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Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Memphis, TN

February 22, 2003Alcorn County, Prentiss County, Tishomingo County, Mississippi

NWS Memphis, TN issued this flash flood warning at Feb 22, 2003, 12:02 AM CST for Alcorn County, Prentiss County, Tishomingo County, Mississippi. 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
Feb 22, 2003, 12:02 AM CST (06:02 UTC)
Expired
Feb 22, 2003, 2:00 AM CST
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, Tishomingo County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 144 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 2003-02-22Temperature 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, Little Rock, AR at 00:00Z on 2003-02-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 176 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
442 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
176 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
226 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 220606
FFWMEM
MSC003-117-141-220800-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
1202 AM CST SAT FEB 22 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  ALCORN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI
  PRENTISS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI
  TISHOMINGO COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI

* UNTIL 200 AM CST.

* AT 1200 AM CST...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN MOVING THROUGH THE
  WARNED COUNTIES. RADAR INDICATED BETWEEN 2 AND 2 1/2 INCHES OF RAIN
  HAS FALLEN IN SOME SPOTS FRIDAY EVENING. RADAR WILL GRADUALLY TAPER
  OFF FROM THE SOUTHWEST. HOWEVER...RUNOFF WILL CONTINUE TO LEAD TO THE
  POSSIBILITY OF FLASH FLOODING THROUGH 200 AM.     

* FLASH FLOODING WILL AFFECT THE CITIES OF...
  IUKA...CORINTH...BOONEVILLE
  AND SURROUNDING AREAS THROUGH 200 AM CST

.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 3497 8821 3479 8815 3449 8819 3450 8841
          3457 8865 3497 8876 3500 8845

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 21, 7:51 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningMEGCoahoma3 hr
Feb 22, 1:13 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGMonroe47 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.