Alert archive / Tennessee / Flash Flood Warnings in 1993
Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this flash flood warning at Jun 10, 1993, 7:52 PM CDT for Shelby County, Tennessee. It was in force for 68 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 10, 1993, 7:52 PM CDT (00:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 10, 1993, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 68 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Shelby County, TN
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 40 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
- 105 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -92 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 730 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -42 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 87 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMEM 110052 FFWMEM TNC157-110200- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 752 PM CDT THU JUN 10 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...... IN WEST TENNESSEE ...SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL SHELBY COUNTY AT 745 PM A THUNDERSTORM WITH LARGE HAIL AND TORRENTIAL RAINS WAS LOCATED OVER SOUTHERN SHELBY COUNTY OVER SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF MEMPHIS TENNESSEE. THIS STORM MAY CAUSE FLOODING BECAUSE OF ITS SLOW MOVEMENT. PERSONS LIVING AROUND MEMPHIS TENESSEE SHOULD PREPARE FOR POSSIBLE FLOODING...LARGE HAIL AND STRONG WINDS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAIN^S FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
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 10, 6:21 PM CDT, 1 hour 31 minutes before
MSZ004-005-007-110030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUPELO MS 621 PM CDT THU JUN 10 1993 AT 610 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN TUPELO INDICATED AN ISOLATED STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN SOUTHWEST PONTOTOC COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...AND POSSIBLY SOME HAIL. THIS STORM IS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL LIKELY PASS THROUGH TUPELO BETWEEN 630 AND 700 PM CDT. RESIDENTS IN AND NEAR LEE COUNTY SHOULD BE READY TO TAKE SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. ELSEWHERE...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...WEST AND MIDDLE TENNESSEE...AND NORTHERN ALABAMA SHOULD CONTINUE UNTIL SUNSET BEFORE DISSIPATING. NNNN
Special weather statement, Jun 10, 6:21 PM CDT, 1 hour 31 minutes before
MSZ004-005-007-110030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUPELO MS 621 PM CDT THU JUN 10 1993 AT 610 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN TUPELO INDICATED AN ISOLATED STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN SOUTHWEST PONTOTOC COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...AND POSSIBLY SOME HAIL. THIS STORM IS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL LIKELY PASS THROUGH TUPELO BETWEEN 630 AND 700 PM CDT. RESIDENTS IN AND NEAR LEE COUNTY SHOULD BE READY TO TAKE SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. ELSEWHERE...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...WEST AND MIDDLE TENNESSEE...AND NORTHERN ALABAMA SHOULD CONTINUE UNTIL SUNSET BEFORE DISSIPATING. NNNN
Special weather statement, Jun 10, 7:40 PM CDT, 12 minutes before
TNZ012-013-014-015-MSZ001-004-ARZ012-013-014-110145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 740 PM CDT THU JUN 10 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ACROSS THE MID-SOUTH... AT 730 PM CDT...WEATHER RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS PORTIONS OF EAST ARKANSAS...WEST TENNESSEE AND NORTH MISSISSIPPI. THE MOST INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI NEAR ABERDEEN...AND IN NORTHERN DESOTO COUNTY MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHERN SHELBY COUNTY TENNESSEE. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. PEA-SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MILES AN HOUR WERE REPORTED BY AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS IN DESOTO COUNTY MISSISSIPPI BETWEEN 700 AND 725 PM. PERSONS IN THE MID-SOUTH SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS EVENING...AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE QUICK ACTION SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER OCCUR OR A WARNING BE ISSUED. THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS...HAIL AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. HEAVY RAINS COULD CAUSE TEMPORARY FLOODING OF LOW LYING OR FLOOD PRONE AREAS...SO MOTORISTS SHOULD USE CAUTION WHEN DRIVING IN AREAS WHERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING. STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Jun 10, 7:40 PM CDT, 12 minutes before
TNZ012-013-014-015-MSZ001-004-ARZ012-013-014-110145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 740 PM CDT THU JUN 10 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ACROSS THE MID-SOUTH... AT 730 PM CDT...WEATHER RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS PORTIONS OF EAST ARKANSAS...WEST TENNESSEE AND NORTH MISSISSIPPI. THE MOST INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI NEAR ABERDEEN...AND IN NORTHERN DESOTO COUNTY MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHERN SHELBY COUNTY TENNESSEE. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. PEA-SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MILES AN HOUR WERE REPORTED BY AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS IN DESOTO COUNTY MISSISSIPPI BETWEEN 700 AND 725 PM. PERSONS IN THE MID-SOUTH SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS EVENING...AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE QUICK ACTION SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER OCCUR OR A WARNING BE ISSUED. THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS...HAIL AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. HEAVY RAINS COULD CAUSE TEMPORARY FLOODING OF LOW LYING OR FLOOD PRONE AREAS...SO MOTORISTS SHOULD USE CAUTION WHEN DRIVING IN AREAS WHERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING. STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Jun 10, 7:41 PM CDT, 11 minutes before
MSZ004-005-007-110145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUPELO MS 741 PM CDT THU JUN 10 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IN EFFECT FOR MONROE COUNTY UNTIL 745 PM CDT... AT 730 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN TUPELO INDICATED A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN EASTERN MONROE COUNTY. THIS STORM MAY BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL...VERY STRONG WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR AND SHOULD SOON ENTER ALABAMA. PERSONS IN THIS AREA SHOULD BE PREPARED TO SEEK PROTECTION IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. ELSEWHERE...A FEW SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ACROSS WEST TENNESSEE AND EXTREME NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI. NNNN
Special weather statement, Jun 10, 7:41 PM CDT, 11 minutes before
MSZ004-005-007-110145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUPELO MS 741 PM CDT THU JUN 10 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IN EFFECT FOR MONROE COUNTY UNTIL 745 PM CDT... AT 730 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN TUPELO INDICATED A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN EASTERN MONROE COUNTY. THIS STORM MAY BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL...VERY STRONG WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR AND SHOULD SOON ENTER ALABAMA. PERSONS IN THIS AREA SHOULD BE PREPARED TO SEEK PROTECTION IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. ELSEWHERE...A FEW SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ACROSS WEST TENNESSEE AND EXTREME NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI. NNNN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 10, 8:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Haywood | 50 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.