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Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Memphis, TN

April 22, 2004Tallahatchie County, Yalobusha County, Mississippi

NWS Memphis, TN issued this flash flood warning at Apr 22, 2004, 2:32 PM CDT for Tallahatchie County, Yalobusha County, Mississippi. It was in force for 118 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
Apr 22, 2004, 2:32 PM CDT (19:32 UTC)
Expired
Apr 22, 2004, 4:30 PM CDT
In force
118 min
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Tallahatchie County, MS, Yalobusha County, MS

The radar

The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 140 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 86 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 2004-04-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2004-04-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -99 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
584 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-99 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-71 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WGUS54 KMEG 221934
FFWMEM
MSC135-161-222130-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
232 PM CDT THU APR 22 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  TALLAHATCHIE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI
  YALOBUSHA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI

* UNTIL 430 PM CDT

* AT 232 PM CDT...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN ACROSS 
TALLAHATCHIE AND YALOBUSHA COUNTIES. RADAR ESTIMATES OF 1.5 TO 2.0 
INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN SINCE 130 PM CDT. AN ADDITIONAL 1.0 TO 2.0 
INCHES OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE THROUGH 330 PM CDT. 

* CITIES AFFECTED THROUGH 430 PM CDT INCLUDE...
  WATER VALLEY...VELMA...SCOBEY...PAYNES...ENID...COFFEEVILLE...
  CHARLESTON

.EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...PONDING OF WATER ON HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES.
ADDITIONALLY...FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND
OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING.

.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 3420 8964 3388 8964 3386 9011 3416 9013

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 22, 9:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGDeSoto46 min
Apr 22, 9:58 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGDeSoto47 min
Apr 22, 12:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGMarshall27 min
Apr 22, 2:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGUnion38 min
Apr 22, 2:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGTallahatchie, Yalobusha50 min
Apr 22, 3:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGPrentiss30 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.