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Flash Flood Warning 16, NWS Memphis, TN

May 3, 20028 counties in Mississippi; Phillips County, Arkansas

NWS Memphis, TN issued this flash flood warning at May 3, 2002, 9:23 AM CDT for 8 counties in Mississippi; Phillips County, Arkansas. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 3, 2002, 9:23 AM CDT (14:23 UTC)
Expired
May 3, 2002, 12:15 PM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Phillips County, AR, Coahoma County, MS, Itawamba County, MS, Lafayette County, MS, Lee County, MS, Panola County, MS, Pontotoc County, MS, Quitman County, MS, Union County, MS

The radar

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:24 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 12:00Z, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 59 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 2002-05-03Temperature 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°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Little Rock, AR at 12:00Z on 2002-05-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 29 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
957 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
61 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
29 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
79 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.6

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The text

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

000 
WGUS54 KMEG 031423
FFWMEM
ARC107-MSC027-057-071-081-107-115-119-145-031715-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
921 AM CDT FRI MAY 3 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  PHILLIPS COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS
  ITAWAMBA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI
  LEE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI
  PONTOTOC COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI
  UNION COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI
  COAHOMA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI
  LAFAYETTE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI
  PANOLA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI
  QUITMAN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI

* UNTIL 1215 PM CDT.

* AT 919 AM CDT...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN ACROSS     
  MUCH OF NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE FOR THE  
  NEXT SEVERAL HOURS WITH AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAINFALL.

* CITIES AFFECTED THROUGH 1215 PM CDT INCLUDE...
  VERONA...TUPELO...TULA...TROY...TREMONT...SPRINGDALE...SLEDGE...
  SHERARD...SARDIS...SANDY SPRINGS...SALTILLO...RANDOLPH...PRATTS
  FRIENDSHIP...POPE...PONTOTOC

.DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY.

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

LAT...LON 3450 8817 3406 8816 3416 8962 3414 9113
          3466 9104 3444 9038 3456 9020

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 2, 7:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGAlcorn, Tippah31 min
May 2, 7:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGItawamba, Lee36 min
May 3, 12:17 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCalhoun, Yalobusha28 min
May 3, 12:40 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGTallahatchie, Yalobusha35 min
May 3, 12:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCalhoun, Chickasaw33 min
May 3, 1:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCalhoun, Yalobusha30 min
May 3, 1:35 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGItawamba, Lee25 min
May 3, 3:05 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGItawamba, Lee, Monroe25 min
May 3, 4:48 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGChickasaw, Monroe57 min
May 3, 10:24 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGPrentiss, Tishomingo3 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Mississippi, 2002Flash Flood Warnings in Arkansas, 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.