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Flash Flood Warning 5, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this flash flood warning at Jan 13, 2013, 2:54 PM CST for 6 counties in Tennessee. It was in force for 3 hr. 1 report 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
- Jan 13, 2013, 2:54 PM CST (20:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 13, 2013, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Carroll County, TN, Chester County, TN, Decatur County, TN, Hardin County, TN, Henderson County, TN, McNairy County, TN
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 13, 5:49 PM CST | HEAVY RAIN 0 | 3 E Lexington, TN | 4.8 INCHES OF RAIN FELL AS A STORM TOTAL FOR BOTH SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. MEASURED 3 MILES EAST OF LEXINGTON, TN |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
Did it verify
Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this flash flood warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.
Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 154 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
- 36 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -86 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 632 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 53 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 359 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 389 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
246
WGUS54 KMEG 132054
FFWMEG
TNC017-023-039-071-077-109-140000-
/O.NEW.KMEG.FF.W.0005.130113T2054Z-130114T0000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
254 PM CST SUN JAN 13 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
DECATUR COUNTY IN TENNESSEE...
SOUTHEASTERN CARROLL COUNTY IN NORTHWEST TENNESSEE...
EAST CENTRAL CHESTER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE...
HARDIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE...
HENDERSON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE...
MCNAIRY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE...
* UNTIL 600 PM CST
* AT 254 PM CST...DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES 2 TO 4 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
LEXINGTON...SAVANNAH...SELMER...NATCHEZ TRACE STATE FOREST...
NATCHEZ TRACE STATE PARK AND PICKWICK LANDING STATE PARK.
THIS WARNING ALSO INCLUDES AREAS NEAR BEECH LAKE...PIN OAK LAKE AND
PINE LAKE.
THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOW WATER CROSSINGS IN DECATUR
COUNTY BEAR CREEK AT OLD LEXINGTON ROAD...BLUNT ROAD AT RUSHING
CREEK...BUCKNER BRANCH AT BIBLE HILL ROAD...BUCKNER BRANCH AT
NORTHWOOD STREET...CHEROKEE HEIGHTS ROAD AT OAK PARK DRIVE...CONCORD
ROAD NEAR OLD 69...ELIZABETH STREET...FAIRGROUND ROAD...HOG CREEK AT
HAYNES ROAD AND HARTLEY CEMETERY ROAD...LARGO ROAD...LASTER BRANCH AT
CONCORD ROAD...MARTIN LANDING ROAD AT CAMPBELLS BRANCH...MT CARMEL
ROAD AT ELKINS BRANCH...RICKETTS CREEK AT CHEROKEE HEIGHTS ROAD...
ROBERT GURLEY ROAD AT STEWMAN CREEK...ROCKY BRANCH AT BIBLE HILL
ROAD...RUSHING CREEK AT LARGO ROAD...SCENIC LANE AT SELF SLOUGH...
SULFUR FORK AT BIBLE HILL ROAD AND W O BAKER ROAD.
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.
.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 3538 8801 3531 8801 3529 8797 3501 8798
3500 8869 3519 8866 3577 8841 3605 8821
3585 8821 3585 8806 3581 8797 3571 8803
3568 8801 3560 8802 3551 8797 3544 8804
3541 8796
$$What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Memphis, TN wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Jan 13, 11:51 AM CST, 3 hours 3 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 13, 11:51 AM CST, 3 hours 3 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
1151 AM CST SUN JAN 13 2013
.UPDATE...
UPDATED FOR AVIATION.
&&
.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 535 AM CST SUN JAN 13 2013/
DISCUSSION...
UPDATED FOR 12Z AVIATION DISCUSSION
PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 446 AM CST SUN JAN 13 2013/
DISCUSSION...
