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Flash Flood Warning 10, NWS Memphis, TN

June 6, 1998Obion County, Tennessee

NWS Memphis, TN issued this flash flood warning at Jun 6, 1998, 8:55 PM CDT for Obion County, Tennessee. It was in force for 10 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

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The facts

Issued
Jun 6, 1998, 8:55 PM CDT (01:55 UTC)
Expired
Jun 7, 1998, 7:00 AM CDT
In force
10 hr
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Whole counties

County Obion County, TN

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 185 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 00:00Z on 1998-06-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 10 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 1998-06-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -29 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
10 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1166 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-29 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
82 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 070156
FFWMEM
TNC131-071200-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
855 PM CDT SAT JUN 6 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS EXTENDED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  OBION COUNTY IN WESTERN TENNESSEE

* UNTIL 700 AM CDT SUNDAY

* AT 845 PM CDT...LOCAL AUTHORITIES REPORT FLOOD WATERS HAVE
STABILIZED IN RIVES FROM LEVEE BREAKS ALONG THE NORTH FORK OF THE
OBION RIVER EARLY THIS MORNING. WITH NO FURTHER LEVEE BREAKS
EXPECTED..FLOOD WATERS IN RIVES WILL GRADUALLY RECEDE OVERNIGHT. 

DOWNSTREAM IN THE CITY OF OBION ON THE NORTH FORK OF THE OBION RIVER..
WATER IS RISING AND HAS CREPT INTO SOME YARDS. CURRENTLY THIS DOES NOT
POSE A DANGER TO ANY HOMES OR STRUCTURES. HOWEVER WITH THE BULK OF THE
FLOOD WATER FROM THE LEVEE BREAKS YET TO PASS THE CITY OF OBION..
FLOODING IS POSSIBLE LATER TONIGHT OR SUNDAY MORNING. THEREFORE THE
FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR OBION COUNTY HAS BEEN EXTENDED UNTIL 700 AM
SUNDAY MORNING. 

FLOOD WATERS FROM THE NORTH FORK OF THE OBION ARE NOT EXPECTED TO
AFFECT THE CREST OF THE OBION RIVER AT BOGOTA WHICH SHOULD BE NEAR
18 FT ON TUESDAY.

.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 G0ROUND.


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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.