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Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this flash flood warning at Dec 31, 2010, 11:51 PM CST for Decatur County, Hardin County, Henderson County, Tennessee. 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, 11:51 PM CST (05:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 1, 2011, 2:45 AM CST
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Decatur County, TN, Hardin County, TN, Henderson County, TN
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 149 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
- 1460 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 308 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 364 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
675
WGUS54 KMEG 010551
FFWMEG
TNC039-071-077-010845-
/O.NEW.KMEG.FF.W.0007.110101T0551Z-110101T0845Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
1151 PM CST FRI DEC 31 2010
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
DECATUR COUNTY IN TENNESSEE...
NORTHERN HARDIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE...
SOUTHEASTERN HENDERSON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE...
* UNTIL 245 AM CST
* AT 1149 PM CST...DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES ONE QUARTER TO ON-HALF
INCH OF RAINFALL HAS OCCURRED OVER THE PAST 3 HOURS OVER PARTS OF
DECATUR COUNTY. 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 DECATUR...EASTERN HENDERSON AND NORTHERN HARDIN COUNTIES.
THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOW WATER CROSSINGS IN DECATUR
COUNTY...BEAR CREEK AT OLD LEXINGTON ROAD...BLUNT ROAD AT RUSHING
CREEK...BUCKNER BRANCH AT BIBLE HILL ROAD...BUCKNER BRANCH AT
NORTHWOOD STREET...CHEROKEE HEIGHTS ROAD AT OAK PARK DRIVE...CONCORD
ROAD NEAR OLD 69...ELIZABETH STREET...FAIRGROUND ROAD...HOG CREEK AT
HAYNES ROAD AND HARTLEY CEMETERY ROAD...LARGO ROAD...LASTER BRANCH AT
CONCORD ROAD...MARTIN LANDING ROAD AT CAMPBELLS BRANCH...MILLS BRANCH
AT HOG CREEK ROAD...MT CARMEL ROAD AT ELKINS BRANCH...RICKETTS CREEK
AT CHEROKEE HEIGHTS ROAD...ROBERT GURLEY ROAD AT STEWMAN
CREEK...ROCKY BRANCH AT BIBLE HILL ROAD...RUSHING CREEK AT LARGO
ROAD...SCENIC LANE AT SELF SLOUGH...SIMS BOTTOM ROAD AT WHITES
CREEK...SULFUR FORK AT BIBLE HILL ROAD AND W O BAKER ROAD.
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 3539 8798 3539 8802 3537 8802 3537 8836
3556 8819 3582 8819 3582 8801 3563 8803
3553 8799 3548 8799 3547 8802 3544 8804
3542 8799
$$1 follow-up statement
981
WGUS74 KMEG 010844
FFSMEG
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
244 AM CST SAT JAN 1 2011
TNC039-071-077-010854-
/O.EXP.KMEG.FF.W.0007.000000T0000Z-110101T0845Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
DECATUR TN-HENDERSON TN-HARDIN TN-
244 AM CST SAT JAN 1 2011
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 245 AM CST FOR NORTHERN
HARDIN...EASTERN HENDERSON AND DECATUR COUNTIES...
THE HEAVY RAINFALL WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS DIMINISHED ACROSS
THE WARNED AREA. THUS THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO
EXPIRE.
.STAY TUNED TO THIS BROADCAST FOR THE LATEST UPDATES AND INFORMATION.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER ONLY...CALL 1 800 4 3 2 0 8 7 5.
LAT...LON 3539 8798 3539 8802 3537 8802 3537 8836
3556 8819 3582 8819 3582 8801 3563 8803
3553 8799 3548 8799 3547 8802 3544 8804
3542 8799
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 31, 6:01 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Shelby | 29 min |
| Dec 31, 6:08 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Shelby, Tipton | 2 hr |
| Dec 31, 9:10 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Shelby, Tipton | 35 min |
| Dec 31, 9:30 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Shelby | 3 hr |
| Dec 31, 9:33 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Chester, Crockett, Fayette, Hardeman, Haywood, Henry and 4 more | 145 days |
| Dec 31, 9:42 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Dyer | 33 min |
| Dec 31, 9:55 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Dyer, Lauderdale | 145 days |
| Dec 31, 10:09 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crockett, Haywood, Madison | 145 days |
| Dec 31, 10:32 PM CST | Flash Flood Watch | MEG | Chester, Decatur, Hardeman, Hardin, Henderson, McNairy | 5 hr |
| Dec 31, 10:41 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Chester, Fayette, Hardeman, Madison | 145 days |
| Dec 31, 10:59 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Hardeman, Hardin, McNairy | 3 hr |
| Dec 31, 11:00 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Lake | 30 min |
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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.