ANOTHER BUSY NIGHT ACROSS THE MIDSOUTH BOTH INSIDE AN OUTSIDE OF
THE WEATHER FORECAST OFFICE. HEAVY RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE
ACROSS MUCH OF NORTH MISSISSIPPI AND WEST TENNESSEE. FLOODING AND
CONVECTIVE STORM DAMAGE REPORTS HAVE BEEN SPARSE BUT WE MAY HEAR OF
A FEW ADDITIONAL REPORTS AFTER SUNRISE. SO FAR...ACCORDING TO
RADAR ESTIMATES...WE HAVE SEEN UP TO ABOUT 4.5 INCHES OF
RAIN...THE MOST IN THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL...EXTREME NORTHWEST
TENNESSEE AND NORTHEAST ARKANSAS...WITH GENERALLY 1-2 INCHES
ELSEWHERE. HOWEVER...THE FOCUS FOR HEAVIER RAIN IS NOW SHIFTING
INTO NORTH MISSISSIPPI AND THE REMAINDER OF WEST TENNESSEE. A
STRONG COLD FRONT HAS JUST MOVED THROUGH MEMPHIS RESULTING IN A 10
DEGREE TEMPERATURE DROP AND AN ABRUPT SHIFT TO NORTHWEST WINDS.
THIS FRONT...LOCATED FROM APPROXIMATELY PARIS TENNESSEE TO
STUTTGART ARKANSAS...IS ALSO THE DELINEATION ZONE FOR HEAVIER
RAINFALL. ADJUSTED THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH ACCORDINGLY...BUT LEFT A
FEW COUNTIES ON THE WEST EDGE AS A BUFFER. ALSO EXTENDED THE
FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE MIDSOUTH THROUGH THE
REMAINDER OF THE DAY TODAY.
THE FORECAST TONIGHT THROUGH MIDWEEK IS STILL VERY UNCERTAIN.
STILL FEEL LIKE THERE IS A MARGINAL SHOT AT SOME WINTRY
PRECIPITATION MONDAY MORNING AND A SLIGHTLY BETTER CHANCE TUESDAY
MORNING. MOISTURE PROFILES LOOK VERY DRY ALONG THE WEST OF THE
MISSISSIPPI RIVER...BUT FARTHER EAST...MAINLY IN NORTH MISSISSIPPI
MOISTURE IS A BIT MORE PLENTIFUL. NAM FORECAST SOUNDINGS IN NORTH
MISSISSIPPI INDICATE SURFACE TEMPERATURES PLUS OR MINUS ONE DEGREE
OF FREEZING MONDAY AND TUESDAY MORNINGS. A DEEP WARM NOSE AS WARM
AS 42 DEGREES BETWEEN 700 AND 855 MB SHOULD BE PLENTY SUFFICIENT
TO MELT ANY FROZEN PRECIPITATION. SO MOST LIKELY...IF MOISTURE
REMAINS IN PLACE WE WILL SEE COLD RAIN OR FREEZING RAIN. THE KEY
TO THIS ENTIRE FORECAST IS MOISTURE...AND THE NAM IS THE WETTER
SOLUTION AMONG GUIDANCE. GIVEN YESTERDAYS RECORD WARM
TEMPERATURES...SOIL TEMPERATURES SHOULD BE WARM ENOUGH TO LIMIT
ANY SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATION OF FREEZING RAIN...AND AS STATED
ABOVE...SURFACE TEMPERATURES WILL NOT BE EXTREME ENOUGH FOR RAPID
FREEZING OF ANY RAINFALL. THE MAIN CONCERN WILL LIKELY BE ON
ELEVATED ROADWAYS SUCH AS BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. TEMPERATURES
SHOULD WARM SUFFICIENTLY EACH DAY TO MELT ANY ICE IF IT DOES
ACCUMULATE.
BRIEFLY...MIDWEEK THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE WORK WEEK AND INTO
NEXT WEEKEND...CONDITIONS LOOK DRY AND COOL. TEMPERATURES WILL
TREND SLIGHTLY WARMER EACH DAY. HIGHS WILL APPROACH 60 DEGREES BY
SATURDAY WITH MORNING LOWS IN THE MIDDLE 30S.
