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Flash Flood Warning 71, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this flash flood warning at Dec 19, 2002, 9:56 AM CST for 8 counties in Tennessee; Benton County, Marshall County, Mississippi. 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 counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 19, 2002, 9:56 AM CST (15:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 19, 2002, 12:45 PM CST
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Benton County, MS, Marshall County, MS, Chester County, TN, Crockett County, TN, Fayette County, TN, Hardeman County, TN, Haywood County, TN, Henderson County, TN, Madison County, TN, McNairy County, TN
The radar
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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, 3.9 hours before the alert went out and 103 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.
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS54 KMEG 191556 FFWMEM MSC009-093-TNC023-033-047-069-075-077-109-113-191845- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 955 AM CST THU DEC 19 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... BENTON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI MARSHALL COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI CROCKETT COUNTY IN NORTHWEST TENNESSEE CHESTER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE FAYETTE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE HARDEMAN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE HAYWOOD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE HENDERSON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE MADISON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE MCNAIRY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE * UNTIL 1245 PM CST. * AT 946 AM CST...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN OVER THE MENTIONED AREA AT THIS TIME. RADAR ALSO INDICATED 2 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVERNIGHT AND EARLY THIS MORNING. IN ADDITION...THE PUBLIC REPORTED FLASH FLOODING IN NORTHWEST MADISON COUNTY. * CITIES AFFECTED THROUGH 1245 PM CST INCLUDE... WILDERSVILLE...WHITEVILLE...SPRING CREEK...SOMERVILLE...SILERTON... SELMER...REAGAN...POCAHONTAS...MIFFLIN...MERCER...MCNAIRY... MASSEYVILLE...LEXINGTON...LA GRANGE...JACKSON...SELMER ... HENDERSON...BROWNSVILLE...BOLIVAR...HOLLY SPRINGS... ASHLAND AND SURROUNDING AREAS THROUGH 1245 PM CST .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.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 18, 10:01 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Shelby | 59 min |
| Dec 18, 10:39 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Shelby, Tipton | 3 hr |
| Dec 19, 10:25 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Carroll, Decatur, Gibson | 3 hr |
| Dec 18, 6:31 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Coahoma | 44 min |
| Dec 19, 12:24 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | DeSoto, Tate | 36 min |
| Dec 19, 1:59 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Panola, Tate | 31 min |
| Dec 19, 6:51 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Panola, Quitman | 114 min |
| Dec 19, 8:47 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | DeSoto, Tate | 118 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Tennessee, 2002Flash 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.