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Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this flash flood warning at Mar 5, 2004, 6:33 PM CST for Itawamba County, Tishomingo County, Mississippi. It was in force for 117 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, 6:33 PM CST (00:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 5, 2004, 8:30 PM CST
- In force
- 117 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Itawamba County, MS, Tishomingo County, MS
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 151 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WGUS54 KMEG 060035
FFWMEM
MSC057-141-060230-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
633 PM CST FRI MAR 5 2004
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
ITAWAMBA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI
TISHOMINGO COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI
* UNTIL 830 PM CST
* AT 633 PM CST...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN MOVING
OVER NORTHWEST PORTIONS OF ITAWAMBA COUNTY WITH RAINFALL RATES UP TO
3 INCHES PER HOUR. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AROUND
50 MILES AN HOUR AND ARE ENTERING TISHOMINGO COUNTY.
* CITIES AFFECTED THROUGH 830 PM CST INCLUDE...
TREMONT...TISHOMINGO...SANDY SPRINGS...MIDAY...MANTACHIE...IUKA...
FULTON...FAIRVIEW...EVERGREEN...BURNSVILLE...BELMONT
.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 3446 8851 3446 8831 3474 8830 3476 8834
3497 8835 3498 8816 3442 8816 3422 8819
3413 8853
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 5, 6:01 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Pontotoc | 89 min |
| Mar 5, 6:05 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Lee | 40 min |
| Mar 5, 6:15 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Itawamba | 30 min |
| Mar 5, 6:18 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Pontotoc | 27 min |
| Mar 5, 6:21 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Lee, Prentiss | 114 min |
| Mar 5, 6:23 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Itawamba, Prentiss, Tishomingo | 37 min |
| Mar 5, 6:43 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lee | 32 min |
| Mar 5, 6:58 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Itawamba | 32 min |
| Mar 5, 7:09 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Chickasaw | 51 min |
| Mar 5, 7:25 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Monroe | 50 min |
| Mar 5, 7:50 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Itawamba | 25 min |
| Mar 5, 8:36 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Monroe | 39 min |
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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.