Alert archive / Tennessee / Flash Flood Warnings in 2016
Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this flash flood warning at Feb 2, 2016, 3:29 PM CST for Shelby County, Tennessee. It was in force for 2 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
- Feb 2, 2016, 3:29 PM CST (21:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 2, 2016, 5:30 PM CST
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Shelby County, TN
The radar
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 26 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:33 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 2, 3:58 PM CST | FLASH FLOOD | E Downtown Memphis, TN | FLOODING ON INTERSTATE 40 AT DANNY THOMAS. |
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, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 40 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
- 226 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -78 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 520 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 68 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 403 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 512 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.2
The text
As transmitted.
878
WGUS54 KMEG 022129
FFWMEG
TNC157-022330-
/O.NEW.KMEG.FF.W.0002.160202T2129Z-160202T2330Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
329 PM CST TUE FEB 2 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL SHELBY COUNTY IN WEST TENNESSEE...
* UNTIL 530 PM CST
* AT 327 PM CST...DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES 1 INCH OF RAIN HAS
OCCURRED IN THE PAST 30 MINUTES. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL
PRODUCE AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF RAIN OVER THE NEXT 2 HOURS.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
BARTLETT...MILLINGTON...T O FULLER STATE PARK...MEMPHIS...DOWNTOWN
MEMPHIS...FRAYSER...MIDTOWN MEMPHIS...SOUTHWEST MEMPHIS...
WHITEHAVEN...CUBA...KERRVILLE...RALEIGH...SPRING LAKE...GRIFFIN
CORNER...WOODSTOCK...PRESIDENTS ISLAND...SLOANVILLE...LUCY...LOCKE
AND BENJESTOWN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.
&&
LAT...LON 3513 9013 3512 9009 3514 9006 3515 9007
3516 9010 3517 9011 3521 9009 3521 9007
3523 9008 3539 9000 3539 8982 3500 8995
3500 9020
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 2, 12:02 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Fayette, Shelby | 3 hr |
| Feb 2, 1:50 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Chester, Henderson, Madison | 25 min |
| Feb 2, 2:01 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Chester, Henderson, Madison | 29 min |
| Feb 2, 2:26 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Benton, Carroll, Decatur, Henderson | 34 min |
| Feb 2, 3:45 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Shelby, Tipton | 45 min |
| Feb 2, 4:06 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Fayette, Shelby | 114 min |
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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.