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Flash Flood Warning 149, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this flash flood warning at Aug 26, 2016, 1:25 PM CDT for Decatur County, Hardin County, Henderson County, Tennessee. It was in force for 2 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
- Aug 26, 2016, 1:25 PM CDT (18:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 26, 2016, 3:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Decatur County, TN, Hardin County, TN, Henderson County, TN
The radar
The Ft Campbell radar (KHPX), 157 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:24 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
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 151 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
- 1130 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -71 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1128 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -20 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -13 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
335
WGUS54 KMEG 261825
FFWMEG
TNC039-071-077-262030-
/O.NEW.KMEG.FF.W.0149.160826T1825Z-160826T2030Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
125 PM CDT FRI AUG 26 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
DECATUR COUNTY IN WESTERN TENNESSEE...
NORTHERN HARDIN COUNTY IN WESTERN TENNESSEE...
SOUTHEASTERN HENDERSON COUNTY IN WESTERN TENNESSEE...
* UNTIL 330 PM CDT
* AT 125 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS
OCCURRED OVER THE PAST HOUR. 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...
PARSONS...DECATURVILLE...SARDIS...REAGAN...DARDEN...MONTGOMERY...
SCOTTS HILL...SALTILLO...CHESTERFIELD...BATH SPRINGS...
BUSSELTOWN...LICK SKILLET...THURMAN...BEACON...FIVE FORKS...
RED WALNUT...WARRENS BLUFF...LARGO...PERRYVILLE AND MOUNT TABOR.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED
ROADS. FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE.
&&
LAT...LON 3539 8798 3539 8803 3535 8801 3532 8802
3540 8836 3549 8836 3572 8835 3567 8802
3562 8804 3552 8797 3551 8797 3548 8799
3547 8802 3545 8804 3542 8803 3541 8797
$$1 follow-up statement
595
WGUS74 KMEG 261953
FFSMEG
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
253 PM CDT FRI AUG 26 2016
TNC039-071-077-262003-
/O.CAN.KMEG.FF.W.0149.000000T0000Z-160826T2030Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
DECATUR TN-HARDIN TN-HENDERSON TN-
253 PM CDT FRI AUG 26 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR DECATUR...NORTHERN HARDIN AND
SOUTHEASTERN HENDERSON COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED. FLOOD WATERS HAVE RECEDED. FLOODING IS NO
LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A THREAT. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY
REMAINING ROAD CLOSURES.
LAT...LON 3539 8798 3539 8803 3535 8801 3532 8802
3540 8836 3549 8836 3572 8835 3567 8802
3562 8804 3552 8797 3551 8797 3548 8799
3547 8802 3545 8804 3542 8803 3541 8797
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 26, 12:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | McNairy | 50 min |
| Aug 26, 3:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Crockett, Gibson, Haywood | 24 min |
| Aug 26, 3:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Lauderdale, Tipton | 32 min |
| Aug 26, 4:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Hardin, McNairy | 52 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Tennessee, 2016Every flash flood warning in 2016
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.