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Flash Flood Warning 62, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this flash flood warning at Oct 1, 2012, 7:51 AM CDT for DeSoto County, Panola County, Tate County, 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
- Oct 1, 2012, 7:51 AM CDT (12:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 1, 2012, 10:33 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties DeSoto County, MS, Panola County, MS, Tate County, MS
The radar
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:50 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 12:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 263 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 615 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 26 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 58 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
957
WGUS54 KMEG 011251
FFWMEG
MSC033-107-137-011545-
/O.NEW.KMEG.FF.W.0062.121001T1251Z-121001T1545Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
751 AM CDT MON OCT 1 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN DESOTO COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...
NORTHWESTERN PANOLA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...
CENTRAL TATE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...
* UNTIL 1045 AM CDT
* AT 751 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL
HAS OCCURRED OVER THE PAST 3 HOURS. 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 SENATOBIA.
THIS WARNING ALSO INCLUDES AREAS NEAR ARKABUTLA LAKE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
.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 3484 8995 3484 8972 3472 8972 3442 8986
3442 9020
$$1 follow-up statement
810
WGUS74 KMEG 011533
FFSMEG
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
1033 AM CDT MON OCT 1 2012
MSC033-107-137-011543-
/O.CAN.KMEG.FF.W.0062.000000T0000Z-121001T1545Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
TATE MS-PANOLA MS-DESOTO MS-
1033 AM CDT MON OCT 1 2012
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR SOUTHEASTERN
DESOTO...NORTHWESTERN PANOLA AND CENTRAL TATE COUNTIES...
THE HEAVY RAINFALL WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS DIMINISHED ACROSS
THE WARNED AREA. THUS THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
.STAY TUNED TO THIS BROADCAST FOR THE LATEST UPDATES AND INFORMATION.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER ONLY...CALL 1 800 4 3 2 0 8 7 5.
LAT...LON 3484 8995 3484 8972 3472 8972 3442 8986
3442 9020
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 30, 8:33 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Panola, Quitman, Tallahatchie, Yalobusha | 5 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.