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Flash Flood Warning 72, NWS Memphis, TN

December 19, 2002Carroll County, Decatur County, Gibson County, Tennessee

NWS Memphis, TN issued this flash flood warning at Dec 19, 2002, 10:25 AM CST for Carroll County, Decatur County, Gibson County, Tennessee. 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, 10:25 AM CST (16:25 UTC)
Expired
Dec 19, 2002, 1:15 PM CST
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Carroll County, TN, Decatur County, TN, Gibson County, TN

The radar

The Paducah radar (KPAH), 137 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:28 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

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 4.4 hours before the alert went out and 173 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, Nashville Metro, TN 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°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2002-12-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 351 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
778 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
63 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
351 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
432 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 191625
FFWMEM
TNC017-039-053-191915-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
1025 AM CST THU DEC 19 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  DECATUR COUNTY IN WEST TENNESSEE
  CARROLL COUNTY IN NORTHWEST TENNESSEE
  GIBSON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST TENNESSEE

* UNTIL 115 PM CST.

* AT 1025 AM CST...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN IN THE 
MENTIONED COUNTIES. TWO TO THREE INCHES OF ADDITIONAL RAIN COULD 
FALL IN THE NEXT THREE HOURS. 

IN ADDITION...THE PUBLIC REPORTED FLASH FLOODING OF SOME HOMES IN 
LANEVIEW.

* CITIES AFFECTED THROUGH 115 PM CST INCLUDE...
  PARSONS...MIDDLE FORK...HUNTINGDON...BRADFORD...ATWOOD
  AND SURROUNDING AREAS THROUGH 115 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 18, 10:01 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGShelby59 min
Dec 18, 10:39 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningMEGShelby, Tipton3 hr
Dec 19, 9:56 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningMEGChester, Crockett, Fayette, Hardeman, Haywood, Henderson and 2 more3 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Tennessee, 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.