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Flash Flood Warning 56, NWS Memphis, TN

September 5, 2012Carroll County, Henry County, Tennessee

NWS Memphis, TN issued this flash flood warning at Sep 5, 2012, 6:39 PM CDT for Carroll County, Henry County, Tennessee. 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
Sep 5, 2012, 6:39 PM CDT (23:39 UTC)
Expired
Sep 5, 2012, 9:45 PM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Carroll County, TN, Henry County, TN

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 147 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2012-09-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1484 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2012-09-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 26 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1484 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-11 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
486 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
12 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
26 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
76 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

779 
WGUS54 KMEG 052339
FFWMEG
TNC017-079-060245-
/O.NEW.KMEG.FF.W.0056.120905T2339Z-120906T0245Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
639 PM CDT WED SEP 5 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN CARROLL COUNTY IN NORTHWEST TENNESSEE...
  SOUTHERN HENRY COUNTY IN NORTHWEST TENNESSEE...

* UNTIL 945 PM CDT

* AT 639 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
  HUNTINGDON...MCKENZIE AND PARIS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

.EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE
BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.

.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 3619 8814 3615 8817 3612 8820 3604 8820
      3599 8822 3599 8854 3630 8849 3635 8818
      3627 8810

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 5, 4:53 AM CDTHeat AdvisoryMEGCrockett, Dyer, Fayette, Hardeman, Haywood, Lake and 3 more14 hr
Sep 5, 7:20 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGObion25 min
Sep 5, 7:44 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGWeakley31 min
Sep 5, 3:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGObion32 min
Sep 5, 4:57 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGWeakley18 min
Sep 5, 5:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGGibson, Obion, Weakley30 min
Sep 5, 5:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCarroll, Gibson, Henry, Weakley23 min
Sep 5, 6:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGGibson30 min
Sep 5, 6:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCarroll, Henry, Weakley24 min
Sep 5, 6:10 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGCarroll, Dyer, Gibson, Henry, Obion, Weakley3 hr
Sep 5, 6:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCarroll, Chester, Crockett, Gibson, Haywood, Henderson and 1 more29 min
Sep 5, 6:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCarroll, Chester, Decatur, Hardin, Henderson, McNairy and 1 more23 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.