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Flash Flood Warning 50, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this flash flood warning at Sep 2, 2012, 7:10 PM CDT for Itawamba County, Lee County, Mississippi. It was in force for 3 hr. 1 report 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
- Sep 2, 2012, 7:10 PM CDT (00:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 2, 2012, 10:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Itawamba County, MS, Lee County, MS
The radar
The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:09 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2, 7:41 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Mantachie, MS | FLASH FLOODING REPORTED ON THE SOUTHBOUND LANE OF HWY 363 SOUTH OF MANTACHIE. WATER IS JUMPING THE CULVERTS WITH WATER TO THE CENTERLINES IN THE ROAD. |
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 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 161 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
- 2460 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1418 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 80 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 169 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 4.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
037
WGUS54 KMEG 030010
FFWMEG
MSC057-081-030315-
/O.NEW.KMEG.FF.W.0050.120903T0010Z-120903T0315Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
710 PM CDT SUN SEP 2 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
ITAWAMBA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
LEE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
* UNTIL 1015 PM CDT
* AT 710 PM CDT... 1 TO 2 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 2 HOURS.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO FULTON...
TUPELO...VERONA AND TOMBIGBEE STATE PARK.
THIS WARNING ALSO INCLUDES AREAS NEAR BAY SPRINGS LAKE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
.TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY
YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN
MEMPHIS.
.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 8818 3412 8819 3411 8820 3413 8881
3447 8876 3445 8815
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2, 7:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Itawamba, Monroe | 44 min |
| Sep 2, 7:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Tippah | 45 min |
| Sep 2, 7:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Itawamba | 27 min |
| Sep 2, 7:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Benton, Marshall | 42 min |
| Sep 2, 7:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | DeSoto, Marshall | 53 min |
| Sep 2, 7:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | DeSoto, Marshall, Tate | 24 min |
| Sep 2, 7:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Itawamba, Monroe | 51 min |
| Sep 2, 7:55 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | DeSoto, Marshall | 3 hr |
| Sep 2, 8:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Lee, Prentiss, Tippah, Union | 37 min |
| Sep 2, 8:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Itawamba, Lee, Pontotoc, Prentiss, Tippah, Union | 26 min |
| Sep 2, 8:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Marshall | 39 min |
| Sep 2, 8:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Pontotoc, Union | 41 min |
| Sep 2, 8:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Chickasaw, Itawamba, Lee, Monroe, Pontotoc, Prentiss and 1 more | 49 min |
| Sep 2, 9:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lee, Pontotoc, Union | 39 min |
| Sep 2, 9:23 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Benton, Lafayette, Lee, Marshall, Pontotoc, Tippah and 1 more | 3 hr |
| Sep 2, 9:24 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Itawamba, Lee, Prentiss, Tishomingo | 2 hr |
| Sep 2, 9:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Chickasaw, Itawamba, Lee, Monroe, Pontotoc, Union | 47 min |
| Sep 2, 9:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Itawamba | 52 min |
| Sep 2, 9:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Lafayette | 43 min |
| Sep 2, 10:08 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MEG | Lafayette, Marshall, Tate | 97 min |
| Sep 2, 10:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Chickasaw, Monroe, Pontotoc | 52 min |
| Sep 2, 10:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Lafayette, Pontotoc | 48 min |
| Sep 2, 10:43 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Calhoun, Chickasaw, Lafayette, Lee, Panola, Pontotoc and 1 more | 4 hr |
| Sep 2, 11:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Lafayette | 51 min |
| Sep 2, 11:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Lafayette, Panola | 52 min |
| Sep 3, 12:40 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Calhoun, Yalobusha | 50 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.