Alert archive / Mississippi / Flash Flood Warnings in 2003
Flash Flood Warning 55, NWS Memphis, TN
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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 3, 11:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Tunica | 34 min |
| Aug 3, 12:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | DeSoto, Tate | 43 min |
| Aug 3, 12:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Lafayette, Panola | 52 min |
| Aug 3, 1:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Panola, Yalobusha | 32 min |
| Aug 3, 2:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Pontotoc, Union | 32 min |
| Aug 3, 2:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lee | 28 min |
| Aug 3, 3:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Itawamba, Monroe | 30 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Mississippi, 2003Every flash flood warning in 2003
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.