Alert archive / Mississippi / Flash Flood Warnings in 2012
Flash Flood Warning 6, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this flash flood warning at Mar 30, 2012, 9:08 AM CDT for 5 counties in Mississippi. It was in force for 3 hr. 4 reports 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
- Mar 30, 2012, 9:08 AM CDT (14:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 30, 2012, 12:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Chickasaw County, MS, Lee County, MS, Monroe County, MS, Pontotoc County, MS, Union County, MS
The radar
The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 30, 9:11 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Tupelo, MS | FLOODING REPORTED ALONG NORTH FRONT STREET AND EAST MAIN STREET WHERE 6-8 INCHES OF WATER COVERED THE ROADWAYS. |
| Mar 30, 9:30 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 2 S Tupelo, MS | FLOODING REPORTED ALONG ROUTE 1275 IN THE PRATT COMMUNITY OF LEE COUNTY. |
| Mar 30, 9:30 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Saltillo, MS | FLOODING REPORTED ALONG OLD HIGHWAY 45 IN SALTILLO. |
| Mar 30, 9:30 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Tupelo, MS | FLOODING ALONG NORTH MADISON AND WEST JACKSON STREETS. |
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 12:00Z, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 130 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
- 504 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 588 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -10 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 3 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
077 WGUS54 KMEG 301408 FFWMEG MSC017-081-095-115-145-301715- /O.NEW.KMEG.FF.W.0006.120330T1408Z-120330T1715Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 908 AM CDT FRI MAR 30 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN CHICKASAW COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI... LEE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI... NORTHWESTERN MONROE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI... EASTERN PONTOTOC COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI... SOUTHEASTERN UNION COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI... * UNTIL 1215 PM CDT * AT 908 AM 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 2 HOURS. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO BALDWYN... OKOLONA...TUPELO...VERONA...TOMBIGBEE STATE PARK AND TRACE STATE PARK. 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 3394 8894 3449 8893 3451 8854 3399 8854 $$
1 follow-up statement
076 WGUS74 KMEG 301707 FFSMEG FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 1207 PM CDT FRI MAR 30 2012 MSC017-081-095-115-145-301717- /O.EXP.KMEG.FF.W.0006.000000T0000Z-120330T1715Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ UNION MS-PONTOTOC MS-MONROE MS-LEE MS-CHICKASAW MS- 1207 PM CDT FRI MAR 30 2012 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 1215 PM CDT FOR NORTHEASTERN CHICKASAW...LEE...NORTHWESTERN MONROE...EASTERN PONTOTOC AND SOUTHEASTERN UNION COUNTIES... THE HEAVY RAINFALL WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS DIMINISHED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. THUS THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. .STAY TUNED TO THIS BROADCAST FOR THE LATEST UPDATES AND INFORMATION. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER ONLY...CALL 1 800 4 3 2 0 8 7 5. LAT...LON 3394 8894 3449 8893 3451 8854 3399 8854 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 30, 6:14 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MEG | Monroe | 20 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Mississippi, 2012Every flash flood warning in 2012
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.