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Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this flash flood warning at Dec 31, 2010, 10:53 PM CST for 11 counties in Mississippi. It was in force for 3 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
- Dec 31, 2010, 10:53 PM CST (04:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 1, 2011, 1:45 AM CST
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Alcorn County, MS, Benton County, MS, Itawamba County, MS, Lafayette County, MS, Lee County, MS, Marshall County, MS, Pontotoc County, MS, Prentiss County, MS, Tippah County, MS, Tishomingo County, MS, Union County, MS
The radar
The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:53 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, 4.9 hours before the alert went out and 102 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1802 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 71 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -9 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 162 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
110
WGUS54 KMEG 010453
FFWMEG
MSC003-009-057-071-081-093-115-117-139-141-145-010745-
/O.NEW.KMEG.FF.W.0004.110101T0453Z-110101T0745Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
1053 PM CST FRI DEC 31 2010
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN ALCORN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
SOUTHEASTERN BENTON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
NORTHERN ITAWAMBA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
NORTHERN LEE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
EXTREME NORTHERN PONTOTOC COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
PRENTISS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
TIPPAH COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
SOUTHERN TISHOMINGO COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
UNION COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
EAST CENTRAL LAFAYETTE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...
EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN MARSHALL COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...
* UNTIL 145 AM CST
* AT 1051 PM CST...DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES 1 TO 2 INCHES OF
RAINFALL HAS OCCURRED OVER THE PAST HOUR SOUTHWEST OF THE
WARNING AREA. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE AN
ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN OVER THE NEXT 3 HOURS.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO BALDWYN...
BOONEVILLE...IUKA...NEW ALBANY...RIPLEY AND TISHOMINGO STATE PARK.
THIS WARNING ALSO INCLUDES AREAS NEAR BAY SPRINGS LAKE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
.EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE
BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.
.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 3469 8923 3487 8904 3484 8812 3435 8817
3438 8937
$$1 follow-up statement
655
WGUS74 KMEG 010745
FFSMEG
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
145 AM CST SAT JAN 1 2011
MSC003-009-057-071-081-093-115-117-139-141-145-010755-
/O.EXP.KMEG.FF.W.0004.000000T0000Z-110101T0745Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
ALCORN MS-TISHOMINGO MS-TIPPAH MS-BENTON MS-MARSHALL MS-PRENTISS MS-
UNION MS-LAFAYETTE MS-LEE MS-ITAWAMBA MS-PONTOTOC MS-
145 AM CST SAT JAN 1 2011
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR EXTREME NORTHWESTERN
PONTOTOC...NORTHERN ITAWAMBA...NORTHERN LEE...EAST CENTRAL
LAFAYETTE...UNION...PRENTISS...EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN MARSHALL...
SOUTHEASTERN BENTON...TIPPAH...SOUTHERN TISHOMINGO AND SOUTHERN
ALCORN COUNTIES...
THE HEAVY RAINFALL WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS DIMINISHED ACROSS
THE WARNED AREA. THUS THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO
EXPIRE.
.STAY TUNED TO THIS BROADCAST FOR THE LATEST UPDATES AND INFORMATION.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER ONLY...CALL 1 800 4 3 2 0 8 7 5.
LAT...LON 3469 8923 3487 8904 3484 8812 3435 8817
3438 8937
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 31, 9:33 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Coahoma, Quitman, Tallahatchie, Yalobusha | 145 days |
| Dec 31, 9:55 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Coahoma, Quitman, Tallahatchie, Yalobusha | 145 days |
| Dec 31, 10:09 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Chickasaw, Itawamba, Lee, Monroe | 145 days |
| Dec 31, 10:18 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Calhoun, Chickasaw, Itawamba, Lafayette, Lee, Monroe and 1 more | 3 hr |
| Dec 31, 10:32 PM CST | Flash Flood Watch | MEG | Alcorn, Benton, Calhoun, Chickasaw, Itawamba, Lafayette and 11 more | 5 hr |
| Dec 31, 10:41 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Itawamba, Monroe, Tishomingo | 145 days |
| Dec 31, 10:59 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Alcorn, Tippah, Tishomingo | 3 hr |
| Dec 31, 11:08 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Itawamba, Monroe | 3 hr |
| Dec 31, 11:11 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Chickasaw, Itawamba, Lee | 34 min |
| Dec 31, 11:49 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Itawamba, Monroe | 26 min |
| Jan 1, 12:28 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Itawamba, Lafayette, Lee, Pontotoc, Union | 108 min |
| Jan 1, 1:13 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Calhoun, Chickasaw, Itawamba, Lee, Monroe, Pontotoc | 65 min |
| Jan 1, 1:31 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Monroe | 44 min |
| Jan 1, 9:39 AM CST | River Flood Warning | MEG | Monroe | 22 hr |
| Jan 1, 9:39 AM CST | River Flood Warning | MEG | Monroe | 10 hr |
| Jan 1, 9:39 AM CST | River Flood Warning | MEG | Lowndes, Monroe | 4 days |
Nearby
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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.