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Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Memphis, TN

February 5, 2004Carroll County, Madison County, Tennessee

NWS Memphis, TN issued this flash flood warning at Feb 5, 2004, 7:00 AM CST for Carroll County, Madison County, Tennessee. 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
Feb 5, 2004, 7:00 AM CST (13:00 UTC)
Expired
Feb 5, 2004, 9:00 AM CST
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Carroll County, TN, Madison County, TN

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 146 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 2004-02-05Temperature 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°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Little Rock, AR at 12:00Z on 2004-02-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 8 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
472 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
86 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
8 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
137 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 051320 RRA
FFWMEM
TNC017-113-051500-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
700 AM CST THU FEB 5 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  MADISON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE

* UNTIL 900 AM CST


* THE PUBLIC REPORTED FLASH FLOODING ALONG ASHCOURT ROAD BETWEEN 
WINDY CITY ROAD AND HIGHWAY 45 BYPASS IN MADISON COUNTY. RADAR 
INDICATED WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAIN ALSO FELL IN EASTERN PARTS OF 
MADISON COUNTY. 

* CITIES AFFECTED THROUGH 900 AM CST INCLUDE...
  ...JACKSON...BEMIS...AND SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES.

* AT 700 AM CST...RADAR INDICATED ADDITION MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN 
WILL OCCUR IN THE NEXT T20 HOURS. 

.CAUTION IS ADVISED WHEN DRIVING THIS MORNING. DRIVING VEHICLES 
INTO FLOODED AREAS IS ALWAY DANGEROUS.

LAT...LON 3568 8897 3555 8881 3580 8847 3596 8866

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 5, 7:14 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningMEGShelby2 hr
Feb 5, 9:37 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningMEGChester, Henderson, McNairy113 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Tennessee, 2004Every flash flood warning in 2004

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.