Alert archive / Tennessee / Flash Flood Warnings in 2011
Flash Flood Warning 103, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this flash flood warning at May 2, 2011, 8:46 AM CDT for 4 counties in Tennessee. It was in force for 9 hr. 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 2, 2011, 8:46 AM CDT (13:46 UTC)
- Expired
- May 2, 2011, 5:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Carroll County, TN, Gibson County, TN, Henry County, TN, Weakley County, TN
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 2, 4:20 PM CDT | FLOOD | 4 E Mckenzie, TN | INTERSECTION OF HWY 124 AND PRESSON ROAD. 10 INCHES OF WATER COVERING ROAD. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 150 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
- 508 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -11 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 594 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 65 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 71 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 74 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 0.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
235
WGUS54 KMEG 021346
FFWMEG
TNC017-053-079-183-021945-
/O.NEW.KMEG.FF.W.0103.110502T1346Z-110502T1945Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
846 AM CDT MON MAY 2 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
CARROLL COUNTY IN NORTHWEST TENNESSEE...
SOUTHEASTERN GIBSON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST TENNESSEE...
HENRY COUNTY IN NORTHWEST TENNESSEE...
EASTERN WEAKLEY COUNTY IN NORTHWEST TENNESSEE...
* UNTIL 245 PM CDT
* AT 845 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 1 INCH OF RAINFALL
HAS OCCURRED OVER THE PAST HOUR. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL
PRODUCE AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN OVER THE NEXT 3 HOURS.
CONDITIONS ARE COMPLETELY SATURATED AND ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL
SHOULD LEAD TO ADDITIONAL FLOODING.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
HUNTINGDON...MCKENZIE...MILAN...PARIS AND PARIS LANDING STATE PARK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
.MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE
INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE
USUALLY DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS
POWERFUL ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING
FLOODED ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.
.STAY TUNED TO THIS BROADCAST FOR THE LATEST UPDATES AND INFORMATION.
TO REPORT FLASH FLOODING ONLY...CALL 1 800 4 3 2 0 8 7 5.
&&
LAT...LON 3636 8804 3636 8808 3626 8808 3621 8813
3616 8815 3613 8820 3586 8821 3585 8818
3583 8818 3583 8857 3580 8860 3579 8865
3581 8880 3651 8860 3650 8804 3642 8803
$$1 follow-up statement
260
WGUS54 KMEG 021938
FFWMEG
TNC017-053-079-183-022245-
/O.EXT.KMEG.FF.W.0103.000000T0000Z-110502T2245Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
238 PM CDT MON MAY 2 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS EXTENDED THE
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
CARROLL COUNTY IN NORTHWEST TENNESSEE...
SOUTHEASTERN GIBSON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST TENNESSEE...
HENRY COUNTY IN NORTHWEST TENNESSEE...
EASTERN WEAKLEY COUNTY IN NORTHWEST TENNESSEE...
* UNTIL 545 PM CDT
* AT 238 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAINFALL
HAS OCCURRED OVER THE PAST 3 HOURS. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL
PRODUCE AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN OVER THE NEXT 3 HOURS.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
HUNTINGDON...MCKENZIE...MILAN...PARIS AND PARIS LANDING STATE PARK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
.MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE
INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE
USUALLY DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS
POWERFUL ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING
FLOODED ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.
.STAY TUNED TO THIS BROADCAST FOR THE LATEST UPDATES AND INFORMATION.
TO REPORT FLASH FLOODING ONLY...CALL 1 800 4 3 2 0 8 7 5.
&&
LAT...LON 3636 8804 3636 8808 3626 8808 3621 8813
3616 8815 3613 8820 3586 8821 3585 8818
3583 8818 3583 8857 3580 8860 3579 8865
3581 8880 3651 8860 3650 8804 3642 8803
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1, 7:43 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MEG | Fayette, Shelby | 8 hr |
| May 1, 8:07 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MEG | Lake, Obion | 18 hr |
| May 2, 12:23 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Lake, Obion | 16 hr |
| May 2, 3:12 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Crockett, Dyer, Gibson, Haywood, Lake, Lauderdale and 3 more | 18 hr |
| May 2, 4:11 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Crockett, Fayette, Hardeman, Haywood, Lauderdale, Madison and 2 more | 12 hr |
| May 2, 2:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | McNairy | 47 min |
| May 2, 3:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Hardin, McNairy | 65 min |
| May 2, 3:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Decatur, Hardin | 41 min |
| May 2, 4:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Hardin | 22 min |
| May 2, 4:20 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MEG | Carroll, Chester, Crockett, Decatur, Dyer, Fayette and 14 more | 72 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Tennessee, 2011Every flash flood warning in 2011
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.