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Flash Flood Warning 55, NWS Memphis, TN

August 3, 2003DeSoto County, Tate County, Mississippi

NWS Memphis, TN issued this flash flood warning at Aug 3, 2003, 12:58 PM CDT for DeSoto County, Tate County, 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
Aug 3, 2003, 12:58 PM CDT (17:58 UTC)
Expired
Aug 3, 2003, 3:00 PM CDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties DeSoto County, MS, Tate County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 10 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 12:00Z on 2003-08-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2892 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, Little Rock, AR at 12:00Z on 2003-08-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 103 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
2892 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-51 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
669 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
103 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
123 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.0
Supercell composite
6.5

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The text

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

000 
WGUS54 KMEG 031802
FFWMEM
MSC033-137-032000-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
1258 PM CDT SUN AUG 3 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  DESOTO COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI
  TATE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI

* UNTIL 300 PM CDT.

* AT 1255 PM CDT...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN FALLING 
OVER SOUTHERN DESOTO AND TATE COUNTIES. RADAR INDICATED RAINFALL 
TOTALS IN EXCESS OF 2 INCHES ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.

IN ADDITION...AT 1258 PM LOCAL FIRE OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH 
FLOODING ALONG SEVERAL ROADS ACROSS TATE COUNTY...

* CITIES AFFECTED THROUGH 300 PM CDT INCLUDE...
  STRAYHORN...SENATOBIA...PHILLIPP...INDEPENDENCE...HERNANDO...
  EUDORA...COLDWATER...BARR...ARKABUTLA

.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 3485 8974 3458 8973 3458 9020 3485 9020

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 3, 11:11 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGTunica34 min
Aug 3, 12:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGDeSoto, Tate43 min
Aug 3, 12:53 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGLafayette, Panola52 min
Aug 3, 1:43 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGPanola, Yalobusha32 min
Aug 3, 2:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGPontotoc, Union32 min
Aug 3, 2:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGLee28 min
Aug 3, 3:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGItawamba, Monroe30 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.