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Flash Flood Warning 31, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this flash flood warning at Jun 11, 2012, 5:40 PM CDT for 6 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
- Jun 11, 2012, 5:40 PM CDT (22:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 11, 2012, 8:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Coahoma County, MS, Panola County, MS, Quitman County, MS, Tallahatchie County, MS, Tunica County, MS, Yalobusha County, MS
The radar
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 166 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:43 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 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 109 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
- 2451 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -37 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 786 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 86 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 120 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.7
- Supercell composite
- 4.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
194
WGUS54 KMEG 112240
FFWMEG
MSC027-107-119-135-143-161-120145-
/O.NEW.KMEG.FF.W.0031.120611T2240Z-120612T0145Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
540 PM CDT MON JUN 11 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
EASTERN COAHOMA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...
SOUTHERN PANOLA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...
QUITMAN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...
TALLAHATCHIE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...
SOUTH CENTRAL TUNICA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...
WESTERN YALOBUSHA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...
* UNTIL 845 PM CDT
* AT 539 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL
HAS OCCURRED OVER THE PAST HOUR OVER CENTRAL QUITMAN COUNTY. A
LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO THE WARNED AREA WILL
PRODUCE AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN OVER THE NEXT HOUR.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
BATESVILLE...CHARLESTON AND GEORGE PAYNE STATE PARK.
THIS WARNING ALSO INCLUDES AREAS NEAR BEAVERDAM LAKE AND MOON LAKE.
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 3369 9030 3371 9031 3376 9030 3378 9018
3380 9019 3381 9046 3398 9046 3398 9056
3454 9042 3436 8972 3386 8975 3389 8978
3389 8992 3382 8993 3380 9013 3372 9014
3373 9024 3369 9028
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 11, 3:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | DeSoto, Marshall, Tate | 50 min |
| Jun 11, 3:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Alcorn, Tippah, Tishomingo | 65 min |
| Jun 11, 3:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Alcorn, Benton, DeSoto, Lafayette, Marshall, Panola and 3 more | 48 min |
| Jun 11, 4:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Alcorn, Benton, Lafayette, Lee, Marshall, Pontotoc and 4 more | 40 min |
| Jun 11, 4:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Tunica | 45 min |
| Jun 11, 4:49 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Coahoma, Tunica | 116 min |
| Jun 11, 4:53 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Benton, DeSoto, Marshall | 87 min |
| Jun 11, 4:56 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Alcorn, Benton, Itawamba, Lee, Pontotoc, Prentiss and 3 more | 2 hr |
| Jun 11, 4:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Alcorn, Tishomingo | 49 min |
| Jun 11, 5:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Coahoma, Quitman | 52 min |
| Jun 11, 5:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Alcorn, Itawamba, Lee, Pontotoc, Prentiss, Tishomingo and 1 more | 48 min |
| Jun 11, 5:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Itawamba, Tishomingo | 12 min |
| Jun 11, 5:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Chickasaw, Itawamba, Lee, Monroe | 64 min |
| Jun 11, 5:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Coahoma, Quitman, Tallahatchie | 47 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.