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Flash Flood Warning 33, NWS Memphis, TN

May 16, 2003Crockett County, Haywood County, Tennessee

NWS Memphis, TN issued this flash flood warning at May 16, 2003, 9:18 PM CDT for Crockett County, Haywood County, Tennessee. It was in force for 117 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 16, 2003, 9:18 PM CDT (02:18 UTC)
Expired
May 16, 2003, 11:15 PM CDT
In force
117 min
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Crockett County, TN, Haywood County, TN

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 239 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 00:00Z on 2003-05-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 625 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 2003-05-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 24 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
625 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-23 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
946 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
24 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
95 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
0.3

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The text

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

000 
WGUS54 KMEG 170218
FFWMEM
TNC033-075-170415-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
918 PM CDT FRI MAY 16 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  CROCKETT COUNTY IN NORTHWEST TENNESSEE
  HAYWOOD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE

* UNTIL 1115 PM CDT.

* AT 913 PM CDT...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN HAD FALLEN 
OVER CROCKETT AND HAYWOOD COUNTIES.  THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO 
CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING WHICH WILL RESULT IN 
ADDITIONAL FLOODING. 

IN ADDITION...AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS REPORTED FOUR INCHES OF RAIN 
HAD FALLEN RESULTING IN FLOODING NEAR BROWNSVILLE.  


* FLASH FLOODING WILL AFFECT THE CITIES OF...
  BROWNSVILLE
  AND SURROUNDING AREAS THROUGH 1115 PM CDT

.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 3591 8925 3598 8916 3584 8908 3581 8892
          3568 8908 3545 8908 3542 8947 3568 8947
          3581 8940

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 16, 7:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGTipton61 min
May 16, 7:39 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGLauderdale66 min
May 16, 7:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGShelby40 min
May 16, 8:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGHaywood52 min
May 16, 9:00 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGShelby, Tipton2 hr
May 16, 9:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGHaywood36 min
May 16, 10:10 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGShelby65 min
May 16, 10:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCarroll50 min
May 16, 10:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGHaywood42 min
May 16, 10:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGTipton23 min
May 16, 10:57 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGFayette63 min
May 16, 10:59 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGShelby, Tipton91 min
May 16, 11:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGHaywood46 min
May 16, 11:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCrockett52 min
May 16, 11:42 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGHardeman63 min
May 17, 12:03 AM CDTTornado WarningMEGHaywood, Madison57 min
May 17, 12:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGChester, McNairy46 min
May 17, 1:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGHardin45 min
May 17, 5:54 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGShelby2 hr
May 17, 6:17 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGMcNairy28 min
May 17, 6:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGHardin, McNairy30 min

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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.