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Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS Memphis, TN

May 10, 2004Haywood County, Tennessee

NWS Memphis, TN issued this flash flood warning at May 10, 2004, 5:02 PM CDT for Haywood County, Tennessee. It was in force for 118 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
May 10, 2004, 5:02 PM CDT (22:02 UTC)
Expired
May 10, 2004, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
118 min
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Haywood County, TN

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 10, 5:25 PM CDTFLASH FLOODBrownsville, TNHIGHWAY 19 CLOSED DUE TO WATER OVER THE ROAD. REPORTED BY HAYWOOD COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 106 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 2004-05-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 390 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 2004-05-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 24 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
390 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-56 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1217 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
5 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
24 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
99 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 102203
FFWMEM
TNC075-110000-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
502 PM CDT MON MAY 10 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN HAYWOOD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE

* UNTIL 700 PM CDT

* AT 502 PM CDT...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED THAT THREE INCHES OF RAIN 
HAD FALLEN SINCE 300 PM BETWEEN NUTBUSH AND BELLE EAGLE. ADDITIONAL 
THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING INTO THIS AREA AND MAY CAUSE FLASH 
FLOODING. 

* CITIES AFFECTED THROUGH 700 PM CDT INCLUDE...
  HOLLY GROVE...BROWNSVILLE...BELLE EAGLE

.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 3555 8942 3553 8918 3570 8910 3579 8939

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WGUS74 KMEG 102339
FFSMEM
TNC075-102345-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
637 PM CDT MON MAY 10 2004

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHERN HAYWOOD COUNTY HAS BEEN 
CANCELLED...

AT 637 PM CDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE POTENTIAL FOR 
ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL HAS ENDED ACROSS NORTHERN HAYWOOD COUNTY. 
SOME MINOR FLOODING MAY CONTINUE...BUT THE SERIOUS THREAT OF 
FLOODING IS ENDING. THUS...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELED.

AT 525 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED HIGHWAY 19 NEAR 
BROWNSVILLE WAS CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER. 

.STAY TUNED TO THIS BROADCAST FOR THE LATEST UPDATES AND INFORMATION.

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 10, 2:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGLauderdale32 min
May 10, 3:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGTipton26 min
May 10, 3:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGLauderdale31 min
May 10, 3:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGHaywood35 min
May 10, 3:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGTipton17 min
May 10, 4:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGHaywood26 min
May 10, 4:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGLake, Obion27 min
May 10, 4:40 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGLake2 hr
May 10, 4:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGFayette, Hardeman24 min
May 10, 5:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCrockett24 min
May 10, 5:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGFayette23 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.