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Flash Flood Warning 8, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this flash flood warning at Mar 17, 2002, 8:55 PM CST for Crittenden County, Arkansas; 4 counties in Tennessee. It was in force for 95 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
- Mar 17, 2002, 8:55 PM CST (02:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 17, 2002, 10:30 PM CST
- In force
- 95 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Crittenden County, AR, Fayette County, TN, Haywood County, TN, Shelby County, TN, Tipton County, TN
The radar
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 17 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:56 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 00:00Z, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 62 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
- 1036 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 74 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -245 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 197 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 180255 CCA FFWMEM ARC035-TNC047-075-157-167-180430- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLOOD WARNING...CORRECTED HEADER CODING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 828 PM CST SUN MAR 17 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... CRITTENDEN COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS FAYETTE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE HAYWOOD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE SHELBY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE TIPTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE * UNTIL 1030 PM CST. * AT 824 PM CST...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM EAST CENTRAL ARKANSAS EASTWARD INTO SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE. RAINFALL OF 3 TO 5 INCHES HAS FALLEN IN THE WARNED AREA AND ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO MOVE OVER THE AREA THE NEXT FEW HOURS. THIS WILL WORSEN THE SITUATION. * CITIES AFFECTED THROUGH 1030 PM CST INCLUDE... MEMPHIS...SOMERVILLE...MUNFORD...MILLINGTON...LAKELAND... LA GRANGE...GERMANTOWN...FRAYSER... ELLENDALE...EADS... DIXONVILLE...DANCYVILLE...COLLIERVILLE .BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED... ACT QUICKLY. .STAY TUNED TO THIS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROADCAST FOR THE LATEST UPDATES AND INFORMATION. LAT...LON 3563 8919 3502 8920 3500 9038 3541 9045
The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 17, 8:29 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | 2 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Tennessee, 2002Flash Flood Warnings in Arkansas, 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.