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Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Memphis, TN

March 9, 20168 counties in Tennessee

NWS Memphis, TN issued this flash flood warning at Mar 9, 2016, 7:32 PM CST for 8 counties in Tennessee. It was in force for 4 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
Mar 9, 2016, 7:32 PM CST (01:32 UTC)
Expired
Mar 10, 2016, 12:00 AM CST
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Crockett County, TN, Dyer County, TN, Gibson County, TN, Haywood County, TN, Henry County, TN, Lauderdale County, TN, Obion County, TN, Weakley County, TN

The radar

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:34 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Mar 9, 8:45 PM CSTFLASH FLOOD2 E Trenton, TNSEVERAL ROADS ARE BLOCKED OR IMPASSABLE OFF ROUTE 77 DUE TO FLOODING

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KBYH), launched 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 148 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Little Rock, AR at 00:00Z on 2016-03-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Little Rock, AR at 00:00Z on 2016-03-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 60 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
1 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
576 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
62 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
60 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-28 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

546 
WGUS54 KMEG 100132
FFWMEG
TNC033-045-053-075-079-097-131-183-100600-
/O.NEW.KMEG.FF.W.0013.160310T0132Z-160310T0600Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
732 PM CST WED MAR 9 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  CROCKETT COUNTY IN WEST TENNESSEE...
  NORTHWESTERN HENRY COUNTY IN WEST TENNESSEE...
  WEAKLEY COUNTY IN WEST TENNESSEE...
  EAST CENTRAL LAUDERDALE COUNTY IN WEST TENNESSEE...
  EASTERN OBION COUNTY IN WEST TENNESSEE...
  NORTHERN HAYWOOD COUNTY IN WEST TENNESSEE...
  GIBSON COUNTY IN WEST TENNESSEE...
  EASTERN DYER COUNTY IN WEST TENNESSEE...

* UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST

* AT 731 PM CST...DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS
  OCCURRED OVER THE PAST 6 HOURS. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL
  PRODUCE AN ADDITONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN OVER THE NEXT 3 HOURS.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  MARTIN...UNION CITY...HUMBOLDT...TRENTON...FULTON...NEWBERN...
  DRESDEN...ALAMO...BELLS...SOUTH FULTON...DYER...HALLS...
  GREENFIELD...GLEASON...KENTON...RUTHERFORD...BRADFORD...SHARON...
  COTTAGE GROVE AND LATHAM.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.

TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.

&&

LAT...LON 3567 8902 3569 8907 3565 8907 3570 8949
      3650 8903 3650 8832

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 9, 7:37 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningMEGFayette, Haywood, Lauderdale, Shelby, Tipton7 hr
Mar 9, 9:38 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningMEGObion, Weakley4 days
Mar 9, 9:38 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningMEGDyer, Gibson, Obion12 days
Mar 9, 11:20 PM CSTAreal Flood WarningMEGShelby8 hr
Mar 9, 11:24 PM CSTAreal Flood WarningMEGHaywood, Lauderdale, Shelby, Tipton8 hr
Mar 9, 11:26 PM CSTAreal Flood WarningMEGDyer, Lake, Obion8 hr
Mar 10, 1:47 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningMEGShelby4 days
Mar 10, 2:58 AM CSTAreal Flood WarningMEGFayette, Haywood, Lauderdale, Shelby, Tipton6 hr
Mar 10, 3:40 AM CSTFlood WatchMEGCarroll, Crockett, Dyer, Fayette, Gibson, Hardeman and 9 more12 hr
Mar 10, 6:57 AM CSTAreal Flood WarningMEGShelby6 hr
Mar 10, 7:05 AM CSTAreal Flood WarningMEGHaywood, Lauderdale, Shelby, Tipton6 hr
Mar 10, 7:08 AM CSTAreal Flood WarningMEGDyer, Lake, Obion6 hr
Mar 10, 7:59 AM CSTAreal Flood WarningMEGFayette, Hardeman, Haywood, Madison6 hr
Mar 10, 8:18 AM CSTAreal Flood WarningMEGCrockett, Dyer, Gibson, Haywood, Henry, Lauderdale and 3 more6 hr
Mar 10, 8:32 AM CSTAreal Flood WarningMEGCarroll, Gibson, Henderson, Henry, Madison, Weakley6 hr
Mar 10, 8:43 AM CSTAreal Flood WarningMEGFayette, Haywood, Lauderdale, Madison, Shelby, Tipton6 hr
Mar 10, 11:13 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningMEGFayette, Shelby3 hr
Mar 10, 11:47 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningMEGFayette, Shelby43 hr
Mar 10, 11:47 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningMEGMadison5 days
Mar 10, 12:02 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningMEGCrockett, Gibson, Haywood, Lauderdale, Madison, Tipton3 hr
Mar 10, 12:47 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningMEGFayette, Hardeman, Haywood, Madison3 hr
Mar 10, 1:55 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningMEGBenton, Carroll, Chester, Decatur, Henderson, Henry and 2 more3 hr
Mar 10, 2:11 PM CSTAreal Flood WarningMEGFayette, Haywood, Madison, Shelby, Tipton12 hr
Mar 10, 2:18 PM CSTAreal Flood WarningMEGCrockett, Dyer, Gibson, Haywood, Henry, Lauderdale and 2 more12 hr
Mar 10, 3:24 PM CSTFlash Flood WatchMEGCarroll, Crockett, Dyer, Fayette, Gibson, Hardeman and 9 more4 days
Mar 10, 3:32 PM CSTAreal Flood WarningMEGFayette, Hardeman, Haywood, Madison6 hr
Mar 10, 4:52 PM CSTAreal Flood WarningMEGBenton, Carroll, Decatur, Gibson, Henderson, Henry and 1 more6 hr

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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.