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Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS Memphis, TN

July 16, 2005McNairy County, Tennessee

NWS Memphis, TN issued this flash flood warning at Jul 16, 2005, 10:29 AM CDT for McNairy County, Tennessee. It was in force for 61 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
Jul 16, 2005, 10:29 AM CDT (15:29 UTC)
Expired
Jul 16, 2005, 11:30 AM CDT
In force
61 min
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County McNairy County, TN

The radar

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:29 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 123 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 2005-07-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 900 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 2005-07-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 38 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
900 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-22 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
705 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
38 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
8 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 161530
FFWMEG
TNC109-161630-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
1029 AM CDT SAT JUL 16 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  MCNAIRY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE

* UNTIL 1130 AM CDT

* AT 1024 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR 
INDICATED   VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED AREA.  HEAVY RAIN 
PRODUCING THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS MOST OF THE COUNTY 
THROUGH 11 AM.  THE THREAT FOR FLASH FLOODING WILL CONTINUE.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SELMER.

.DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY.

.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 3504 8873 3504 8851 3522 8851 3522 8873

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 16, 8:31 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGMcNairy119 min
Jul 16, 6:12 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGHenry, Weakley2 hr
Jul 16, 6:59 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGGibson2 hr

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.