Alert archive / Tennessee / Flash Flood Warnings in 2002
Flash Flood Warning 20, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this flash flood warning at May 17, 2002, 7:07 AM CDT for 4 counties in Tennessee. 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 17, 2002, 7:07 AM CDT (12:07 UTC)
- Expired
- May 17, 2002, 10:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Henry County, TN, Lake County, TN, Obion County, TN, Weakley County, TN
The radar
The Paducah radar (KPAH), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 187 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 17 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -64 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1181 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 99 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 110 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS54 KMEG 171207 FFWMEM TNC079-095-131-183-171500- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 705 AM CDT FRI MAY 17 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... HENRY COUNTY IN NORTHWEST TENNESSEE LAKE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST TENNESSEE OBION COUNTY IN NORTHWEST TENNESSEE WEAKLEY COUNTY IN NORTHWEST TENNESSEE * UNTIL 1000 AM CDT. * AT 656 AM CDT...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUING ACROSS NORTHERN WEST TENNESSEE. TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN HAS LIKELY OCCURRED SINCE 4 AM CDT. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING ANOTHER ONE TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH AT LEAST 9 AM CDT. IN ADDITION...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED WATER ACROSS ROADS IN OBION COUNTY. * CITIES AFFECTED THROUGH 1000 AM CDT INCLUDE... UNION CITY...TROY...TIPTONVILLE...SPRINGVILLE...SOUTH FULTON... SHARON...ROUTON...RIDGELY...PARIS...PALMERSVILLE...OBION... MARTIN...KENTON...GLEASON...DRESDEN .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 3650 8806 3613 8812 3619 8964 3652 8945
The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 17, 6:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Gibson, Obion | 27 min |
| May 17, 8:41 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Gibson | 2 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Tennessee, 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.