Alert archive / Tennessee / Flash Flood Warnings in 2015
Flash Flood Warning 39, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this flash flood warning at Jun 8, 2015, 6:46 PM CDT for 6 counties in Tennessee. 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
- Jun 8, 2015, 6:46 PM CDT (23:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 8, 2015, 9:55 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Chester County, TN, Hardeman County, TN, Haywood County, TN, Henderson County, TN, Madison County, TN, McNairy County, TN
The radar
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:49 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, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 126 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
- 813 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -51 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1302 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 119 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 83 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 0.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
324
WGUS54 KMEG 082346
FFWMEG
TNC023-069-075-077-109-113-090145-
/O.NEW.KMEG.FF.W.0039.150608T2346Z-150609T0145Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
646 PM CDT MON JUN 8 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN HAYWOOD COUNTY IN WEST TENNESSEE...
CHESTER COUNTY IN WEST TENNESSEE...
SOUTHWESTERN HENDERSON COUNTY IN WEST TENNESSEE...
NORTHERN MCNAIRY COUNTY IN WEST TENNESSEE...
NORTHERN HARDEMAN COUNTY IN WEST TENNESSEE...
SOUTHERN MADISON COUNTY IN WEST TENNESSEE...
* UNTIL 845 PM CDT
* AT 646 PM CDT...FIRE DEPARTMENT ESTIMATES 1 INCH OF RAIN HAS
OCCURRED IN THE PAST 30 MINUTES. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL
PRODUCE AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN OVER THE NEXT 2 HOURS.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
JACKSON...HENDERSON...CHICKASAW STATE FOREST...CHICKASAW STATE
PARK...WHITEVILLE...ADAMSVILLE...SILERTON...MERCER...BEMIS...
MIFFLIN...JACKS CREEK...MASSEYVILLE...CLOVERPORT...MCNAIRY...
TOONE...FINGER...MILLEDGEVILLE...ENVILLE...MEDON AND HICKORY
CORNERS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.
PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY WHEN YOU
CAN DO SO SAFELY.
&&
LAT...LON 3528 8837 3531 8919 3540 8919 3563 8907
3557 8836
$$2 follow-up statements
538
WGUS54 KMEG 090121
FFWMEG
TNC023-069-075-077-109-113-090315-
/O.EXT.KMEG.FF.W.0039.000000T0000Z-150609T0315Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
821 PM CDT MON JUN 8 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS EXTENDED THE
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN HAYWOOD COUNTY IN WEST TENNESSEE...
CHESTER COUNTY IN WEST TENNESSEE...
SOUTHWESTERN HENDERSON COUNTY IN WEST TENNESSEE...
NORTHERN MCNAIRY COUNTY IN WEST TENNESSEE...
NORTHERN HARDEMAN COUNTY IN WEST TENNESSEE...
SOUTHERN MADISON COUNTY IN WEST TENNESSEE...
* UNTIL 1015 PM CDT
* AT 821 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS
OCCURRED OVER THE PAST 3 HOURS. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL
PRODUCE AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN OVER THE NEXT
2 HOURS.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
JACKSON...HENDERSON...CHICKASAW STATE FOREST...CHICKASAW STATE
PARK...WHITEVILLE...ADAMSVILLE...SILERTON...MERCER...BEMIS...
MIFFLIN...JACKS CREEK...MASSEYVILLE...CLOVERPORT...MCNAIRY...
TOONE...FINGER...MILLEDGEVILLE...ENVILLE...MEDON AND HICKORY
CORNERS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
&&
LAT...LON 3528 8837 3531 8919 3540 8919 3563 8907
3557 8836
$$059
WGUS74 KMEG 090255
FFSMEG
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
955 PM CDT MON JUN 8 2015
TNC023-069-075-077-109-113-090305-
/O.CAN.KMEG.FF.W.0039.000000T0000Z-150609T0315Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
HAYWOOD TN-CHESTER TN-HENDERSON TN-MCNAIRY TN-HARDEMAN TN-MADISON TN-
955 PM CDT MON JUN 8 2015
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN HAYWOOD...CHESTER...
SOUTHWESTERN HENDERSON...NORTHERN MCNAIRY...NORTHERN HARDEMAN AND
SOUTHERN MADISON COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED...AND FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE
A THREAT.
LAT...LON 3528 8837 3531 8919 3540 8919 3563 8907
3557 8836
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 3:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Madison | 49 min |
| Jun 8, 3:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Decatur | 45 min |
| Jun 8, 4:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Chester, Decatur, Hardin, Henderson, McNairy | 49 min |
| Jun 8, 4:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Chester, Haywood, Madison | 48 min |
| Jun 8, 4:18 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Chester, Decatur, Hardin, Henderson, McNairy, Madison | 3 hr |
| Jun 8, 4:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Chester, Decatur, Hardin, Henderson, McNairy | 48 min |
| Jun 8, 5:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Decatur, Hardin, McNairy | 55 min |
| Jun 8, 5:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Henry | 31 min |
| Jun 8, 6:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Haywood | 36 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Tennessee, 2015Every flash flood warning in 2015
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.