Alert archive / Mississippi / Flash Flood Warnings in 2004
Flash Flood Warning 64, NWS Memphis, TN
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.
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, 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 12, 7:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Monroe | 38 min |
| Sep 12, 7:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Chickasaw | 33 min |
| Sep 12, 10:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Monroe | 44 min |
| Sep 13, 12:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lafayette | 30 min |
| Sep 13, 8:49 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Tippah | 116 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Mississippi, 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.