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Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS Memphis, TN

December 13, 20017 counties in Mississippi

NWS Memphis, TN issued this flash flood warning at Dec 13, 2001, 5:23 PM CST for 7 counties in Mississippi. It was in force for 6 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
Dec 13, 2001, 5:23 PM CST (23:23 UTC)
Expired
Dec 13, 2001, 11:30 PM CST
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Alcorn County, MS, Benton County, MS, Lafayette County, MS, Prentiss County, MS, Tippah County, MS, Tishomingo County, MS, Union County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 102 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 2001-12-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Little Rock, AR at 12:00Z on 2001-12-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -49 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1524 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
63 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-49 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
19 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 
WGUS54 KMEG 132325
FFWMEM
MSC003-009-071-117-139-141-145-140530-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
523 PM CST THU DEC 13 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  ALCORN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI
  BENTON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI
  PRENTISS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI
  TIPPAH COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI
  TISHOMINGO COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI
  UNION COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI
  LAFAYETTE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI

* UNTIL 1130 PM CST.

* AT 520 PM CST...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE 
WARNED AREA. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT BETWEEN 2 AND 3 INCHES OVER THE 
LAST 3 HOURS. WITH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL EXPECTED OVER THIS 
AREA...FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE.

.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.
1 follow-up statement
000 
WGUS74 KMEG 140406
FFSMEM
MSC003-009-071-117-139-141-145-140500-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
1006 PM CST THU DEC 13 2001

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR ALCORN...TISHOMINGO...TIPPAH...
BENTON...PRENTISS...UNION AND LAFAYETTE COUNTIES HAS BEEN CANCELED...

AT 1006 PM CST...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED THE RAINFALL WAS ENDING
ACROSS ALCORN...TISHOMINGO...TIPPAH...BENTON...PRENTISS...UNION AND
LAFAYETTE COUNTIES...AND THE FLOOD THREAT WAS DIMINISHING. SOME MINOR
FLOODING MAY CONTINUE...BUT THE SERIOUS THREAT OF FLOODING IS ENDING.
THUS...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELED.

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

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Mississippi, 2001Every flash flood warning in 2001

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.