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Flash Flood Warning 6, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this flash flood warning at Dec 31, 2010, 11:08 PM CST for Itawamba County, Monroe County, 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, 11:08 PM CST (05:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 1, 2011, 2:15 AM CST
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Itawamba County, MS, Monroe County, MS
The radar
The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 11 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:11 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, 5.1 hours before the alert went out and 173 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.
486
WGUS54 KMEG 010508
FFWMEG
MSC057-095-010815-
/O.NEW.KMEG.FF.W.0006.110101T0508Z-110101T0815Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
1108 PM CST FRI DEC 31 2010
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN ITAWAMBA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
MONROE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
* UNTIL 215 AM CST
* AT 1108 PM CST...DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAINFALL
HAS OCCURRED OVER THE PAST 2 HOURS. 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 RURAL AREAS
OF MONROE AND SOUTHEASTERN ITAWAMBA COUNTIES.
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 3371 8869 3379 8870 3378 8850 3401 8841
3435 8831 3434 8819 3374 8824 3375 8836
3369 8841
$$1 follow-up statement
761
WGUS74 KMEG 010814
FFSMEG
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
214 AM CST SAT JAN 1 2011
MSC057-095-010824-
/O.EXP.KMEG.FF.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110101T0815Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
ITAWAMBA MS-MONROE MS-
214 AM CST SAT JAN 1 2011
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 215 AM CST FOR MONROE AND
CENTRAL ITAWAMBA COUNTIES...
THE HEAVY RAINFALL WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS DIMINISHED ACROSS
THE WARNED AREA. THUS THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO
EXPIRE.
.STAY TUNED TO THIS BROADCAST FOR THE LATEST UPDATES AND INFORMATION.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER ONLY...CALL 1 800 4 3 2 0 8 7 5.
LAT...LON 3371 8869 3379 8870 3378 8850 3401 8841
3435 8831 3434 8819 3374 8824 3375 8836
3369 8841
$$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, 10:53 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Alcorn, Benton, Itawamba, Lafayette, Lee, Marshall and 5 more | 3 hr |
| Dec 31, 10:59 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Alcorn, Tippah, Tishomingo | 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 |
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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.