&&
.AVIATION...
18Z TAFS
BACK EDGE OF RAIN HAD CLEARED JBR AT 1745Z. RAIN SHOULD CONTINUE
ITS EASTWARD PROGRESSION THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...LAST CLEARING TUP
EARLY TO MID EVENING.
AT THE SURFACE... COLD FRONT WAS POISED JUST WEST OF TUP AT 1745Z.
ALTHOUGH DRIER ARCTIC AIR WILL FLOW INTO THE MIDSOUTH BEHIND THIS
FRONT... GFS LAMP GUIDANCE MAY BE OVEROPTIMISTIC IN ITS TRANSITION
TO VFR AFTER SUNSET. HAVE DELAYED VFR A FEW HOURS... WILL CONTINUE
TO MONITOR TRENDS.
PWB
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
MEM 49 29 38 30 / 90 20 30 10
MKL 52 27 38 27 / 100 30 30 20
JBR 39 23 36 24 / 50 20 20 10
TUP 64 35 39 32 / 100 70 50 40
&&
.MEG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
AR...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR LEE AR-
PHILLIPS.
MO...NONE.
MS...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR ALCORN-BENTON
MS-CALHOUN-CHICKASAW-COAHOMA-DESOTO-ITAWAMBA-LAFAYETTE-LEE
MS-MARSHALL-MONROE-PANOLA-PONTOTOC-PRENTISS-QUITMAN-
TALLAHATCHIE-TATE-TIPPAH-TISHOMINGO-TUNICA-UNION-YALOBUSHA.
TN...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR CARROLL-
CHESTER-CROCKETT-DECATUR-FAYETTE-GIBSON-HARDEMAN-HARDIN-
HAYWOOD-HENDERSON-HENRY-LAUDERDALE-MADISON-MCNAIRY-SHELBY-
TIPTON-WEAKLEY.
&&Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 13, 5:09 AM CST, 9 hours 45 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 509 AM CST SUN JAN 13 2013 ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115- MSZ001>017-020>024-TNZ001>004-019>021-048>055-088>092-141315- ALCORN-BENTON MS-CALHOUN-CARROLL-CHESTER-CHICKASAW-CLAY-COAHOMA- CRAIGHEAD-CRITTENDEN-CROCKETT-CROSS-DESOTO-DECATUR-DUNKLIN-DYER- FAYETTE-GIBSON-GREENE-HARDEMAN-HARDIN-HAYWOOD-HENDERSON-HENRY- ITAWAMBA-LAFAYETTE-LAKE-LAUDERDALE-LAWRENCE-LEE AR-LEE MS-MADISON- MARSHALL-MCNAIRY-MISSISSIPPI-MONROE-OBION-PANOLA-PEMISCOT- PHILLIPS-POINSETT-PONTOTOC-PRENTISS-QUITMAN-RANDOLPH-SHELBY- ST. FRANCIS-TALLAHATCHIE-TATE-TIPPAH-TIPTON-TISHOMINGO-TUNICA- UNION-WEAKLEY-YALOBUSHA- 509 AM CST SUN JAN 13 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST ARKANSAS... THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL...NORTH MISSISSIPPI...AND WEST TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A FLASH FLOOD WATCHES REMAIN IN EFFECT THROUGH MIDDAY TODAY FOR MUCH OF THE MIDSOUTH WEST OF A LINE FROM UNION CITY TENNESSEE TO GLENDORA MISSISSIPPI...AND THROUGH THE DAY EAST OF THIS LINE. RAIN COULD SWITCH OVER TO FREEZING RAIN...OR SLEET OVER PORTIONS OF THE MID SOUTH...MAINLY SOUTH OF I-40 AND EAST OF I-55 LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY MONDAY. NO ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY RAIN COULD SWITCH OVER TO FREEZING RAIN...OR SLEET OVER PORTIONS OF THE MID SOUTH...MAINLY SOUTH OF I-40 AND EAST OF I-55 EARLY MONDAY AND AGAIN LATE MONDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY TUESDAY. NO ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jan 13, 9:24 AM CST, 5 hours 30 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
924 AM CST SUN JAN 13 2013
TNZ054-055-092-131545-
DECATUR TN-HARDIN TN-HENDERSON TN-
924 AM CST SUN JAN 13 2013
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 945 AM CST FOR...
