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Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Memphis, TN

July 5, 2005Chickasaw County, Monroe County, Mississippi

NWS Memphis, TN issued this flash flood warning at Jul 5, 2005, 3:25 PM CDT for Chickasaw County, Monroe County, Mississippi. It was in force for 2 hr. 2 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
Jul 5, 2005, 3:25 PM CDT (20:25 UTC)
Expired
Jul 5, 2005, 5:30 PM CDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Chickasaw County, MS, Monroe County, MS

The radar

The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:29 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
Jul 5, 4:15 PM CDTFLASH FLOOD2 S Okolona, MSCOUNTY ROADS OUTSIDE OF OKOLONA AND TREBLOC WERE TEMPORARILY IMPASSIBLE DUE TO HIGH WATER.
Jul 5, 4:30 PM CDTFLASH FLOOD2 S Amory, MSCOUNTY ROADS AROUND AMORY WERE TEMPORARILY IMPASSIBLE DUE TO HIGH WATER.

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 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 152 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 2005-07-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 345 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 2005-07-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 35 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
345 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-156 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1282 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
35 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
69 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.2

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The text

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

000 
WGUS54 KMEG 052026
FFWMEG
MSC017-095-052230-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
325 PM CDT TUE JUL 5 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  CHICKASAW COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI
  MONROE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI

* UNTIL 530 PM CDT

* AT 322 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED AREA. THE HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE 
THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  SMITHVILLE...OKOLONA...NEW WREN...HOUSTON...HOULKA AND AMORY.

.EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE
BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.

.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 3377 8911 3371 8824 3407 8825 3404 8913

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WGUS74 KMEG 052215
FFSMEG

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
515 PM CDT TUE JUL 5 2005

MSC017-095-052230-
MONROE MS-CHICKASAW MS-
515 PM CDT TUE JUL 5 2005

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR CHICKASAW AND MONROE COUNTIES IS
CANCELLED...

THE THUNDERSTORMS THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE WEAKENED 
SIGNIFICANTLY AND THE THREAT FOR FLASH FLOODING HAS ENDED.

LAT...LON 3377 8911 3371 8824 3407 8825 3404 8913

$$

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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.