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Flash Flood Warning 66, NWS Memphis, TN

November 10, 2002Tipton County, Tennessee

NWS Memphis, TN issued this flash flood warning at Nov 10, 2002, 4:40 PM CST for Tipton County, Tennessee. It was in force for 80 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
Nov 10, 2002, 4:40 PM CST (22:40 UTC)
Expired
Nov 10, 2002, 6:00 PM CST
In force
80 min
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Tipton County, TN

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 81 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 2002-11-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 270 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, Little Rock, AR at 12:00Z on 2002-11-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 201 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
270 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-196 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
899 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
60 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
201 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
226 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.9

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The text

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

000 
WGUS54 KMEG 102240
FFWMEM
TNC167-110000-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
438 PM CST SUN NOV 10 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 600 PM CST.

* AT 436 PM CST...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN BETWEEN    
  MUNFORD AND COVINGTON.

IN ADDITION...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED FLOODING IN COVINGTON 
WHERE SEVERAL ROADS WERE COVERED WITH WATER.

* CITIES AFFECTED THROUGH 600 PM CST INCLUDE...
  MUNFORD...DIXONVILLE...COVINGTON...BRIGHTON

.EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL 
CREEKS AND STREAMS...PONDING OF WATER ON HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. 
ADDITIONALLY...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. TO REPORT FLOODING ONLY...CALL 1 800 4 3 2 0
8 7 5.

LAT...LON 3561 8952 3541 8952 3542 9000 3560 8996

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 9, 9:48 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCrockett, Haywood42 min
Nov 9, 9:56 PM CSTTornado WarningMEGCrockett, Haywood49 min
Nov 9, 10:00 PM CSTTornado WarningMEGTipton30 min
Nov 9, 10:12 PM CSTTornado WarningMEGGibson33 min
Nov 9, 10:23 PM CSTTornado WarningMEGCarroll, Madison37 min
Nov 9, 10:26 PM CSTTornado WarningMEGLauderdale, Tipton34 min
Nov 9, 10:49 PM CSTTornado WarningMEGHaywood, Lauderdale, Tipton41 min
Nov 9, 10:53 PM CSTTornado WarningMEGCarroll37 min
Nov 9, 11:22 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGObion38 min
Nov 9, 11:24 PM CSTTornado WarningMEGHaywood, Madison36 min
Nov 9, 11:27 PM CSTTornado WarningMEGObion33 min
Nov 9, 11:36 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningMEGTipton114 min
Nov 9, 11:39 PM CSTTornado WarningMEGCrockett21 min
Nov 9, 11:54 PM CSTTornado WarningMEGCrockett, Madison36 min
Nov 10, 12:22 AM CSTTornado WarningMEGCarroll, Henderson, Madison23 min
Nov 10, 12:39 AM CSTTornado WarningMEGCarroll, Henderson51 min
Nov 10, 3:55 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCrockett, Lauderdale35 min
Nov 10, 3:56 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGHaywood, Tipton34 min
Nov 10, 4:18 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGGibson27 min
Nov 10, 4:29 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGFayette, Shelby46 min
Nov 10, 4:35 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGHaywood30 min
Nov 10, 4:42 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGLake, Obion33 min
Nov 10, 5:09 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGFayette, Shelby36 min
Nov 10, 5:10 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningMEGShelby110 min
Nov 10, 5:17 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGMadison43 min
Nov 10, 5:26 PM CSTTornado WarningMEGCarroll34 min
Nov 10, 5:29 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGFayette, Hardeman46 min
Nov 10, 5:49 PM CSTTornado WarningMEGChester, Madison41 min

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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.