Alert archive / Mississippi / Flash Flood Warnings in 2003
Flash Flood Warning 39, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this flash flood warning at May 17, 2003, 6:09 AM CDT for 4 counties in Mississippi. 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 17, 2003, 6:09 AM CDT (11:09 UTC)
- Expired
- May 17, 2003, 8:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Panola County, MS, Quitman County, MS, Tate County, MS, Tunica County, MS
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 243 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
- 2424 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -22 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1112 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 141 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 216 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.7
- Supercell composite
- 11.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS54 KMEG 171110 FFWMEM MSC107-119-137-143-171315- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 609 AM CDT SAT MAY 17 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... PANOLA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI QUITMAN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI TATE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI TUNICA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI * UNTIL 815 AM CDT. * AT 605 AM CDT...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER MUCH OF NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI. APPROXIMATELY FOUR INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVERNIGHT...AND THE HEAVY RAIN THAT WILL FALL THROUGH 800 AM WILL CAUSE FLOODING. * CITIES AFFECTED THROUGH 815 AM CDT INCLUDE... STRAYHORN...SLEDGE...SENATOBIA...SARDIS...PLEASANT GROVE...LITTLE TEXAS...DARLING...CURTIS STATION...CRENSHAW...COMO...BATESVILLE .A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS. .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 3466 8990 3428 8991 3427 9037 3466 9037 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 16, 10:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | DeSoto | 65 min |
| May 16, 11:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Marshall | 42 min |
| May 16, 11:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Benton | 43 min |
| May 17, 12:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Tippah | 24 min |
| May 17, 12:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Alcorn | 46 min |
| May 17, 4:07 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Coahoma | 113 min |
| May 17, 5:28 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Benton, Marshall | 47 min |
| May 17, 5:46 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Lafayette | 44 min |
| May 17, 5:54 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | DeSoto | 2 hr |
| May 17, 5:55 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Tippah | 35 min |
| May 17, 6:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Alcorn | 28 min |
| May 17, 6:20 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Union | 40 min |
| May 17, 6:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Alcorn | 30 min |
| May 17, 7:35 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Lafayette, Union | 115 min |
| May 17, 8:04 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Pontotoc | 26 min |
| May 17, 8:36 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Itawamba, Lee | 24 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.