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Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Memphis, TN

January 24, 2002Prentiss County, Tishomingo County, Mississippi

NWS Memphis, TN issued this flash flood warning at Jan 24, 2002, 5:22 AM CST for Prentiss County, Tishomingo County, Mississippi. It was in force for 113 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 24, 2002, 5:22 AM CST (11:22 UTC)
Expired
Jan 24, 2002, 7:15 AM CST
In force
113 min
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Prentiss County, MS, Tishomingo County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 144 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 2002-01-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 876 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 2002-01-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 281 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
876 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-4 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
766 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
62 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
281 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
295 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.7
Supercell composite
8.6

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The text

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

000 
WGUS54 KMEG 241122
FFWMEM
MSC117-141-241315-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
522 AM CST THU JAN 24 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  PRENTISS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI
  TISHOMINGO COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI

* UNTIL 715 AM CST.

* AT 517 AM CST...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN WITH RADAR 
RAINFALL ESTIMATES OF UP TO ONE INCH PER HOUR ACROSS THE AREA.

IN ADDITION...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED FLOODING ACROSS MOST OF 
PRENTISS COUNTY. 

* CITIES AFFECTED THROUGH 715 AM CST INCLUDE...
  WHEELER...TISHOMINGO...THRASHERS...PINEFLAT...MIDAY...JUMPERTOWN...
  IUKA...BURTON...BURNSVILLE...BOONEVILLE...BELMONT

.EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL 
CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY
ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER 
LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING.

.STAY TUNED TO THIS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROADCAST FOR THE LATEST
UPDATES AND INFORMATION. TO REPORT FLOODING ONLY...CALL 
1-800-432-0875.

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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.