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Flash Flood Warning 5, NWS Memphis, TN

October 13, 2001Decatur County, Hardin County, Tennessee; Tishomingo County, Mississippi

NWS Memphis, TN issued this flash flood warning at Oct 13, 2001, 4:26 PM CDT for Decatur County, Hardin County, Tennessee; Tishomingo County, Mississippi. It was in force for 94 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline the Iowa Environmental Mesonet reconstructed for it; the warning itself named whole counties.

The facts

Issued
Oct 13, 2001, 4:26 PM CDT (21:26 UTC)
Expired
Oct 13, 2001, 6:00 PM CDT
In force
94 min
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Tishomingo County, MS, Decatur County, TN, Hardin County, TN

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 165 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 2001-10-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 238 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 2001-10-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 277 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
238 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-51 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
686 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
277 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
266 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
1.4

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The text

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

000 
WGUS54 KMEG 132128
FFWMEM
MSC141-TNC039-071-132300-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
426 PM CDT SAT OCT 13 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  DECATUR COUNTY IN WEST TENNESSEE
  TISHOMINGO COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI
  HARDIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE

* UNTIL 600 PM CDT.

* AT 421 PM CDT...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE 
  WARNING AREA. RAINFALL RATES OF 2 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR ON ALREADY  
  SATURATED GROUND WILL PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING. 

.A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. 
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED 
ROADWAYS.

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

LAT...LON 3584 8794 3517 8799 3448 8817 3448 8836
          3584 8819

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Tennessee, 2001Flash 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.