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Flash Flood Warning 142, NWS Memphis, TN

July 21, 20118 counties in Mississippi

NWS Memphis, TN issued this flash flood warning at Jul 21, 2011, 5:36 PM CDT for 8 counties in Mississippi. It was in force for 6 hr. 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 21, 2011, 5:36 PM CDT (22:36 UTC)
Expired
Jul 21, 2011, 11:30 PM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Alcorn County, MS, Benton County, MS, Lafayette County, MS, Marshall County, MS, Prentiss County, MS, Tippah County, MS, Tishomingo County, MS, Union County, MS

The radar

The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:39 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, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 94 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 2011-07-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 661 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2011-07-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -56 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
661 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-63 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1296 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-56 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
23 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.

924 
WGUS54 KMEG 212236
FFWMEG
MSC003-009-071-093-117-139-141-145-220430-
/O.NEW.KMEG.FF.W.0142.110721T2236Z-110722T0430Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
536 PM CDT THU JUL 21 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  ALCORN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
  BENTON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
  PRENTISS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
  TIPPAH COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
  TISHOMINGO COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
  NORTHERN UNION COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
  NORTHERN LAFAYETTE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...
  MARSHALL COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...

* UNTIL 1130 PM CDT

* AT 535 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES 2 TO 4 INCHES OF 
  RAINFALL HAS OCCURRED OVER THE PAST 2 HOURS. SCATTERED SHOWERS 
  AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN 
  OVER THE NEXT 3 HOURS.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  BOONEVILLE...CORINTH...HOLLY SPRINGS...IUKA...NEW ALBANY...
  RIPLEY...J P COLEMAN STATE PARK...TISHOMINGO STATE PARK AND WALL
  DOXEY 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 3460 8814 3451 8874 3450 8874 3435 8965
      3451 8967 3451 8966 3468 8967 3469 8969
      3497 8972 3499 8819 3492 8815 3489 8809

$$


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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 21, 5:35 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGTishomingo40 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Mississippi, 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.