Alert archive / Mississippi / Flash Flood Warnings in 2012
Flash Flood Warning 61, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this flash flood warning at Sep 30, 2012, 8:33 PM CDT for 4 counties in Mississippi. It was in force for 5 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 30, 2012, 8:33 PM CDT (01:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 1, 2012, 1:51 AM CDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Panola County, MS, Quitman County, MS, Tallahatchie County, MS, Yalobusha County, MS
The radar
The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 171 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:36 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
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 167 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
- 1160 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 613 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 236 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 316 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.3
- Supercell composite
- 10.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
792
WGUS54 KMEG 010133
FFWMEG
MSC107-119-135-161-010430-
/O.NEW.KMEG.FF.W.0061.121001T0133Z-121001T0430Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
833 PM CDT SUN SEP 30 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN PANOLA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...
SOUTHEASTERN QUITMAN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...
TALLAHATCHIE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...
WEST CENTRAL YALOBUSHA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...
* UNTIL 1130 PM CDT
* AT 833 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES TWO TO THREE INCHES OF
RAINFALL HAS OCCURRED OVER THE PAST 3 HOURS. SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN
OVER THE NEXT 3 HOURS.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO CHARLESTON
AND GEORGE PAYNE STATE PARK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
.BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE
UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS
SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.
.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 3372 9032 3376 9030 3377 9019 3380 9019
3381 9045 3424 9013 3424 8972 3380 9003
3380 9013 3372 9013 3371 9014 3373 9024
3369 9028
$$2 follow-up statements
878
WGUS54 KMEG 010354
FFWMEG
MSC107-119-135-161-010730-
/O.EXT.KMEG.FF.W.0061.000000T0000Z-121001T0730Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
1054 PM CDT SUN SEP 30 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS EXTENDED THE
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN PANOLA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...
SOUTHEASTERN QUITMAN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...
TALLAHATCHIE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...
WEST CENTRAL YALOBUSHA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...
* UNTIL 230 AM CDT
* AT 1054 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAINFALL
HAS OCCURRED OVER THE PAST 6 HOURS. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL
PRODUCE AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN OVER THE NEXT 3 HOURS.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO CHARLESTON
AND GEORGE PAYNE STATE PARK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
.BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE
UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS
SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.
.MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE
INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE
USUALLY DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS
POWERFUL ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING
FLOODED ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.
.STAY TUNED TO THIS BROADCAST FOR THE LATEST UPDATES AND INFORMATION.
TO REPORT FLASH FLOODING ONLY...CALL 1 800 4 3 2 0 8 7 5.
&&
LAT...LON 3372 9032 3376 9030 3377 9019 3380 9019
3381 9045 3424 9013 3424 8972 3380 9003
3380 9013 3372 9013 3371 9014 3373 9024
3369 9028
$$928
WGUS74 KMEG 010651
FFSMEG
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
151 AM CDT MON OCT 1 2012
MSC107-119-135-161-010701-
/O.CAN.KMEG.FF.W.0061.000000T0000Z-121001T0730Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
YALOBUSHA MS-TALLAHATCHIE MS-QUITMAN MS-PANOLA MS-
151 AM CDT MON OCT 1 2012
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR SOUTHERN PANOLA...
SOUTHEASTERN QUITMAN...TALLAHATCHIE AND WEST CENTRAL YALOBUSHA
COUNTIES...
THE HEAVY RAINFALL WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS DIMINISHED ACROSS
THE WARNED AREA. THUS THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
.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 3372 9032 3376 9030 3377 9019 3380 9019
3381 9045 3424 9013 3424 8972 3380 9003
3380 9013 3372 9013 3371 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 7:51 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | DeSoto, Panola, Tate | 3 hr |
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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.