Alert archive / Mississippi / Flash Flood Warnings in 2011
Flash Flood Warning 72, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this flash flood warning at Apr 26, 2011, 6:56 PM CDT for 6 counties in Mississippi; Shelby County, Tennessee; Crittenden County, Lee County, Arkansas. It was in force for 6 hr. 4 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 26, 2011, 6:56 PM CDT (23:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 27, 2011, 1:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Crittenden County, AR, Lee County, AR, Coahoma County, MS, DeSoto County, MS, Panola County, MS, Quitman County, MS, Tate County, MS, Tunica County, MS, Shelby County, TN
The radar
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:57 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26, 7:30 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 4 S Hernando, MS | DRAINAGE DITCHES OVERFLOWING, SEWER COVERS LIFTED OFF, STANDING WATER ON ROADS. |
| Apr 26, 7:40 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Olive Branch, MS | SIGNIFICANT STREET FLOODING IN DESOTO COUNTY |
| Apr 27, 12:00 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Tunica, MS | SCHOOL STREET...JOSEPHINE ROAD...BERNER ROAD...DULANEY ROAD AND ROBIN COVE CLOSED DUE TO FLASH FLOODING |
| Apr 27, 12:05 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 2 Se Olive Branch, MS | OLIVE BRANCH POLICE DEPARTMENT REPORTS WATER RISING INTO FEW HOMES ON SOUTHEAST SIDE OF THE CITY |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 31 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
- 112 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -229 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 861 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 70 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 88 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 159 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
324
WGUS54 KMEG 262356
FFWMEG
ARC035-077-MSC027-033-107-119-137-143-TNC157-270600-
/O.NEW.KMEG.FF.W.0072.110426T2356Z-110427T0600Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
656 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTH CENTRAL CRITTENDEN COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...
EXTREME NORTHEASTERN LEE COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...
NORTHEASTERN COAHOMA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...
DESOTO COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...
NORTHERN PANOLA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...
NORTHERN QUITMAN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...
TATE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...
TUNICA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...
EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN SHELBY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE...
* UNTIL 100 AM CDT WEDNESDAY
* AT 655 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL
HAS OCCURRED OVER THE PAST HOUR. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL
PRODUCE AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN OVER THE NEXT HOUR.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO HERNANDO...
HORN LAKE...OLIVE BRANCH...SENATOBIA AND SOUTHAVEN.
THIS WARNING ALSO INCLUDES AREAS NEAR ARKABUTLA LAKE...BEAVERDAM
LAKE...HORN LAKE...HORSESHOE LAKE AND ROBCO LAKE.
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.
.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 3418 9044 3486 9046 3501 9031 3502 8974
3454 8974
$$
TLSJR1 follow-up statement
566
WGUS74 KMEG 270216
FFSMEG
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
916 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2011
ARC035-077-MSC027-033-107-119-137-143-TNC157-270600-
/O.CON.KMEG.FF.W.0072.000000T0000Z-110427T0600Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
LEE AR-CRITTENDEN AR-DESOTO MS-TUNICA MS-TATE MS-PANOLA MS-COAHOMA
MS-QUITMAN MS-SHELBY TN-
916 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2011
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT FOR
EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN SHELBY...NORTHERN QUITMAN...NORTHEASTERN
COAHOMA...NORTHERN PANOLA...TATE...TUNICA...DESOTO...SOUTH CENTRAL
CRITTENDEN AND EXTREME NORTHEASTERN LEE COUNTIES...
AT 916 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS
OCCURRED OVER THE PAST 2 HOURS. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL
PRODUCE AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN OVER THE NEXT 2 HOURS.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO HERNANDO...
HORN LAKE...OLIVE BRANCH...SENATOBIA AND SOUTHAVEN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
.BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE
UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS
SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.
.MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE
INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE
USUALLY DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS
POWERFUL ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING
FLOODED ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.
.STAY TUNED TO THIS BROADCAST FOR THE LATEST UPDATES AND INFORMATION.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER ONLY...CALL 1 800 4 3 2 0 8 7 5.
