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Flash Flood Warning 152, NWS Memphis, TN

November 29, 201611 counties in Mississippi

NWS Memphis, TN issued this flash flood warning at Nov 29, 2016, 6:49 PM CST for 11 counties in Mississippi. 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: Nov 29, 2016, 6:49 PM CST (00:49 UTC)
Expired: Nov 30, 2016, 12:45 AM CST
In force: 6 hr
Issued by: NWS Memphis, TN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Alcorn County, MS, Benton County, MS, Chickasaw County, MS, Itawamba County, MS, Lee County, MS, Monroe County, MS, Pontotoc County, MS, Prentiss County, MS, Tippah County, MS, Tishomingo County, MS, Union County, MS

The radar

The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KBYH), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 128 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 2646 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 85 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 1 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 130 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

892 
WGUS54 KMEG 300049
FFWMEG
MSC003-009-017-057-081-095-115-117-139-141-145-300645-
/O.NEW.KMEG.FF.W.0152.161130T0049Z-161130T0645Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
649 PM CST TUE NOV 29 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN MONROE COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI...
  LEE COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI...
  ITAWAMBA COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI...
  SOUTHERN ALCORN COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI...
  SOUTH CENTRAL BENTON COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI...
  UNION COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI...
  PRENTISS COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI...
  TISHOMINGO COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI...
  NORTHEASTERN PONTOTOC COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI...
  SOUTHERN TIPPAH COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI...
  NORTHEASTERN CHICKASAW COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI...

* UNTIL 1245 AM CST

* AT 648 PM CST...DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS
  OCCURRED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO
  3 INCHES OF RAIN

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  TUPELO...CORINTH...BOONEVILLE...NEW ALBANY...RIPLEY...FULTON...
  BALDWYN...RED BAY...IUKA...VERONA...OKOLONA...TRACE STATE PARK...
  TISHOMINGO STATE PARK...TOMBIGBEE STATE PARK...J P COLEMAN STATE
  PARK...SALTILLO...GUNTOWN...BELMONT...SHANNON AND PLANTERSVILLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.

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

&&

LAT...LON 3417 8819 3396 8883 3437 8896 3436 8925
      3460 8926 3465 8909 3500 8832 3499 8820
      3492 8816 3489 8810

$$

1 follow-up statement

907 
WGUS74 KMEG 300518
FFSMEG

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
1118 PM CST TUE NOV 29 2016

MSC003-009-017-057-081-095-115-117-139-141-145-300527-
/O.CAN.KMEG.FF.W.0152.000000T0000Z-161130T0645Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MONROE MS-LEE MS-ITAWAMBA MS-ALCORN MS-BENTON MS-UNION MS-
PRENTISS MS-TISHOMINGO MS-PONTOTOC MS-TIPPAH MS-CHICKASAW MS-
1118 PM CST TUE NOV 29 2016

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN MONROE...LEE...
ITAWAMBA...SOUTHERN ALCORN...SOUTH CENTRAL BENTON...UNION...
PRENTISS...TISHOMINGO...NORTHEASTERN PONTOTOC...SOUTHERN TIPPAH AND
NORTHEASTERN CHICKASAW COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAS ENDED. THERE ARE STILL SOME SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS PASSING THROUGH THE AREA.  YET FLOODING IS NO LONGER
EXPECTED TO POSE A THREAT. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY REMAINING
ROAD CLOSURES.

LAT...LON 3417 8819 3396 8883 3437 8896 3436 8925
      3460 8926 3465 8909 3500 8832 3499 8820
      3492 8816 3489 8810

$$

TLSJR

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Nov 29, 6:01 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Chickasaw, Monroe	44 min
Nov 29, 6:16 PM CST	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	MEG	Monroe	44 min
Nov 29, 6:23 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Calhoun, Chickasaw, Pontotoc	52 min
Nov 29, 6:29 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Itawamba, Tishomingo	31 min
Nov 29, 7:01 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Monroe	12 min
Nov 29, 7:52 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Tallahatchie	23 min
Nov 29, 11:09 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Monroe	36 min
Nov 30, 1:37 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Monroe	3 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.