Flash Flood Warning 17, NWS Memphis, TN

Issued

Nov 29, 2001, 12:21 AM CST (06:21 UTC)

Expired

Nov 29, 2001, 4:15 AM CST

In force

4 hr

Issued by

NWS Memphis, TN

Area

Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Benton County, MS, Hardeman County, TN

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
1221 AM CST THU NOV 29 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  BENTON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI
  HARDEMAN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE

* UNTIL 415 AM CST.

* AT 1214 AM CST...THE HARDEMAN COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED 
  NUMEROUS ROADS FLOODED THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY. HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES
  TO SPREAD ACROSS HARDEMAN AND BENTON COUNTIES. BETWEEN 2 AND 4 
  INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN SINCE WEDNESDAY EVENING IN THE WESTERN
  PARTS OF THESE COUNTIES. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN WILL FALL 
  ACROSS THESE COUNTIES THROUGH 415 AM CAUSING FLASH FLOODING.

* CITIES AFFECTED THROUGH 415 AM CST INCLUDE...
  WHITEVILLE...SILERTON...POCAHONTAS...CLOVERPORT...BOLIVAR...
  MICHIGAN CITY...LAMAR...GRAVESTOWN...CANAAN

.BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED...
ACT QUICKLY.

.STAY TUNED TO THIS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROADCAST FOR THE LATEST
UPDATES AND INFORMATION.

LAT...LON 3537 8880 3502 8880 3500 8901 3485 8904
          3462 8910 3462 8930 3492 8934 3517 8920
          3546 8920

NWS Memphis, TN wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Nov 28, 1:56 PM CST, 10 hours 25 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
156 PM CST WED NOV 28 2001

STATIONARY FRONT ALONG ROUGHLY A NE/SW LINE THRU TUP THIS AFTN. KNQA
SHOWS A LARGE AREA OF MDT-HVY PRECIP POISED TO MOVE INTO WRN PART OF
THE CWFA OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. SFC BOUNDARY WL MOVE SLIGHTLY
NWWD OVRNGT AS UPR TROF BEGINS TO MOVE OUT OF TX. STRONG OVERRUNNING
WL CONT ACRS THE BOUNDARY OVRNGT WL RESULT IN RAIN...HEAVY AT TIMES
FOR THE ENTIRE CWFA. MAY BE SOME TSTMS S OF THE BNDRY IN THE WARM
SECTOR. N OF THE BNDRY SOME ELEVATED TSTMS POSSIBLE ALSO. TEMPS WL
BE TRICKY OVRNGT AS FNT DEPENDING ON HOW MUCH FRONT MOVES TO THE NW.

VIGOROUS UPR TROF MOVES OUT OF THE TX TH AFTN...BECOMING NEGATIVELY
TITLED. LOW WL STRENGTHEN AND MOVE ACRS NE MS AND ALONG THE TN RIVER
IN THE AFTN. TREMENDOUS UVV ASSOCD WITH SYSTEM THANKS TO AN ENORMOUS
AMOUNT OF PVA. EXPECT RAIN...OCCASIONALLY HEAVY THROUGHOUT THE DAY.
BEST CHANCE FOR SEVERE WEATHER WL BE ON THE WARM SIDE OF THE BNDRY
MAINLY ACRS NE MS THU AFTN. MANY FACTORS COME TOGETHER FOR NE MS WITH
MODERATE INSTABILITY...STRONG LOW LEVEL SHEAR AND STRONG LOW LEVEL
CONVERGENCE IN PLACE IN THE AFTERNOON. WL MENTION THE POSSIBILITY OF
SEVERE STORMS IN ZONES.

TROF MOVES QUICKLY NEWD ON THU NIGHT AND PRECIP WL END BY MIDNIGHT.
SKIES WL REMAIN CLOUDY WITH PLENTY OF LEFT OVER LOW LEVEL MOISTURE
AROUND.

DRY SW FLOW ON FRI. A SHORTWAVE PASSES TO THE N ON SATURDAY AND
MAY RESULT IN A LITTLE MORE CLOUDINESS. SUN-TUE LOOKS DRY WITH FAST
ZONAL FLOW. CHC OF RAIN WED AS SFC HI MOVES OFF THE SE COAST AND
SOME OVERRUNNING DEVELOPS.

.MEG...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH THURSDAY ENTIRE CWFA.
SJM

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