&&
LAT...LON 3418 9044 3486 9046 3501 9031 3502 8974
3454 8974
$$
TLSJRThe office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 25, 8:15 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MEG | Lowndes, Monroe | 7 days |
| Apr 25, 9:33 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Tunica | 3 hr |
| Apr 25, 9:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | DeSoto, Tunica | 55 min |
| Apr 25, 9:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Coahoma, Tunica | 61 min |
| Apr 25, 10:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | DeSoto, Marshall, Tate, Tunica | 59 min |
| Apr 25, 10:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Coahoma, Panola, Quitman, Tallahatchie, Tate, Tunica | 57 min |
| Apr 25, 10:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Benton, Marshall, Tate, Tippah, Union | 62 min |
| Apr 25, 11:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Coahoma, Lafayette, Panola, Quitman, Tallahatchie, Union and 1 more | 59 min |
| Apr 25, 11:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Alcorn, Benton, Itawamba, Lafayette, Lee, Prentiss and 3 more | 76 min |
| Apr 26, 12:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Calhoun, Chickasaw, Lafayette, Lee, Pontotoc, Union and 1 more | 59 min |
| Apr 26, 12:09 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Alcorn, Tippah, Tishomingo | 36 min |
| Apr 26, 12:14 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Alcorn, Lee, Prentiss, Tippah, Union | 31 min |
| Apr 26, 12:16 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Lafayette, Pontotoc, Union | 29 min |
| Apr 26, 12:24 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Calhoun, Lafayette, Pontotoc | 36 min |
| Apr 26, 12:41 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Chickasaw, Itawamba, Lee, Monroe, Pontotoc, Union | 19 min |
| Apr 26, 12:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Calhoun, Chickasaw, Itawamba, Lee, Monroe, Pontotoc and 2 more | 64 min |
| Apr 26, 3:18 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Coahoma, Panola, Quitman, Tate, Tunica | 3 hr |
| Apr 26, 6:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Coahoma, Quitman, Tunica | 30 min |
| Apr 26, 1:30 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MEG | Lafayette | 43 hr |
| Apr 26, 4:13 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | MEG | Alcorn, Benton, Calhoun, Chickasaw, Coahoma, DeSoto and 16 more | 13 hr |
| Apr 26, 5:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Coahoma | 54 min |
| Apr 26, 5:26 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Coahoma, Tunica | 6 hr |
| Apr 26, 5:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | DeSoto, Marshall | 43 min |
| Apr 26, 5:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Coahoma, Quitman, Tunica | 53 min |
| Apr 26, 6:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Tunica | 58 min |
| Apr 26, 6:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Coahoma, Panola, Quitman, Tallahatchie | 60 min |
| Apr 26, 6:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Coahoma, DeSoto, Panola, Quitman, Tate, Tunica | 56 min |
| Apr 26, 6:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | DeSoto, Marshall | 59 min |
| Apr 26, 6:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | DeSoto, Tunica | 38 min |
| Apr 25, 9:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lauderdale, Shelby, Tipton | 45 min |
| Apr 25, 10:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Fayette, Hardeman, Haywood, Madison, Shelby, Tipton | 39 min |
| Apr 25, 10:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crockett, Dyer, Gibson, Haywood, Lauderdale, Madison and 1 more | 47 min |
| Apr 25, 10:38 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Dyer, Lake, Obion | 3 hr |
| Apr 25, 10:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Dyer, Gibson, Lake, Obion | 43 min |
| Apr 25, 10:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Chester, Fayette, Hardeman, Haywood, McNairy, Madison and 2 more | 50 min |
| Apr 25, 11:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Carroll, Crockett, Dyer, Gibson, Haywood, Henderson and 2 more | 49 min |
| Apr 25, 11:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Gibson, Henry, Obion, Weakley | 38 min |
| Apr 25, 11:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Carroll, Chester, Decatur, Gibson, Hardin, Henderson and 1 more | 40 min |
| Apr 25, 11:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Chester, Decatur, Fayette, Hardeman, Hardin, McNairy and 1 more | 45 min |
| Apr 25, 11:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Carroll, Henry, Weakley | 35 min |
| Apr 26, 12:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Carroll, Chester, Decatur, Henderson | 47 min |
| Apr 26, 12:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Decatur, Hardin, McNairy | 33 min |
| Apr 26, 1:32 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MEG | Lake, Obion | 10 hr |
| Apr 26, 9:53 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MEG | Hardin | 14 days |
| Apr 26, 1:41 PM CDT | River Flood Advisory | MEG | Decatur, Perry | 26 hr |
| Apr 26, 3:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Obion, Weakley | 41 min |
| Apr 26, 4:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lake | 45 min |
| Apr 26, 4:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Lake, Obion | 24 min |
| Apr 26, 6:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Fayette, Shelby, Tipton | 38 min |
| Apr 26, 6:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Shelby | 50 min |
| Apr 26, 6:31 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Shelby, Tipton | 6 hr |
| Apr 26, 6:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lauderdale, Shelby, Tipton | 42 min |
| Apr 26, 6:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Fayette, Shelby, Tipton | 41 min |
| Apr 26, 6:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crockett, Haywood, Lauderdale, Tipton | 47 min |
| Apr 25, 7:44 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Clay, Greene | 3 hr |
| Apr 25, 8:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Clay | 35 min |
| Apr 25, 8:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Cross, Lee, Phillips, St. Francis | 66 min |
| Apr 25, 9:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Cross, Poinsett | 45 min |
| Apr 25, 9:15 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Clay | 3 hr |
| Apr 25, 9:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Craighead, Crittenden, Cross, Poinsett | 42 min |
| Apr 25, 10:45 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Clay, Greene | 3 hr |
| Apr 26, 12:14 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MEG | Clay, Craighead, Greene, Lawrence, Randolph | 12 hr |
| Apr 26, 11:39 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MEG | Clay, Craighead, Greene, Lawrence, Randolph | 8 hr |
| Apr 26, 3:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Lee, St. Francis | 52 min |
| Apr 26, 3:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Cross, Lee, St. Francis | 44 min |
| Apr 26, 3:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crittenden, Cross, Mississippi, Poinsett, St. Francis | 51 min |
| Apr 26, 4:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Cross, Lee, St. Francis | 45 min |
| Apr 26, 4:09 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Cross, Lee, St. Francis | 6 hr |
| Apr 26, 4:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Cross, Lee, St. Francis | 55 min |
| Apr 26, 4:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Craighead, Mississippi | 50 min |
| Apr 26, 5:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Crittenden, St. Francis | 48 min |
| Apr 26, 5:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crittenden, Cross, St. Francis | 41 min |
| Apr 26, 5:49 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Crittenden, Cross, Mississippi, Poinsett, St. Francis | 6 hr |
| Apr 26, 5:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Crittenden | 37 min |
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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.