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Flash Flood Warning 64, NWS Memphis, TN

October 10, 2002Calhoun County, Pontotoc County, Mississippi

NWS Memphis, TN issued this flash flood warning at Oct 10, 2002, 9:24 PM CDT for Calhoun County, Pontotoc County, Mississippi. It was in force for 111 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, 9:24 PM CDT (02:24 UTC)
Expired
Oct 10, 2002, 11:15 PM CDT
In force
111 min
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Calhoun County, MS, Pontotoc County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 108 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 2002-10-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 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 2002-10-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 19 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
450 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
19 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
60 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 110224
FFWMEM
MSC013-115-110415-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  CALHOUN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI
  PONTOTOC COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI

* UNTIL 1115 PM CDT.

* AT 923 PM CDT...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN                 
  EXTENDING FROM GRENADA THROUGH NORTHERN CALHOUN COUNTY AND         
  INTO WESTERN PONTOTOC COUNTY DRIFTING TO THE NORTHEAST.  

* CITIES AFFECTED THROUGH 1115 PM CDT INCLUDE...
  RANDOLPH...PITTSBORO...BRUCE

.BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 
DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. 

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

LAT...LON 3426 8893 3400 8926 3388 8939 3412 8936

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.