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Flash Flood Warning 31, NWS Memphis, TN

June 11, 20126 counties in Mississippi

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Little Rock, AR at 12:00Z on 2012-06-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2451 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Little Rock, AR at 12:00Z on 2012-06-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 86 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 11, 3:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGDeSoto, Marshall, Tate50 min
Jun 11, 3:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGAlcorn, Tippah, Tishomingo65 min
Jun 11, 3:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGAlcorn, Benton, DeSoto, Lafayette, Marshall, Panola and 3 more48 min
Jun 11, 4:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGAlcorn, Benton, Lafayette, Lee, Marshall, Pontotoc and 4 more40 min
Jun 11, 4:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGTunica45 min
Jun 11, 4:49 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGCoahoma, Tunica116 min
Jun 11, 4:53 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGBenton, DeSoto, Marshall87 min
Jun 11, 4:56 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGAlcorn, Benton, Itawamba, Lee, Pontotoc, Prentiss and 3 more2 hr
Jun 11, 4:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGAlcorn, Tishomingo49 min
Jun 11, 5:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCoahoma, Quitman52 min
Jun 11, 5:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGAlcorn, Itawamba, Lee, Pontotoc, Prentiss, Tishomingo and 1 more48 min
Jun 11, 5:33 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGItawamba, Tishomingo12 min
Jun 11, 5:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGChickasaw, Itawamba, Lee, Monroe64 min
Jun 11, 5:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCoahoma, Quitman, Tallahatchie47 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.