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Flash Flood Warning 8, NWS Memphis, TN

March 5, 2004Lee County, Prentiss County, Mississippi

NWS Memphis, TN issued this flash flood warning at Mar 5, 2004, 6:21 PM CST for Lee County, Prentiss County, Mississippi. It was in force for 114 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
Mar 5, 2004, 6:21 PM CST (00:21 UTC)
Expired
Mar 5, 2004, 8:15 PM CST
In force
114 min
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Lee County, MS, Prentiss County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 132 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 00:00Z on 2004-03-06Temperature 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°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Little Rock, AR at 00:00Z on 2004-03-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -71 square meters per square second.1939587897117136156Sfc1 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
1339 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
86 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-71 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-18 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 060022
FFWMEM
MSC081-117-060215-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
621 PM CST FRI MAR 5 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  LEE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI
  PRENTISS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI

* UNTIL 815 PM CST

* AT 621 PM CST...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED RAINFALL RATES NEAR 4 
INCHES PER HOUR OVER THE WARNED AREAS...

* CITIES AFFECTED THROUGH 815 PM CST INCLUDE...
  WHEELER...VERONA...TUPELO...THRASHERS...SALTILLO...PRATTS
  FRIENDSHIP...PLANTERSVILLE...JUMPERTOWN...GUNTOWN...BOONEVILLE...
  BLAIR...BALDWYN

.BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED...
ACT QUICKLY.

.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 3475 8869 3471 8833 3448 8839 3446 8852
          3414 8854 3412 8878

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 5, 6:01 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningMEGPontotoc89 min
Mar 5, 6:05 PM CSTTornado WarningMEGLee40 min
Mar 5, 6:15 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGItawamba30 min
Mar 5, 6:18 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGPontotoc27 min
Mar 5, 6:23 PM CSTTornado WarningMEGItawamba, Prentiss, Tishomingo37 min
Mar 5, 6:33 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningMEGItawamba, Tishomingo117 min
Mar 5, 6:43 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGLee32 min
Mar 5, 6:58 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGItawamba32 min
Mar 5, 7:09 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGChickasaw51 min
Mar 5, 7:25 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGMonroe50 min
Mar 5, 7:50 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGItawamba25 min
Mar 5, 8:36 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGMonroe39 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.