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Flash Flood Warning 64, NWS Memphis, TN

September 13, 2004Benton County, Marshall County, Mississippi

NWS Memphis, TN issued this flash flood warning at Sep 13, 2004, 8:16 AM CDT for Benton County, Marshall County, Mississippi. It was in force for 119 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
Sep 13, 2004, 8:16 AM CDT (13:16 UTC)
Expired
Sep 13, 2004, 10:15 AM CDT
In force
119 min
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Benton County, MS, Marshall County, MS

The radar

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 60 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 2004-09-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 322 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 2004-09-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 19 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
322 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-78 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1030 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
19 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
40 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.4

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The text

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

000 
WGUS54 KMEG 131318
FFWMEM
MSC009-093-131515-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
816 AM CDT MON SEP 13 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  BENTON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI
  MARSHALL COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI

* UNTIL 1015 AM CDT

* AT 816 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY
  RAIN OVER BENTON AND MARSHALL COUNTIES. RADAR INDICATED THAT       
  NEARLY FOUR INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THESE COUNTIES.           
  ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT TWO HOURS.

IN ADDITION...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED FLASH FLOODING ON SOME 
COUNTY ROADS IN BENTON COUNTY AT 815 AM CDT.

* CITIES AFFECTED THROUGH 1015 AM CDT INCLUDE...
  SLAYDEN...RED BANKS...MT PLEASANT...MARIANNA...LAMAR...HOLLY
  SPRINGS...GRAVESTOWN...CANAAN

.TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN
MEMPHIS.

.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 3496 8905 3464 8911 3461 8962 3496 8966

$$
2 follow-up statements
000 
WGUS74 KMEG 131444
FFSMEM
MSC009-093-131515-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
940 AM CDT MON SEP 13 2004

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR BENTON AND MARSHALL COUNTIES
UNTIL 1015 AM CDT...

AT 940 AM CDT...RADAR INDICATED THAT FOUR TO SIX INCHES OF RAIN HAS 
FALLEN ACROSS EAST CENTRAL PORTIONS OF BENTON COUNTY BETWEEN ASHLAND 
AND GRAVESTOWN AND ACROSS THE HOLLY SPRINGS NATIONAL FOREST IN 
MARSHALL COUNTY ON HWY 78 OVER THE PAST THREE HOURS. ADDITIONAL 
RAINFALL CAN BE EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT HOUR.

.TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN
MEMPHIS.

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

$$
000 
WGUS74 KMEG 131515
FFSMEM
MSC009-093-131530-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
1015 AM CDT MON SEP 13 2004

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR BENTON AND MARSHALL COUNTIES HAS BEEN
ALLOWED TO EXPIRE...

AT 1015 AM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THE RAINFALL
WAS ENDING ACROSS BENTON AND MARSHALL COUNTIES...AND THE FLOOD THREAT
WAS DIMINISHING. SOME MINOR FLOODING MAY CONTINUE...BUT THE SERIOUS
THREAT OF FLOODING IS ENDING. THUS...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN
ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

.TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN
MEMPHIS.

.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
Sep 12, 7:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGMonroe38 min
Sep 12, 7:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGChickasaw33 min
Sep 12, 10:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGMonroe44 min
Sep 13, 12:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGLafayette30 min
Sep 13, 8:49 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGTippah116 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.