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Flash Flood Warning 259, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this flash flood warning at Jul 26, 2010, 8:04 PM CDT for Itawamba County, Lee County, Mississippi. It was in force for 4 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 26, 2010, 8:04 PM CDT (01:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 27, 2010, 12:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Itawamba County, MS, Lee County, MS
The radar
The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 144 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
- 679 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -113 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 945 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 33 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -1 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Memphis, TN wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Jul 26, 6:44 PM CDT, 1 hour 20 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 26, 6:44 PM CDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 213 PM CDT MON JUL 26 2010 ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115- MSZ001>017-020>024-TNZ001>004-019>021-048>055-088>092-272115- ALCORN-BENTON MS-CALHOUN-CARROLL-CHESTER-CHICKASAW-CLAY-COAHOMA- CRAIGHEAD-CRITTENDEN-CROCKETT-CROSS-DESOTO-DECATUR-DUNKLIN-DYER- FAYETTE-GIBSON-GREENE-HARDEMAN-HARDIN-HAYWOOD-HENDERSON-HENRY- ITAWAMBA-LAFAYETTE-LAKE-LAUDERDALE-LAWRENCE-LEE AR-LEE MS-MADISON- MARSHALL-MCNAIRY-MISSISSIPPI-MONROE-OBION-PANOLA-PEMISCOT- PHILLIPS-POINSETT-PONTOTOC-PRENTISS-QUITMAN-RANDOLPH-SHELBY- ST. FRANCIS-TALLAHATCHIE-TATE-TIPPAH-TIPTON-TISHOMINGO-TUNICA- UNION-WEAKLEY-YALOBUSHA- 213 PM CDT MON JUL 26 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST ARKANSAS... THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL...NORTH MISSISSIPPI...AND WEST TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS EVENING. A FEW STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE AND LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING WILL BE A CONCERN. A HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM FOR MOST OF THE MID SOUTH. HEAT INDICES WILL BE BETWEEN 104 AND 108 DEGREES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH MONDAY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE ONCE AGAIN ON TUESDAY. HEAT INDICES ARE FORECAST TO BE IN THE 105 TO 109 DEGREE RANGE FROM WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. HEAT ADVISORIES MAY BE NEEDED DURING THIS TIME FRAME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. OKULSKI
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 26, 6:06 PM CDT, 1 hour 58 minutes before
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 731 PM CDT MON JUL 26 2010 MSZ016-270115- LEE MS- 731 PM CDT MON JUL 26 2010 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 815 PM CDT FOR... LEE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI... A STRONG THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING PEA SIZE HAIL OR LARGER AND WINDS AT LEAST 40 MPH WAS LOCATED OVER SHANNON AT 732 PM CDT...MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH. VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG WITH CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. PEOPLE IN LEE COUNTY...INCLUDING LOCATIONS NEAR TOMBIGBEE STATE PARK...TUPELO AND VERONA...SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY.
Special weather statement, Jul 26, 8:02 PM CDT, 2 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 802 PM CDT MON JUL 26 2010 MSZ013>015-270145- UNION MS-LAFAYETTE MS-PONTOTOC MS- 802 PM CDT MON JUL 26 2010 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 845 PM CDT FOR... NORTHWESTERN PONTOTOC COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI... SOUTHWESTERN UNION COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI... EASTERN LAFAYETTE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI... A STRONG THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING WINDS AT LEAST 40 MPH WAS LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTH OF PINEDALE AT 802 PM CDT...MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH. PEOPLE IN LAFAYETTE...PONTOTOC AND UNION COUNTIES SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 26, 7:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Fayette, Hardeman, Haywood | 29 min |
| Jul 26, 8:32 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Fayette | 3 hr |
| Jul 26, 9:13 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Fayette, Hardeman, Haywood, Madison | 3 hr |
| Jul 26, 10:20 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MEG | Fayette, Shelby | 115 min |
| Jul 26, 10:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Fayette, Haywood, Shelby, Tipton | 44 min |
| Jul 26, 10:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crockett, Haywood, Lauderdale, Madison, Tipton | 67 min |
| Jul 26, 11:56 PM CDT | High Wind Warning | MEG | Crockett, Dyer, Haywood, Lake, Lauderdale, Tipton | 2 hr |
| Jul 26, 7:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Itawamba | 57 min |
| Jul 26, 7:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Itawamba, Lee | 47 min |
| Jul 26, 8:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Itawamba, Lee, Prentiss, Tippah, Tishomingo, Union | 47 min |
| Jul 26, 9:43 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Benton, Marshall, Tippah | 3 hr |
| Jul 26, 9:52 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Craighead, Greene | 3 hr |
| Jul 26, 10:48 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MEG | Clay, Greene | 117 min |
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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.