Alert archive / Tennessee / Flash Flood Warnings in 2003
Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this flash flood warning at May 5, 2003, 8:11 PM CDT for Henry County, Tennessee. It was in force for 2 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 5, 2003, 8:11 PM CDT (01:11 UTC)
- Expired
- May 5, 2003, 10:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Henry County, TN
The radar
The Paducah radar (KPAH), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:10 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
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 153 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
- 968 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -55 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 645 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 80 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 289 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 301 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.8
- Supercell composite
- 7.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS54 KMEG 060113 FFWMEM TNC079-060315- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 811 PM CDT MON MAY 5 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... HENRY COUNTY IN NORTHWEST TENNESSEE * UNTIL 1015 PM CDT. * AT 805 PM CDT...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER HENRY COUNTY IN THE LAST FEW HOURS. RAIN AMOUNTS NEAR 3 INCHES HAVE OCCURRED. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS HENRY COUNTY THROUGH 10 PM WITH ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN LIKELY PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING. * CITIES AFFECTED THROUGH 1015 PM CDT INCLUDE... SPRINGVILLE...ROUTON...PARIS...COTTAGE GROVE .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. TO REPORT FLOODING ONLY...CALL 1 800 4 3 2 0 8 7 5. LAT...LON 3650 8808 3614 8818 3614 8852 3651 8855
The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 5, 7:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Gibson | 33 min |
| May 5, 7:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Carroll | 56 min |
| May 5, 7:22 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Dyer | 113 min |
| May 5, 7:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Gibson | 45 min |
| May 5, 7:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Weakley | 27 min |
| May 5, 8:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Dyer, Obion | 29 min |
| May 6, 1:53 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Fayette, Shelby | 52 min |
| May 6, 4:27 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Hardeman, McNairy | 2 hr |
| May 6, 4:58 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Fayette, Shelby | 2 hr |
| May 6, 5:02 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Hardin | 118 min |
| May 6, 6:25 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Hardeman, McNairy | 95 min |
| May 6, 6:54 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Hardin | 66 min |
Nearby
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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.