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Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Memphis, TN

February 5, 2004Shelby County, Tennessee

NWS Memphis, TN issued this flash flood warning at Feb 5, 2004, 7:14 AM CST for Shelby 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, 7:14 AM CST (13:14 UTC)
Expired
Feb 5, 2004, 9:15 AM CST
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Shelby County, TN

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 45 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
FFWMEM
TNC157-051515-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 915 AM CST

* AT 714 AM CST...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER 
NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI MOVING NORTHEASTWARD TOWARD SHELBY COUNTY...

IN ADDITION...A TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED FLASH FLOODING IN THE
VICINITY OF HIGHWAY 64 AND INTERSTATE 40. ALSO FLOODING OF HOMES WAS 
REPORTED NEAR HIGHWAY 64 AND HOUSTON LEVEE ROAD.

* CITIES AFFECTED THROUGH 915 AM CST INCLUDE...
  SOUTHWEST MEMPHIS...SOUTHEAST MEMPHIS...MILLINGTON...LAKELAND...   
  CORDOVA...GERMANTOWN...FRAYSER...ELLENDALE...EADS...DOWNTOWN       
  MEMPHIS...COLLIERVILLE...BOLTON...BARTLETT...ARLINGTON

.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 3539 8965 3502 8966 3502 9023 3520 9007
          3538 9009

$$

JCL

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 5, 7:00 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningMEGCarroll, Madison2 hr
Feb 5, 9:37 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningMEGChester, Henderson, McNairy113 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.