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Flash Flood Warning 63, NWS Memphis, TN

October 10, 2002Lafayette County, Mississippi

NWS Memphis, TN issued this flash flood warning at Oct 10, 2002, 11:15 AM CDT for Lafayette County, Mississippi. It was in force for 2 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, 11:15 AM CDT (16:15 UTC)
Expired
Oct 10, 2002, 1:15 PM CDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Lafayette County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 4.3 hours before the alert went out and 240 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, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 2002-10-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 520 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, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 2002-10-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 92 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
520 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-5 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
588 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
92 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
123 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 101615
FFWMEM
MSC071-101815-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
1112 AM CDT THU OCT 10 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  LAFAYETTE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI

* UNTIL 115 PM CDT.

* AT 1110 AM CDT...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER 
LAFAYETTE COUNTY WITH ESTIMATED AMOUNTS UP TO 2.50 INCHES NORTHWEST 
OF OXFORD BETWEEN 8 AND 11 AM. HEAVY RAIN IS LIKELY THROUGH EARLY 
AFTERNOON WITH ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES EXPECTED 
ACROSS THE ENTIRE COUNTY.

* CITIES AFFECTED THROUGH 115 PM CDT INCLUDE...
  TULA...SPRINGDALE...OXFORD...HARMONTOWN...DENMARK...CAMBRIDGE...
  BURGESS

.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 3456 8924 3417 8925 3419 8971 3455 8973

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, 7:01 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGMarshall119 min
Oct 10, 9:01 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGBenton, Marshall3 hr

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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.