Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Memphis, TN

Issued

Apr 28, 1994, 4:50 AM CDT (09:50 UTC)

Expired

Apr 28, 1994, 7:45 AM CDT

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Memphis, TN

Area

Whole counties

County Gibson County, TN

000 
TTAA00 KMEM 280950
FFWMEM
TNC053-281245-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
450 AM CDT THU APR 28 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  745 AM CDT
FOR PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS......
 
IN WEST TENNESSEE
 
   ...GIBSON COUNTY
 
FLASH FLOODING IS OCCURRING IN GIBSON COUNTY TENNESSEE THIS MORNING DUE
TO TORRENTIAL RAINS THAT HAVE FALLEN THROUGH THE MORNING.
 
TENNESSEE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED THAT FAMILIES WERE BEING
EVACUATED IN THE KENTON AREA DUE TO RISING WATERS...AND SOME MINOR
FLOODING WAS ALSO REPORTED IN THE RUTHERFORD AREA.
 
THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND MOVE OVER THE SAME AREA AND MORE
HEAVY RAINS AND FLOODING IS LIKELY IN GIBSON COUNTY.
 
DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATE THAT AS MUCH AS TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAS
FALLEN DURING THE PAST HOUR....WITH UPWARDS OF SIX INCHES IN NORTHERN
GIBSON COUNTY ESTIMATED SINCE LAST EVENING.
 
 
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.
 
 
 
&

In the hours before

TNZ048-ARZ028-280930-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
334 AM CDT THU APR 28 1994

...HEAVY RAINS BRING LOCALIZED FLOODING TO PARTS OF THE MID-SOUTH...

THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN MOVING OVER MISSISSIPPI COUNTY ARKANSAS AND
LAUDERDALE COUNTY TENNESSEE FOR THE PAST SEVERAL HOURS...AND THIS HAS
CAUSED SOME LOCALIZED FLOODING IN THOSE AREAS.

THE AREA AROUND HALLS...GATES AND EDITH IN LAUDERDALE COUNTY HAS
EXPERIENCED SOME MINOR FLOODING OF ROADS DURING THE PAST HOUR. IN
ADDITION...FLOODING IS LIKELY OCCURRING IN MISSISSIPPI COUNTY...WHERE
DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATE AS MUCH AS 5 INCHES OF RAIN MAY HAVE
FALLEN JUST SOUTH OF BLYTHEVILLE.

PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD KEEP UP WITH LOCAL WEATHER CONDITIONS...AS
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO REDEVELOP AND MOVE OVER THE SAME AREA.
MOTORISTS SHOULD BE EXTRA CAUTIOUS AND REMEMBER TO AVOID AREAS WHERE
WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.

AT 330 AM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS OVER MUCH OF NORTHWEST
TENNESSEE AND NORTHEAST ARKANSAS. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 20
MILES AN HOUR.

STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR LATER WEATHER INF0ORMATION.

Flash Flood Warnings in Tennessee, 1994Every flash flood warning in 1994

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.