Alert archive / Mississippi / Flash Flood Warnings in 2011
Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this flash flood warning at Jan 1, 2011, 1:13 AM CST for 6 counties in Mississippi. It was in force for 65 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
- Jan 1, 2011, 1:13 AM CST (07:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 1, 2011, 2:18 AM CST
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Calhoun County, MS, Chickasaw County, MS, Itawamba County, MS, Lee County, MS, Monroe County, MS, Pontotoc County, MS
The radar
The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:15 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, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 145 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.
469
WGUS54 KMEG 010713
FFWMEG
MSC013-017-057-081-095-115-011015-
/O.NEW.KMEG.FF.W.0009.110101T0713Z-110101T1015Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
113 AM CST SAT JAN 1 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN CALHOUN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
CHICKASAW COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
SOUTHWESTERN ITAWAMBA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
SOUTHERN LEE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
WESTERN MONROE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
PONTOTOC COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
* UNTIL 415 AM CST
* AT 114 AM CST...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 ABERDEEN...
AMORY...HOUSTON...OKOLONA...PONTOTOC...TUPELO...VERONA...TOMBIGBEE
STATE PARK AND TRACE STATE PARK.
THIS WARNING ALSO INCLUDES AREAS NEAR ABERDEEN LAKE AND DAVIS 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.
.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 3372 8922 3431 8911 3424 8832 3377 8850
3375 8872 3381 8872 3381 8891 3375 8893
3375 8901 3373 8903 3374 8917 3372 8918
$$1 follow-up statement
366
WGUS74 KMEG 010818
FFSMEG
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
218 AM CST SAT JAN 1 2011
MSC013-017-057-081-095-115-010828-
/O.CAN.KMEG.FF.W.0009.000000T0000Z-110101T1015Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
LEE MS-ITAWAMBA MS-PONTOTOC MS-CALHOUN MS-MONROE MS-CHICKASAW MS-
218 AM CST SAT JAN 1 2011
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR CHICKASAW...WESTERN
MONROE...SOUTHEASTERN CALHOUN...PONTOTOC...SOUTHWESTERN ITAWAMBA AND
SOUTHERN LEE COUNTIES...
THE HEAVY RAINFALL WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS DIMINISHED ACROSS
THE WARNED AREA. THUS THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
.STAY TUNED TO THIS BROADCAST FOR THE LATEST UPDATES AND INFORMATION.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER ONLY...CALL 1 800 4 3 2 0 8 7 5.
LAT...LON 3372 8922 3431 8911 3424 8832 3377 8850
3375 8872 3381 8872 3381 8891 3375 8893
3375 8901 3373 8903 3374 8917 3372 8918
$$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, 11:08 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, 1:31 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.