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Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this flash flood warning at Mar 31, 2012, 6:30 PM CDT for Tishomingo County, Mississippi; Hardin County, Tennessee. It was in force for 4 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
- Mar 31, 2012, 6:30 PM CDT (23:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 31, 2012, 10:57 PM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Tishomingo County, MS, Hardin County, TN
The radar
The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:30 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
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 160 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
- 1894 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -43 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 915 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 20 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 73 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
887
WGUS54 KMEG 312330
FFWMEG
MSC141-TNC071-010230-
/O.NEW.KMEG.FF.W.0007.120331T2330Z-120401T0230Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
630 PM CDT SAT MAR 31 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
TISHOMINGO COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN HARDIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE...
* UNTIL 930 PM CDT
* AT 629 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL
HAS OCCURRED OVER THE PAST 2 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 IUKA...J P
COLEMAN STATE PARK AND TISHOMINGO STATE PARK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
.DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
.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 3447 8815 3447 8829 3500 8834 3501 8820
3492 8815 3489 8809
$$
RRH2 follow-up statements
066
WGUS54 KMEG 010222
FFWMEG
MSC141-TNC071-010430-
/O.EXT.KMEG.FF.W.0007.000000T0000Z-120401T0430Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
922 PM CDT SAT MAR 31 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS EXTENDED THE
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
TISHOMINGO COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL HARDIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE...
* UNTIL 1130 PM CDT
* AT 922 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAINFALL
HAS OCCURRED OVER THE PAST 3 HOURS. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL
PRODUCE AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN OVER THE NEXT 2 HOURS.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO IUKA...J P
COLEMAN STATE PARK AND TISHOMINGO STATE PARK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
.BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE
UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS
SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.
.MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE
INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE
USUALLY DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS
POWERFUL ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING
FLOODED ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.
.STAY TUNED TO THIS BROADCAST FOR THE LATEST UPDATES AND INFORMATION.
TO REPORT FLASH FLOODING ONLY...CALL 1 800 4 3 2 0 8 7 5.
&&
LAT...LON 3447 8815 3447 8829 3500 8834 3501 8820
3492 8815 3489 8809
$$
RRH351
WGUS74 KMEG 010357
FFSMEG
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
1057 PM CDT SAT MAR 31 2012
MSC141-TNC071-010408-
/O.CAN.KMEG.FF.W.0007.000000T0000Z-120401T0430Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
TISHOMINGO MS-HARDIN TN-
1057 PM CDT SAT MAR 31 2012
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR EXTREME SOUTH
CENTRAL HARDIN AND TISHOMINGO 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 3447 8815 3447 8829 3500 8834 3501 8820
3492 8815 3489 8809
$$
RRHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 30, 11:25 PM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | MEG | Alcorn, Chickasaw, Itawamba, Lee, Monroe, Pontotoc and 4 more | 10 hr |
| Mar 31, 4:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Tishomingo | 24 min |
| Mar 31, 4:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Tishomingo | 44 min |
| Mar 31, 5:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Tishomingo | 51 min |
| Mar 31, 5:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Itawamba, Tishomingo | 51 min |
| Mar 31, 6:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Itawamba, Tishomingo | 39 min |
| Mar 31, 3:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Hardin | 36 min |
| Mar 31, 3:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Hardin | 48 min |
| Mar 31, 4:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Hardin | 32 min |
| Mar 31, 6:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Tipton | 38 min |
| Mar 31, 6:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Fayette, Haywood, Shelby, Tipton | 48 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.