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Flash Flood Warning 6, NWS Memphis, TN

June 9, 1996Obion County, Weakley County, Tennessee

NWS Memphis, TN issued this flash flood warning at Jun 9, 1996, 7:24 AM CDT for Obion County, Weakley County, Tennessee. It was in force for 116 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 9, 1996, 7:24 AM CDT (12:24 UTC)
Expired
Jun 9, 1996, 9:20 AM CDT
In force
116 min
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Obion County, TN, Weakley County, TN

The radar

The Paducah radar (KPAH), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 190 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, Little Rock, AR at 12:00Z on 1996-06-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 32 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, Little Rock, AR at 12:00Z on 1996-06-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 24 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
32 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-31 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
710 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
24 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
36 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 KMEM 091224
FFWMEM
TNC131-183-091420-

BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
724 AM CDT SUN JUN 9 1996

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS TN HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 920 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN WEST TENNESSEE

   ...OBION COUNTY
   ...WEAKLEY COUNTY
 
AT 715 AM AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE
OVER EASTERN OBION AND MUCH OF WEAKLEY COUNTIES MOVING
NORTHWEST AT 15 MPH. DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED OVER 2 INCHES OF RAIN
HAD FALLEN FROM EAST OF TROY TO NEAR GREENFIELD...AND ADDITIONAL
RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES IS POSSIBLE IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS.
THIS MAY PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING OVER PORTIONS OF OBION AND WEAKLEY
COUNTIES.

MOST DEATHS IN FLASH FLOODING 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\.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 9, 12:14 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGFayette3 hr
Jun 9, 1:16 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGShelby3 hr
Jun 9, 3:15 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGFayette3 hr
Jun 9, 6:50 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGGibson3 hr

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.