Alert archive / Tennessee / Flash Flood Warnings in 2002

Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS Memphis, TN

January 22, 2002Mississippi County, Arkansas; Dyer County, Lake County, Obion County, Tennessee; Pemiscot County, Missouri

NWS Memphis, TN issued this flash flood warning at Jan 22, 2002, 10:16 PM CST for Mississippi County, Arkansas; Dyer County, Lake County, Obion County, Tennessee; Pemiscot County, Missouri. It was in force for 119 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jan 22, 2002, 10:16 PM CST (04:16 UTC)
Expired
Jan 23, 2002, 12:15 AM CST
In force
119 min
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Mississippi County, AR, Pemiscot County, MO, Dyer County, TN, Lake County, TN, Obion County, TN

The radar

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 4.3 hours before the alert went out and 153 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 2002-01-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3 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 2002-01-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 433 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
3 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
408 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
79 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
433 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
478 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.7

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The text

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

000 
WGUS54 KMEG 230416
FFWMEM
ARC093-MOC155-TNC045-095-131-230615-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
1012 PM CST TUE JAN 22 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  MISSISSIPPI COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS
  DYER COUNTY IN NORTHWEST TENNESSEE
  LAKE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST TENNESSEE
  OBION COUNTY IN NORTHWEST TENNESSEE
  PEMISCOT COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI

* UNTIL 1215 AM CST.

* AT 1006 PM CST...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS 
WITH HEAVY RAIN ACROSS EXTREME NORTHWEST TENNESSEE...INTO THE 
MISSOURI BOOTHEEL AND NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI COUNTY ARKANSAS...FROM 
OBION...TO CARUTHERSVILLE...TO NORTHWEST OF BLYTHEVILLE. WHILE 
INDIVIDUAL STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH...THE LINE WAS 
NEARLY STATIONARY. OVER TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS THE 
CARUTHERSVILLE AREA. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN ARE 
EXPECTED ACROSS THE SAME AREA THROUGH MIDNIGHT.

* CITIES AFFECTED THROUGH 1215 AM CST INCLUDE...
  TROY...TIPTONVILLE...RIDGELY...OBION...NEWBERN...MISTON...
  MILLSFIELD...HELOISE...COTTONWOOD GROVE...CLOVERDALE...            
  BRADLEYTOWN...STEELE...WARDELL...HAYTI HEIGHTS...HAYTI AND         
  CARUTHERSVILLE.

.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. TO REPORT FLOODING ONLY...CALL
1-800-432-0875.

LAT...LON 3641 8905 3610 8921 3573 9019 3603 8997
          3636 8995
1 follow-up statement
000 
WGUS74 KMEG 230552
FFSMEM
ARC093-MOC155-TNC045-095-131-230615-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
1155 PM CST TUE JAN 22 2002

THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR MISSISSIPPI COUNTY IN EAST 
ARKANSAS...PEMISCOT COUNTY IN THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL...AND 
DYER...LAKE AND OBION COUNTIES IN NORTHWEST TENNESSEE WILL BE 
ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 1215 AM.

WHILE SHOWERS CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA...RAIN AMOUNTS HAVE 
DIMINISHED...AND FLASH FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED.

AT 1130 PM...THE OBION COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED MINOR STREET 
FLOODING IN UNION CITY.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 23, 9:44 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningMEGHardin, McNairy4 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Tennessee, 2002Flash Flood Warnings in Arkansas, 2002Flash Flood Warnings in Missouri, 2002Every flash flood warning in 2002

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.