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Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS Memphis, TN

May 6, 20034 counties in Mississippi; Hardin County, Tennessee

NWS Memphis, TN issued this flash flood warning at May 6, 2003, 5:02 AM CDT for 4 counties in Mississippi; Hardin County, Tennessee. It was in force for 118 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
May 6, 2003, 5:02 AM CDT (10:02 UTC)
Expired
May 6, 2003, 7:00 AM CDT
In force
118 min
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Alcorn County, MS, Prentiss County, MS, Tippah County, MS, Tishomingo County, MS, Hardin County, TN

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 147 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 00:00Z on 2003-05-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1533 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Little Rock, AR at 00:00Z on 2003-05-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 202 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
1533 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-35 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
824 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
91 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
202 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
115 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.3
Supercell composite
4.7

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WGUS54 KMEG 061003
FFWMEM
MSC003-117-139-141-TNC071-061200-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
502 AM CDT TUE MAY 6 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  ALCORN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI
  PRENTISS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI
  TIPPAH COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI
  TISHOMINGO COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI
  HARDIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE

* UNTIL 700 AM CDT.

* AT 456 AM CDT...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM 
RIPLEY...TO CORINTH...TO SAVANNAH. MUCH OF THE AREA HAS SEEN TWO TO 
THREE INCHES OF RAIN SINCE 200 AM...WITH AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO 
INCHES POSSIBLE THROUGH 700 AM. 

* CITIES AFFECTED THROUGH 700 AM CDT INCLUDE...
  SHILOH...SAVANNAH...PICKWICK DAM...OLIVE HILL...MORRIS CHAPEL...
  CRUMP...WHEELER...WENASOGA...TISHOMINGO...THRASHERS...THEO...
  RIPLEY...PINEFLAT...MIDAY...LEEDY

.A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED
ROADWAYS.

.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 3451 8823 3462 8902 3499 8893 3499 8839
          3539 8836 3537 8819 3541 8804 3502 8807
          3498 8820 3490 8811

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 5, 7:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCoahoma27 min
May 5, 7:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGTallahatchie39 min
May 5, 7:17 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGPanola28 min
May 5, 7:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGQuitman52 min
May 5, 7:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGItawamba, Lee64 min
May 5, 7:29 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGLafayette46 min
May 5, 7:34 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGTallahatchie26 min
May 5, 7:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGYalobusha52 min
May 5, 7:41 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGCalhoun, Chickasaw, Coahoma, Lafayette, Monroe, Panola and 4 more3 hr
May 5, 7:49 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGYalobusha26 min
May 5, 7:57 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGTallahatchie33 min
May 5, 8:05 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGItawamba, Lee40 min
May 5, 8:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCalhoun48 min
May 5, 8:14 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGItawamba, Lee3 hr
May 5, 8:16 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGYalobusha29 min
May 5, 8:33 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGCalhoun27 min
May 5, 8:50 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGTallahatchie55 min
May 5, 8:54 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGChickasaw51 min
May 5, 9:24 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGMonroe51 min
May 5, 9:38 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGYalobusha52 min
May 5, 9:42 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGTallahatchie48 min
May 5, 10:07 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGCalhoun, Lafayette38 min
May 5, 10:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGPontotoc47 min
May 5, 10:40 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGCalhoun, Chickasaw, Coahoma, Itawamba, Lafayette, Lee and 6 more2 hr
May 5, 10:57 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGCalhoun, Chickasaw48 min
May 5, 11:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGLee38 min
May 5, 11:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGItawamba67 min
May 5, 11:27 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGMonroe48 min
May 5, 11:35 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGPrentiss, Union115 min
May 6, 12:05 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGPanola40 min
May 6, 12:23 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGCoahoma, Panola, Quitman2 hr
May 6, 12:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGLafayette48 min
May 6, 12:53 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGQuitman, Tunica37 min
May 6, 12:56 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGMarshall49 min
May 6, 1:03 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGPanola27 min
May 6, 1:16 AM CDTTornado WarningMEGLafayette44 min
May 6, 1:18 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGTate27 min
May 6, 1:41 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGBenton, Marshall34 min
May 6, 1:44 AM CDTTornado WarningMEGUnion46 min
May 6, 2:06 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGTunica24 min
May 6, 2:24 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGDeSoto, Tate51 min
May 6, 2:28 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGPrentiss, Union47 min
May 6, 3:34 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGBenton, DeSoto, Marshall, Tate116 min
May 5, 7:12 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGGibson33 min
May 5, 7:19 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGCarroll56 min
May 5, 7:22 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGDyer113 min
May 5, 7:30 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGGibson45 min
May 5, 7:48 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGWeakley27 min
May 5, 8:01 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGDyer, Obion29 min
May 5, 8:11 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGHenry2 hr
May 6, 1:53 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGFayette, Shelby52 min
May 6, 4:27 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGHardeman, McNairy2 hr
May 6, 4:58 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGFayette, Shelby2 hr
May 6, 6:25 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGHardeman, McNairy95 min
May 6, 6:54 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGHardin66 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.