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Flash Flood Warning 48, NWS Memphis, TN

September 26, 20029 counties in Mississippi

NWS Memphis, TN issued this flash flood warning at Sep 26, 2002, 1:28 PM CDT for 9 counties in Mississippi. It was in force for 6 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 26, 2002, 1:28 PM CDT (18:28 UTC)
Expired
Sep 26, 2002, 7:30 PM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Calhoun County, MS, Chickasaw County, MS, Itawamba County, MS, Lafayette County, MS, Lee County, MS, Monroe County, MS, Pontotoc County, MS, Union County, MS, Yalobusha County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 114 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 2002-09-26Temperature 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°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Little Rock, AR at 12:00Z on 2002-09-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -28 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
528 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
9 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-28 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
9 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WGUS54 KMEG 261828
FFWMEM
MSC013-017-057-071-081-095-115-145-161-270030-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
127 PM CDT THU SEP 26 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  CALHOUN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI
  CHICKASAW COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI
  ITAWAMBA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI
  LEE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI
  MONROE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI
  PONTOTOC COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI
  UNION COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI
  LAFAYETTE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI
  YALOBUSHA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI

* UNTIL 730 PM CDT.

* AT 127 PM CDT...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER MUCH  
  OF NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI. RADAR ESTIMATES OF 4 TO 8 INCHES OF RAIN  
  HAS FALLEN SINCE LAST NIGHT. AN ADDITONAL 2 TO 3 INCHES IS         
  POSSIBLE THROUGH 6 PM. NUMEROUS ROADS IN CHICKASAW COUNTY WERE     
  REPORTED FLOODED BY COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT.

* CITIES AFFECTED THROUGH 730 PM CDT INCLUDE...
  WATER VALLEY...VERONA...VELMA...VARDAMAN...TUPELO...TULA...TROY...
  TREMONT...SPRINGDALE...SMITHVILLE...SHANNON...SCOBEY...SANDY
  SPRINGS...SALTILLO...RANDOLPH

.EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE FLASH 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.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 26, 1:47 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGCoahoma, DeSoto, Panola, Quitman, Tallahatchie, Tate and 1 more6 hr
Sep 26, 2:21 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGAlcorn, Benton, Marshall, Prentiss, Tippah, Tishomingo5 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Mississippi, 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.