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Flash Flood Warning 59, NWS Memphis, TN

October 10, 2002Marshall County, Mississippi; Fayette County, Tennessee

NWS Memphis, TN issued this flash flood warning at Oct 10, 2002, 7:01 AM CDT for Marshall County, Mississippi; Fayette County, Tennessee. 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
Oct 10, 2002, 7:01 AM CDT (12:01 UTC)
Expired
Oct 10, 2002, 9:00 AM CDT
In force
119 min
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Marshall County, MS, Fayette County, TN

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 278 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2002-10-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2002-10-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 115 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-28 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
610 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
115 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
128 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 101201
FFWMEM
MSC093-TNC047-101400-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
658 AM CDT THU OCT 10 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  MARSHALL COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI
  FAYETTE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE

* UNTIL 900 AM CDT.

* AT 653 AM CDT...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN ACROSS 
CENTRAL PORTIONS OF FAYETTE AND MARSHALL COUNTIES. RADAR ESTIMATES 
THAT ABOUT 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS OCCURRED IN BOTH COUNTIES...WITH AN 
ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES POSSIBLE BY 900 AM. 

IN ADDITION...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED FLOODING ALONG STATE 
HIGHWAY 194 IN THE ROSSVILLE AREA OF FAYETTE COUNTY.

* CITIES AFFECTED THROUGH 900 AM CDT INCLUDE...
  SOMERVILLE...LA GRANGE...SLAYDEN...RED BANKS...MT PLEASANT...
  MARIANNA...HOLLY SPRINGS...BYHALIA

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

.TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN
MEMPHIS.

LAT...LON 3543 8921 3502 8921 3501 8936 3459 8932
          3462 8973 3540 8966

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 10, 1:23 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGDeSoto3 hr
Oct 10, 4:03 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGDeSoto3 hr
Oct 10, 9:01 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGBenton, Marshall3 hr
Oct 10, 11:15 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGLafayette2 hr
Oct 10, 10:32 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGMadison118 min
Oct 10, 10:57 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGChester3 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Mississippi, 2002Flash 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.