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Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this flash flood warning at Apr 27, 2014, 4:13 PM CDT for Lee County, Prentiss County, Union 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
- Apr 27, 2014, 4:13 PM CDT (21:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 27, 2014, 7:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Lee County, MS, Prentiss County, MS, Union County, MS
The radar
The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:13 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 (KBYH), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 118 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
- 644 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -205 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1166 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 46 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 134 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
356
WGUS54 KMEG 272113
FFWMEG
MSC081-117-145-280015-
/O.NEW.KMEG.FF.W.0021.140427T2113Z-140428T0015Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
413 PM CDT SUN APR 27 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN LEE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
SOUTHERN PRENTISS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
UNION COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
* UNTIL 715 PM CDT
* AT 413 PM 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 AND
NEW ALBANY.
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 3446 8854 3440 8854 3438 8901 3438 8924
3460 8924 3459 8873 3461 8871 3461 8833
3446 8833
$$1 follow-up statement
527
WGUS74 KMEG 280009
FFSMEG
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
709 PM CDT SUN APR 27 2014
MSC081-117-145-280019-
/O.EXP.KMEG.FF.W.0021.000000T0000Z-140428T0015Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
UNION MS-PRENTISS MS-LEE MS-
709 PM CDT SUN APR 27 2014
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 715 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN
LEE...SOUTHERN PRENTISS AND UNION COUNTIES...
THE HEAVY RAINFALL WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS DIMINISHED ACROSS
THE WARNED AREA. THUS THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO
EXPIRE.
.STAY TUNED TO THIS BROADCAST FOR THE LATEST UPDATES AND INFORMATION.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER ONLY...CALL 1 800 4 3 2 0 8 7 5.
LAT...LON 3446 8854 3440 8854 3438 8901 3438 8924
3460 8924 3459 8873 3461 8871 3461 8833
3446 8833
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 27, 3:35 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | MEG | Alcorn, Benton, Calhoun, Chickasaw, Coahoma, DeSoto and 16 more | 33 hr |
| Apr 27, 11:03 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MEG | Lowndes, Monroe | 3 days |
| Apr 27, 11:05 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MEG | Monroe | 4 days |
| Apr 27, 11:05 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MEG | Monroe | 4 days |
| Apr 27, 12:42 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | DeSoto, Tate, Tunica | 3 hr |
| Apr 27, 1:12 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | DeSoto, Marshall, Tate | 5 hr |
| Apr 27, 2:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Calhoun, Chickasaw, Pontotoc | 40 min |
| Apr 27, 2:25 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Benton, Marshall | 5 hr |
| Apr 27, 2:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Chickasaw, Lee, Monroe | 37 min |
| Apr 27, 2:57 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Alcorn, Benton, Prentiss, Tippah | 5 hr |
| Apr 27, 3:44 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | DeSoto, Tate, Tunica | 2 hr |
| Apr 27, 3:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Coahoma | 38 min |
| Apr 27, 4:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Coahoma, Quitman | 30 min |
| Apr 27, 4:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Coahoma, Panola, Quitman, Tallahatchie, Tunica | 50 min |
| Apr 27, 5:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Coahoma, Panola, Quitman | 46 min |
| Apr 27, 5:16 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Alcorn, Prentiss, Tishomingo | 3 hr |
| Apr 27, 5:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Coahoma, Quitman, Tunica | 41 min |
| Apr 27, 5:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Panola | 48 min |
| Apr 27, 6:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Panola, Quitman, Tate, Tunica | 42 min |
| Apr 27, 6:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Lafayette, Marshall, Panola, Tate | 48 min |
| Apr 27, 6:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | DeSoto, Tate | 38 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.