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Flash Flood Warning 47, NWS Memphis, TN

September 8, 1997Carroll County, Henderson County, Tennessee

NWS Memphis, TN issued this flash flood warning at Sep 8, 1997, 4:22 PM CDT for Carroll County, Henderson County, Tennessee. It was in force for 2 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 8, 1997, 4:22 PM CDT (21:22 UTC)
Expired
Sep 8, 1997, 6:25 PM CDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Carroll County, TN, Henderson County, TN

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 167 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 1997-09-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 331 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 1997-09-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 97 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
331 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-36 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1074 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
97 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
106 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.6

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMEM 082125
FFWMEM
TNC017-077-082325-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
422 PM CDT MON SEP 8 1997

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS TN HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 625 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...

IN WESTERN TENNESSEE

   ...SOUTHERN CARROLL COUNTY
   ...HENDERSON COUNTY
 
AT 415 PM..THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUED TO MOVE
ACROSS SOUTHERN CARROLL AND HENDERSON COUNTIES IN WEST TENNESSEE.
DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES THAT 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN
THIS AREA..WITH AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF RAIN LIKELY IN THE NEXT
HOUR. THIS WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF THESE AREAS..INCLUDING
THE LEXINGTONx AREA.

.DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE
WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW
YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE
ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

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.