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Flash Flood Warning 39, NWS Memphis, TN

May 17, 20034 counties in Mississippi

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Jackson, MS at 00:00Z on 2003-05-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2424 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Jackson, MS at 00:00Z on 2003-05-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 141 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 16, 10:10 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGDeSoto65 min
May 16, 11:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGMarshall42 min
May 16, 11:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGBenton43 min
May 17, 12:06 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGTippah24 min
May 17, 12:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGAlcorn46 min
May 17, 4:07 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGCoahoma113 min
May 17, 5:28 AM CDTTornado WarningMEGBenton, Marshall47 min
May 17, 5:46 AM CDTTornado WarningMEGLafayette44 min
May 17, 5:54 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGDeSoto2 hr
May 17, 5:55 AM CDTTornado WarningMEGTippah35 min
May 17, 6:17 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGAlcorn28 min
May 17, 6:20 AM CDTTornado WarningMEGUnion40 min
May 17, 6:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGAlcorn30 min
May 17, 7:35 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGLafayette, Union115 min
May 17, 8:04 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGPontotoc26 min
May 17, 8:36 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGItawamba, Lee24 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.