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Flash Flood Warning 69, NWS Memphis, TN

December 19, 2002Panola County, Quitman County, Mississippi

NWS Memphis, TN issued this flash flood warning at Dec 19, 2002, 6:51 AM CST for Panola County, Quitman County, Mississippi. It was in force for 114 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
Dec 19, 2002, 6:51 AM CST (12:51 UTC)
Expired
Dec 19, 2002, 8:45 AM CST
In force
114 min
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Panola County, MS, Quitman County, MS

The radar

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 50 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 2002-12-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Little Rock, AR at 12:00Z on 2002-12-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -94 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1810 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
84 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-94 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
152 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 191251
FFWMEM
MSC107-119-191445-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
648 AM CST THU DEC 19 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  PANOLA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI
  QUITMAN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI

* UNTIL 845 AM CST.

* AT 645 AM CST...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN MOVING 
BACK INTO SOUTHERN QUITMAN COUNTY. RADAR INDICATES THAT 3 TO 4 
INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVERNIGHT. AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES 
OF RAIN IS EXPECTED THROUGH 800 AM. THE HEAVY RAIN WILL ALSO MOVE 
INTO PANOLA COUNTY.

FLOODING HAS ALREADY BEEN REPORTED ACROSS QUITMAN COUNTY...AND THE 
HEAVY RAIN WILL AGGRAVATE THE SITUATION.

* CITIES AFFECTED THROUGH 845 AM CST INCLUDE...
  SARDIS...POPE...PLEASANT GROVE...MARKS...LAMBERT...GLENVILLE...
  ENDVILLE...DENTON...DARLING...CURTIS STATION...CROWDER...COMO...
  BELEN...BATESVILLE

.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. TO REPORT FLOODING ONLY...CALL 1 800 4 3 2 0
8 7 5.

LAT...LON 3456 8975 3421 8979 3411 9041 3441 9040
          3434 9020 3455 9017

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 18, 6:31 PM CSTTornado WarningMEGCoahoma44 min
Dec 19, 12:24 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGDeSoto, Tate36 min
Dec 19, 1:59 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGPanola, Tate31 min
Dec 19, 8:47 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningMEGDeSoto, Tate118 min
Dec 19, 9:56 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningMEGBenton, Marshall3 hr

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.