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Flash Flood Warning 62, NWS Memphis, TN

October 10, 2002Chester County, Tennessee

NWS Memphis, TN issued this flash flood warning at Oct 10, 2002, 10:57 AM CDT for Chester County, 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
Oct 10, 2002, 10:57 AM CDT (15:57 UTC)
Expired
Oct 10, 2002, 1:45 PM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Chester County, TN

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 196 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 101557
FFWMEM
TNC023-101845-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
1055 AM CDT THU OCT 10 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  CHESTER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE

* UNTIL 145 PM CDT.

* AT 1050 AM CDT...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN MOVING 
INTO CHESTER COUNTY FROM THE WEST WITH ESTIMATED THREE HOURLY 
AMOUNTS BETWEEN 2 AND 3 INCHES. FLASH FLOODING IS LIKELY WITH THESE 
RAINFALL AMOUNTS.

* CITIES AFFECTED THROUGH 145 PM CDT INCLUDE...
  MIFFLIN...JACKS CREEK...HENDERSON

.A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED
ROADWAYS.

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

LAT...LON 3561 8856 3544 8835 3528 8878 3542 8884

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 10, 1:23 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGShelby3 hr
Oct 10, 4:03 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGShelby3 hr
Oct 10, 7:01 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGFayette119 min
Oct 10, 9:01 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGFayette, Hardeman3 hr
Oct 10, 10:32 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGMadison118 min

Nearby

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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.