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Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS Memphis, TN

May 3, 1993Madison County, Tennessee

NWS Memphis, TN issued this flash flood warning at May 3, 1993, 2:18 PM CDT for Madison County, Tennessee. It was in force for 117 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 3, 1993, 2:18 PM CDT (19:18 UTC)
Expired
May 3, 1993, 4:15 PM CDT
In force
117 min
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Whole counties

County Madison County, TN

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 210 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 1993-05-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 22 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 1993-05-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 250 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
22 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-19 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
539 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
250 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
348 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 3, 1:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGUnion52 min
May 3, 1:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGTippah63 min
May 3, 2:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGPrentiss67 min
May 3, 3:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGItawamba44 min

Nearby

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.