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Flash Flood Warning 80, NWS Memphis, TN

October 19, 2004Lee County, Mississippi

NWS Memphis, TN issued this flash flood warning at Oct 19, 2004, 6:32 AM CDT for Lee County, Mississippi. It was in force for 118 min. 3 reports 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
Oct 19, 2004, 6:32 AM CDT (11:32 UTC)
Expired
Oct 19, 2004, 8:30 AM CDT
In force
118 min
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Lee County, MS

The radar

The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:36 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Oct 19, 6:32 AM CDTFLASH FLOODTupelo, MSMANY ROADS REPORTED FLOODED IN AND NORTH OF THE TUPELO AREA
Oct 19, 6:32 AM CDTFLASH FLOODTupelo, MSMANY ROADS REPORTED FLOODED IN AND NORTH OF THE TUPELO AREA
Oct 19, 6:32 AM CDTFLASH FLOODTupelo, MSMANY ROADS REPORTED FLOODED IN AND NORTH OF THE TUPELO AREA

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 00:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 129 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 2004-10-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3284 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2004-10-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 151 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
3284 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-9 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1041 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
151 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
289 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
4.1
Supercell composite
18.9

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The text

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

000 
WGUS54 KMEG 191135
FFWMEM
MSC081-191330-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
632 AM CDT TUE OCT 19 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 830 AM CDT

* AT 632 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY
  RAIN OVER PORTIONS OF LEE COUNTY WITH RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO 4     
  INCHES INDICATED IN THE LAST 2 HOURS...

IN ADDITION...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED MANY ROADS 
FLOODED IN THE TUPELO AREA.

* CITIES AFFECTED THROUGH 830 AM CDT INCLUDE...
  TUPELO...SALTILLO...PRATTS FRIENDSHIP...PLANTERSVILLE...GUNTOWN...
  BLAIR

.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 3448 8858 3420 8855 3419 8881 3446 8881

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 18, 7:25 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGMonroe50 min
Oct 18, 7:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGPontotoc, Union41 min
Oct 18, 8:12 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGMonroe48 min
Oct 18, 8:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGLee, Prentiss, Union31 min
Oct 18, 9:11 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGPrentiss49 min
Oct 18, 9:39 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGTishomingo51 min
Oct 19, 4:54 AM CDTTornado WarningMEGLee36 min
Oct 19, 5:10 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGLafayette, Union2 hr
Oct 19, 5:20 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGTate115 min
Oct 19, 5:29 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGPontotoc2 hr
Oct 19, 6:50 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGItawamba115 min
Oct 19, 7:14 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGUnion61 min
Oct 19, 7:23 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGPontotoc97 min
Oct 19, 8:28 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGLee62 min
Oct 19, 8:39 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGItawamba66 min
Oct 19, 10:16 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGMarshall29 min
Oct 19, 11:09 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGBenton, Marshall, Union36 min
Oct 19, 11:43 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGUnion47 min
Oct 19, 12:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGLee41 min
Oct 19, 12:21 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGUnion114 min
Oct 19, 12:32 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGLee28 min
Oct 19, 12:36 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGLee54 min
Oct 19, 12:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCalhoun, Yalobusha49 min
Oct 19, 12:50 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGItawamba40 min
Oct 19, 1:26 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGItawamba19 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.