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Flash Flood Warning 33, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this flash flood warning at Mar 5, 2011, 9:36 AM CST for Fayette County, Haywood County, Tipton County, Tennessee. It was in force for 116 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 5, 2011, 9:36 AM CST (15:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 5, 2011, 11:32 AM CST
- In force
- 116 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Fayette County, TN, Haywood County, TN, Tipton County, TN
The radar
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:39 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, 3.6 hours before the alert went out and 96 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
- 3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -98 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 510 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -70 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -54 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
697
WGUS54 KMEG 051536
FFWMEG
TNC047-075-167-051830-
/O.NEW.KMEG.FF.W.0033.110305T1536Z-110305T1830Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
936 AM CST SAT MAR 5 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN FAYETTE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE...
HAYWOOD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE...
SOUTHEASTERN TIPTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE...
* UNTIL 1230 PM CST
* AT 935 AM CST... 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS OCCURRED OVER THE
PAST 3 HOURS. SEVERAL LOW WATER CROSSINGS IN THE BRADEN AREA IN
FAYETTE COUNTY AND THE STANTON AREA IN HAYWOOD COUNTY WERE FLOODED.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
BROWNSVILLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
.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 3573 8914 3569 8907 3552 8907 3543 8911
3544 8919 3525 8919 3520 8921 3525 8963
3526 8964 3540 8964 3560 8953 3560 8947
3569 8947 3573 8944 3579 8944 3580 8941
$$1 follow-up statement
174
WGUS74 KMEG 051732
FFSMEG
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
1132 AM CST SAT MAR 5 2011
TNC047-075-167-051743-
/O.CAN.KMEG.FF.W.0033.000000T0000Z-110305T1830Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
FAYETTE TN-HAYWOOD TN-TIPTON TN-
1132 AM CST SAT MAR 5 2011
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR SOUTHEASTERN
TIPTON...HAYWOOD AND NORTHERN FAYETTE COUNTIES...
THE HEAVY RAINFALL WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS DIMINISHED ACROSS
THE WARNED AREA. THUS THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
.STAY TUNED TO THIS BROADCAST FOR THE LATEST UPDATES AND INFORMATION.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER ONLY...CALL 1 800 4 3 2 0 8 7 5.
LAT...LON 3573 8914 3569 8907 3552 8907 3543 8911
3544 8919 3525 8919 3520 8921 3525 8963
3526 8964 3540 8964 3560 8953 3560 8947
3569 8947 3573 8944 3579 8944 3580 8941
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 5, 6:17 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Lauderdale, Shelby, Tipton | 3 hr |
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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.