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Flash Flood Warning 19, NWS Memphis, TN

March 10, 20166 counties in Tennessee

NWS Memphis, TN issued this flash flood warning at Mar 10, 2016, 12:02 PM CST for 6 counties in Tennessee. It was in force for 3 hr. 5 reports 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 10, 2016, 12:02 PM CST (18:02 UTC)
Expired
Mar 10, 2016, 3:00 PM CST
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Crockett County, TN, Gibson County, TN, Haywood County, TN, Lauderdale County, TN, Madison County, TN, Tipton County, TN

The radar

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:03 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 10, 12:25 PM CSTFLOOD10 W Brownsville, TNHIGHWAY 87 FLOODED WEST OF BROWNSVILLE WITH 6 TO 18 INCHES OF WATER COVERING THE ROAD.
Mar 10, 1:30 PM CSTFLASH FLOODBrownsville, TNNUMEROUS STREET ARE FLOODED BY SUGAR CREEK.
Mar 10, 2:07 PM CSTFLASH FLOODBells, TNFLOODING IN DOWNTOWN BELLS. ROADS FLOODED WITH MORE THAN 6 INCHES.
Mar 10, 2:32 PM CSTFLASH FLOODHumboldt, TNSHEPARD DRIVE IN HUMBOLDT IS UNDER WATER DUE TO FLOODING.
Mar 10, 2:32 PM CSTFLASH FLOODHumboldt, TNSHEPARD DRIVE IN HUMBOLDY IS UNDER WATER 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 12:00Z, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 107 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 12:00Z on 2016-03-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 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 12:00Z on 2016-03-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -29 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
588 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
73 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-29 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-224 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

153 
WGUS54 KMEG 101802
FFWMEG
TNC033-053-075-097-113-167-102100-
/O.NEW.KMEG.FF.W.0019.160310T1802Z-160310T2100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
1202 PM CST THU MAR 10 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  CROCKETT COUNTY IN WEST TENNESSEE...
  SOUTHEASTERN LAUDERDALE COUNTY IN WEST TENNESSEE...
  TIPTON COUNTY IN WEST TENNESSEE...
  HAYWOOD COUNTY IN WEST TENNESSEE...
  SOUTHERN GIBSON COUNTY IN WEST TENNESSEE...
  NORTHERN MADISON COUNTY IN WEST TENNESSEE...

* UNTIL 300 PM CST

* AT 1201 PM CST...DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES UP TO 1 INCH OF RAIN HAS
  OCCURRED IN THE PAST 30 MINUTES. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL
  PRODUCE AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN OVER THE NEXT HOUR.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  JACKSON...BROWNSVILLE...COVINGTON...HUMBOLDT...RIPLEY...MILAN...
  TRENTON...FAIRVIEW...MUNFORD...BRIGHTON...ALAMO...BELLS...THREE
  WAY...HILLVILLE...ADAIR...DANCYVILLE...FORKED DEER...HOLLY GROVE...
  BELLE EAGLE AND CHESTNUT BLUFF.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

STAY AWAY OR BE SWEPT AWAY. RIVER BANKS AND CULVERTS CAN BECOME
UNSTABLE AND UNSAFE. DO NOT DRIVE INTO WATER COVERING THE ROAD.

&&

LAT...LON 3574 8867 3539 8923 3540 8955 3537 8964
      3539 8970 3541 8970 3540 8977 3538 8978
      3540 8997 3589 8935 3589 8928 3600 8919
      3600 8870 3579 8871 3579 8866

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 9, 7:32 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningMEGCrockett, Dyer, Gibson, Haywood, Henry, Lauderdale and 2 more4 hr
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, 12:47 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.