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Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Memphis, TN
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.
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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 5, 4:15 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 2 S Okolona, MS | COUNTY ROADS OUTSIDE OF OKOLONA AND TREBLOC WERE TEMPORARILY IMPASSIBLE DUE TO HIGH WATER. |
| Jul 5, 4:30 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 2 S Amory, MS | COUNTY 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.
- 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
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.