DECATUR COUNTY IN TENNESSEE...
NORTHEASTERN HARDIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE...
SOUTHEASTERN HENDERSON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE...
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING WINDS TO 50 MPH WAS LOCATED 8 MILES
SOUTH OF DECATURVILLE AT 924 AM CST...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL OCCUR WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.
PEOPLE IN DECATUR...HARDIN AND HENDERSON COUNTIES SHOULD MONITOR THIS
STORM CLOSELY.
&&
LAT...LON 3538 8801 3531 8801 3529 8797 3526 8797
3525 8823 3566 8830 3585 8805 3582 8802
3581 8796 3571 8803 3568 8801 3560 8802
3553 8797 3550 8797 3544 8804 3541 8796
TIME...MOT...LOC 1524Z 204DEG 33KT 3550 8809Local storm report, Jan 13, 10:09 AM CST, 4 hours 45 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
1009 AM CST SUN JAN 13 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1005 AM FLASH FLOOD NE ALAMO 35.78N 89.12W
01/13/2013 CROCKETT TN EMERGENCY MNGR
6 INCHES OF WATER OVER HWY 152 AND OTHER ROADS IN THE
COUNTY
&&
CDGLocal storm report, Jan 13, 10:30 AM CST, 4 hours 24 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
1030 AM CST SUN JAN 13 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1000 AM FLASH FLOOD DECATURVILLE 35.58N 88.12W
01/13/2013 DECATUR TN EMERGENCY MNGR
13 ROADS CLOSED THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY
&&
CDGLocal storm report, Jan 13, 10:50 AM CST, 4 hours 4 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
1050 AM CST SUN JAN 13 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1000 AM FLASH FLOOD TRUMANN 35.67N 90.52W
01/13/2013 POINSETT AR EMERGENCY MNGR
1 HOME WITH WATER UP TO DOORSTEP
1000 AM FLASH FLOOD TYRONZA 35.49N 90.36W
01/13/2013 POINSETT AR EMERGENCY MNGR
2 HOMES WITH WATER COMING IN FRONT DOOR
&&
CDGThe office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 13, 12:08 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Shelby | 37 min |
| Jan 13, 1:28 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | MEG | Shelby | 129 days |
| Jan 13, 8:11 AM CST | River Flood Warning | MEG | Obion, Weakley | 12 hr |
| Jan 13, 9:02 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Carroll, Chester, Decatur, Hardin, Henderson, McNairy | 6 hr |
| Jan 13, 9:24 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Decatur | 21 min |
| Jan 13, 10:59 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | MEG | Shelby | 9 hr |
| Jan 13, 11:00 AM CST | Areal Flood Warning | MEG | Lauderdale | 8 hr |
| Jan 13, 11:02 AM CST | Areal Flood Warning | MEG | Dyer, Lake, Obion | 8 hr |
| Jan 13, 11:30 AM CST | Flash Flood Watch | MEG | Carroll, Chester, Crockett, Decatur, Fayette, Gibson and 11 more | 8 hr |
| Jan 13, 3:22 PM CST | Areal Flood Warning | MEG | Chester, Fayette, Hardeman, McNairy | 7 hr |
| Jan 13, 4:25 PM CST | Areal Flood Warning | MEG | Carroll, Chester, Fayette, Hardeman, Henderson, Henry and 1 more | 6 hr |
| Jan 13, 5:56 PM CST | Areal Flood Warning | MEG | Carroll, Chester, Decatur, Hardin, Henderson, McNairy | 4 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.