTO NORTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI. WITH MOST STREAMS AND CREEKS ALREADY OUT OF THEIR BANKS
THIS RAIN WILL ONLY ADD TO THE PROBLEM.

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...EVEN A SMALL
ONE...ON FOOT.  TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.

NNNN

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, Feb 18, 7:00 PM CST, 40 minutes before
ARC035-MSC033-TNC047-157-167-190300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
700 PM CST MON FEB 18 1991

... HEAVY RAINS MOVING INTO THE MEMPHIS AREA ...

AN AREA OF HEAVY RAIN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 18, 7:40 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningMEGItawamba, Lee, Monroe, Prentiss, Tishomingo4 hr
Feb 18, 7:40 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningMEGAlcorn, Tippah, Union4 hr
Feb 18, 7:40 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningMEGLafayette4 hr
Feb 18, 7:40 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningMEGLowndes88 min
Feb 19, 8:19 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningMEGLafayette, Pontotoc, Union8 hr
Feb 19, 8:19 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningMEGChickasaw, Lee, Monroe8 hr
Feb 19, 8:19 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningMEGItawamba, Prentiss, Tishomingo8 hr
Feb 19, 8:19 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningMEGAlcorn, Tippah8 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Mississippi, 1991Every flash flood warning in 1991

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.