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Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this flash flood warning at May 16, 2015, 7:25 PM CDT for Carroll County, Gibson County, Madison County, Tennessee. It was in force for 6 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
- May 16, 2015, 7:25 PM CDT (00:25 UTC)
- Expired
- May 17, 2015, 1:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Carroll County, TN, Gibson County, TN, Madison County, TN
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KBYH), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 149 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
- 1830 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -9 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 895 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 156 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 196 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.2
- Supercell composite
- 7.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
610
WGUS54 KMEG 170025
FFWMEG
TNC017-053-113-170630-
/O.NEW.KMEG.FF.W.0021.150517T0025Z-150517T0630Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
725 PM CDT SAT MAY 16 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN CARROLL COUNTY IN WEST TENNESSEE...
SOUTHEASTERN GIBSON COUNTY IN WEST TENNESSEE...
NORTH CENTRAL MADISON COUNTY IN WEST TENNESSEE...
* UNTIL 130 AM CDT SUNDAY
* AT 725 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS
OCCURRED OVER THE PAST 3 HOURS. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL
PRODUCE AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN OVER THE NEXT 6 HOURS.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
HUMBOLDT...MILAN...FAIRVIEW...THREE WAY...ATWOOD...MEDINA...
TREZEVANT...GIBSON...NEW ENTERPRISE...WEST...SITKA...MOORES
CHAPEL...LAVINIA...FRUITLAND...GOAT CITY...WHITTHORNE...CADES AND
LEDBETTER.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.
&&
LAT...LON 3574 8890 3577 8891 3579 8891 3580 8892
3591 8896 3604 8863 3579 8860
$$2 follow-up statements
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WGUS74 KMEG 170237
FFSMEG
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
937 PM CDT SAT MAY 16 2015
TNC017-053-113-170630-
/O.CON.KMEG.FF.W.0021.000000T0000Z-150517T0630Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CARROLL TN-GIBSON TN-MADISON TN-
937 PM CDT SAT MAY 16 2015
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 130 AM CDT SUNDAY
FOR SOUTHWESTERN CARROLL...SOUTHEASTERN GIBSON AND NORTH CENTRAL
MADISON COUNTIES...
AT 933 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES 4 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS
OCCURRED OVER THE PAST 3 HOURS. TRAINED SPOTTERS HAD REPORTED
FLOODING IN MILAN THIS EVENING. FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO STILL LINGER
FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS EVEN THOUGH THE THREAT FOR ADDITIONAL RAIN
HAS DIMINISHED.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
HUMBOLDT...MILAN...FAIRVIEW...THREE WAY...ATWOOD...MEDINA...
TREZEVANT...GIBSON...NEW ENTERPRISE...WEST...SITKA...MOORES CHAPEL...
LAVINIA...FRUITLAND...GOAT CITY...WHITTHORNE...CADES AND LEDBETTER.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.
&&
LAT...LON 3574 8890 3577 8891 3579 8891 3580 8892
3591 8896 3604 8863 3579 8860
$$628
WGUS74 KMEG 170415
FFSMEG
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
1115 PM CDT SAT MAY 16 2015
TNC017-053-113-170424-
/O.CAN.KMEG.FF.W.0021.000000T0000Z-150517T0630Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CARROLL TN-GIBSON TN-MADISON TN-
1115 PM CDT SAT MAY 16 2015
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN CARROLL...SOUTHEASTERN
GIBSON AND NORTH CENTRAL MADISON COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE THREAT FOR ADDITIONAL RAIN HAS ENDED...AND FLOODING IS NO LONGER
EXPECTED TO POSE A THREAT. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ALL ROAD CLOSURES.
LAT...LON 3574 8890 3577 8891 3579 8891 3580 8892
3591 8896 3604 8863 3579 8860
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 16, 9:02 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MEG | Crockett, Dyer, Lauderdale | 31 hr |
| May 17, 3:47 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | MEG | Benton, Carroll, Chester, Crockett, Decatur, Dyer and 15 more | 31 hr |
| May 17, 1:09 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Hardeman | 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.