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Flash Flood Warning 49, NWS Memphis, TN

September 25, 2005Madison County, Tennessee

NWS Memphis, TN issued this flash flood warning at Sep 25, 2005, 12:05 PM CDT for Madison County, Tennessee. It was in force for 115 min. 1 report 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
Sep 25, 2005, 12:05 PM CDT (17:05 UTC)
Expired
Sep 25, 2005, 2:00 PM CDT
In force
115 min
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Madison County, TN

The radar

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:04 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
Sep 25, 12:45 PM CDTFLASH FLOOD7 N Jackson, TNWATER ACROSS CHRISTMASVILLE RD. NEAR OAKFIELD.

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, 5.1 hours before the alert went out and 140 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 2005-09-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2005-09-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 173 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
539 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
173 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
186 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 251707
FFWMEG
TNC113-251900-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
1205 PM CDT SUN SEP 25 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 200 PM CDT

* AT NOON CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY
  HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED AREA. A LOCAL MEDIA OUTLET REPORTED 1   
  TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN IN THE LAST 30 MINUTES IN JACKSON.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SPRING
  CREEK...MERCER...JACKSON...FAIRVIEW...BEMIS AND ADAIR.

.EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...PONDING OF WATER ON HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES.
ADDITIONALLY...FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND
OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING.

.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 3580 8861 3546 8866 3544 8909 3579 8895

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 25, 6:59 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGShelby46 min
Sep 25, 7:43 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGShelby62 min
Sep 25, 9:13 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGFayette32 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.