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Flash Flood Warning 151, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this flash flood warning at Nov 29, 2016, 5:53 PM CST for 5 counties in 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
- Nov 29, 2016, 5:53 PM CST (23:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 29, 2016, 9:00 PM CST
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Calhoun County, MS, Chickasaw County, MS, Lafayette County, MS, Pontotoc County, MS, Yalobusha County, MS
The radar
The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:56 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, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 101 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1496 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 92 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 180 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 338 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
455
WGUS54 KMEG 292353
FFWMEG
MSC013-017-071-115-161-300300-
/O.NEW.KMEG.FF.W.0151.161129T2353Z-161130T0300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
553 PM CST TUE NOV 29 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN LAFAYETTE COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI...
YALOBUSHA COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI...
CALHOUN COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI...
PONTOTOC COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI...
NORTHWESTERN CHICKASAW COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI...
* UNTIL 900 PM CST
* AT 552 PM CST...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 HOUR.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
PONTOTOC...WATER VALLEY...BRUCE...COFFEEVILLE...ECRU...PITTSBORO...
HOULKA...TROY...DENMARK...VELMA...RANDOLPH...PARIS...TULA...
BANNER...SCOBEY...THAXTON...NEW HOULKA...ALGOMA...OAKLAND AND
TOCCOPOLA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
&&
LAT...LON 3387 8951 3387 8977 3390 8977 3390 8992
3405 8993 3438 8922 3438 8895 3398 8883
3384 8951
$$
TLSJRThe office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 29, 3:34 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Tallahatchie, Yalobusha | 41 min |
| Nov 29, 4:14 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Calhoun, Tallahatchie, Yalobusha | 46 min |
| Nov 29, 4:56 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Calhoun, Chickasaw, Pontotoc | 49 min |
| Nov 29, 5:08 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Calhoun, Chickasaw, Pontotoc | 37 min |
| Nov 29, 5:40 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Chickasaw, Itawamba, Lee, Pontotoc | 50 min |
| Nov 29, 5:47 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Calhoun, Yalobusha | 43 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.