Alert archive / Tennessee / Flash Flood Warnings in 2006
Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this flash flood warning at May 30, 2006, 6:06 PM CDT for Shelby County, Tennessee. It was in force for 84 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
- May 30, 2006, 6:06 PM CDT (23:06 UTC)
- Expired
- May 30, 2006, 7:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 84 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Shelby County, TN
The radar
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 31 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:09 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 30, 6:35 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Southwest Memphis, TN | UP TO A FOOT OF WATER IS COVERING THE ROAD AND A RAILROAD TRACK AT THE INTERSECTION OF E MALLORY AND RIVERPORT ROAD. |
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, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 30 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
- 502 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -53 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 748 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 64 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 76 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS54 KMEG 302309 FFWMEG TNC157-310030- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 606 PM CDT TUE MAY 30 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... SOUTHWEST SHELBY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE * UNTIL 730 PM CDT * AT 605 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED AREA. OVER THE PAST 2 HOURS DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS FALLEN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. A NEARLY STATIONARY THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED BETWEEN SOUTHWEST MEMPHIS AND MIDTOWN MEMPHIS. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SOUTHWEST MEMPHIS AND MIDTOWN MEMPHIS. .DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. TURN AROUND, DONT DROWN .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 3514 8994 3500 8996 3501 9020 3516 9007 $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WGUS74 KMEG 302352 FFSMEG FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 648 PM CDT TUE MAY 30 2006 TNC157-310030- SHELBY TN- 648 PM CDT TUE MAY 30 2006 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM CDT FOR SOUTHWEST SHELBY COUNTY... AT 647 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED AREA. OVER THE PAST 2 HOURS DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS FALLEN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. A NEARLY STATIONARY THUNDERSTORM REMAINED NEAR SOUTHWEST MEMPHIS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. THE STORM WAS BEGINNING TO SHOW SIGNS OF DECREASING IN INTENSITY. A SPOTTER REPORTED ONE FOOT OF WATER OVER THE ROAD AT THE INTERSECTION OF RIVERPORT ROAD AND EAST MALLORY AVENUE. LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SOUTHWEST MEMPHIS. .DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. TURN AROUND, DONT DROWN. .STAY TUNED TO THIS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROADCAST FOR THE LATEST UPDATES AND INFORMATION. TO REPORT FLOODING ONLY...CALL 1 800 4 3 2 0 8 7 5. LAT...LON 3514 8994 3500 8996 3501 9020 3516 9007 $$
000 WGUS74 KMEG 310034 FFSMEG FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 735 PM CDT TUE MAY 30 2006 TNC157-310045- SHELBY TN- 735 PM CDT TUE MAY 30 2006 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SHELBY COUNTY EXPIRED AT 730 PM CDT... THE HEAVY RAINFALL WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS DIMINISHED OR EXITED THE WARNED AREA. THUS THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. LAT...LON 3514 8994 3500 8996 3501 9020 3516 9007 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 30, 4:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Gibson | 23 min |
| May 30, 5:23 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Gibson | 2 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Tennessee, 2006Every flash flood warning in 2006
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.