Alert archive / Mississippi / Flash Flood Warnings in 2011
Flash Flood Warning 36, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this flash flood warning at Mar 26, 2011, 7:43 PM CDT for 7 counties in Mississippi. It was in force for 91 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 26, 2011, 7:43 PM CDT (00:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 26, 2011, 9:14 PM CDT
- In force
- 91 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Benton County, MS, Lafayette County, MS, Lee County, MS, Marshall County, MS, Prentiss County, MS, Tippah County, MS, Union County, MS
The radar
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:45 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 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 76 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 439 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 57 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -45 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 125 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 5.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
572 WGUS54 KMEG 270043 FFWMEG MSC009-071-081-093-117-139-145-270345- /O.NEW.KMEG.FF.W.0036.110327T0043Z-110327T0345Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 743 PM CDT SAT MAR 26 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN BENTON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI... NORTHERN LEE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI... WESTERN PRENTISS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI... SOUTHERN TIPPAH COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI... UNION COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI... NORTHERN LAFAYETTE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI... SOUTHERN MARSHALL COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI... * UNTIL 1045 PM CDT * AT 742 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS OCCURRED OVER THE PAST 2 HOURS. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN OVER THE NEXT HOUR. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO BALDWYN... BOONEVILLE...NEW ALBANY AND WALL DOXEY STATE PARK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... .BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. .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 3469 8960 3472 8850 3434 8855 3448 8964 $$
1 follow-up statement
038 WGUS74 KMEG 270214 FFSMEG FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 914 PM CDT SAT MAR 26 2011 MSC009-071-081-093-117-139-145-270225- /O.CAN.KMEG.FF.W.0036.000000T0000Z-110327T0345Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ TIPPAH MS-BENTON MS-MARSHALL MS-PRENTISS MS-UNION MS-LAFAYETTE MS- LEE MS- 914 PM CDT SAT MAR 26 2011 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR NORTHERN LEE... NORTHERN LAFAYETTE...UNION...WESTERN PRENTISS...SOUTHERN MARSHALL... SOUTHERN BENTON AND SOUTHERN TIPPAH COUNTIES... THE HEAVY RAINFALL WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS DIMINISHED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. THUS THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. .STAY TUNED TO THIS BROADCAST FOR THE LATEST UPDATES AND INFORMATION. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER ONLY...CALL 1 800 4 3 2 0 8 7 5. LAT...LON 3469 8960 3472 8850 3434 8855 3448 8964 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 26, 7:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Benton, Lafayette, Marshall, Tippah, Union | 60 min |
| Mar 26, 7:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Itawamba, Lee, Prentiss, Tishomingo | 60 min |
| Mar 26, 8:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Calhoun, Lafayette, Panola, Yalobusha | 50 min |
| Mar 26, 8:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lafayette, Lee, Pontotoc, Union | 35 min |
| Mar 26, 8:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Tallahatchie | 61 min |
| Mar 26, 8:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Itawamba, Lee, Prentiss, Tishomingo | 44 min |
| Mar 26, 9:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Chickasaw, Monroe | 53 min |
| Mar 26, 10:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Monroe | 32 min |
| Mar 26, 11:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Monroe | 35 min |
| Mar 27, 12:33 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Tishomingo | 42 min |
| Mar 27, 11:30 AM CDT | River Flood Advisory | MEG | Coahoma, Tunica | 4 days |
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.