Alert archive / Mississippi / Flash Flood Warnings in 2016
Flash Flood Warning 22, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this flash flood warning at Mar 12, 2016, 4:09 PM CST for Fayette County, Shelby County, Tipton County, Tennessee; Crittenden County, Lee County, Mississippi County, Arkansas; 5 counties in Mississippi. It was in force for 7 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
- Mar 12, 2016, 4:09 PM CST (22:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 12, 2016, 11:05 PM CST
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Crittenden County, AR, Lee County, AR, Mississippi County, AR, DeSoto County, MS, Marshall County, MS, Panola County, MS, Tate County, MS, Tunica County, MS, Fayette County, TN, Shelby County, TN, Tipton County, TN
The radar
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:08 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, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 20 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
- 536 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 37 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 133 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
258
WGUS54 KMEG 122209
FFWMEG
ARC035-077-093-MSC033-093-107-137-143-TNC047-157-167-130215-
/O.NEW.KMEG.FF.W.0022.160312T2209Z-160313T0215Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
409 PM CST SAT MAR 12 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...
EASTERN CRITTENDEN COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...
SOUTHEASTERN LEE COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...
DESOTO COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI...
WESTERN MARSHALL COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI...
TATE COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI...
NORTHERN PANOLA COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI...
TUNICA COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI...
SOUTHERN TIPTON COUNTY IN WEST TENNESSEE...
FAYETTE COUNTY IN WEST TENNESSEE...
SHELBY COUNTY IN WEST TENNESSEE...
* UNTIL 815 PM CST
* AT 408 PM CST...DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS
OCCURRED OVER THE PAST 2 HOURS. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL
PRODUCE AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN OVER THE NEXT
4 HOURS.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
BARTLETT...SOUTHAVEN...COLLIERVILLE...GERMANTOWN...OLIVE BRANCH...
HORN LAKE...HERNANDO...MILLINGTON...SENATOBIA...HOLLY SPRINGS...
MEEMAN SHELBY FOREST STATE PARK...JOHN W KYLE STATE PARK...T O
FULLER STATE PARK...CORDOVA...LAKELAND...ARLINGTON...MUNFORD...
SOMERVILLE...BRIGHTON AND SARDIS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.
TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
&&
LAT...LON 3468 9046 3473 9057 3480 9053 3474 9045
3488 9048 3484 9031 3504 9030 3514 9006
3541 9013 3538 9018 3539 9018 3552 9005
3551 8947 3540 8947 3540 8928 3499 8930
3455 8962 3455 8972 3433 8972 3464 9058
$$2 follow-up statements
506
WGUS54 KMEG 130148
FFWMEG
ARC035-077-093-MSC033-093-107-137-143-TNC047-157-167-130615-
/O.EXT.KMEG.FF.W.0022.000000T0000Z-160313T0615Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
748 PM CST SAT MAR 12 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS EXTENDED THE
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...
EASTERN CRITTENDEN COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...
SOUTHEASTERN LEE COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...
DESOTO COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI...
WESTERN MARSHALL COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI...
TATE COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI...
NORTHERN PANOLA COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI...
TUNICA COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI...
SOUTHERN TIPTON COUNTY IN WEST TENNESSEE...
FAYETTE COUNTY IN WEST TENNESSEE...
SHELBY COUNTY IN WEST TENNESSEE...
* UNTIL 1215 AM CST
* AT 747 PM CST...DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS
OCCURRED IN THE PAST 4 HOURS. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL
PRODUCE AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN OVER THE NEXT 4 HOURS.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
BARTLETT...SOUTHAVEN...COLLIERVILLE...GERMANTOWN...OLIVE BRANCH...
HORN LAKE...HERNANDO...MILLINGTON...SENATOBIA...HOLLY SPRINGS...
MEEMAN SHELBY FOREST STATE PARK...JOHN W KYLE STATE PARK...T O
FULLER STATE PARK...CORDOVA...LAKELAND...ARLINGTON...MUNFORD...
SOMERVILLE...BRIGHTON AND SARDIS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
&&
LAT...LON 3468 9046 3473 9057 3480 9053 3474 9045
3488 9048 3484 9031 3504 9030 3514 9006
3541 9013 3538 9018 3539 9018 3552 9005
3551 8947 3540 8947 3540 8928 3499 8930
3455 8962 3455 8972 3433 8972 3464 9058
$$475
WGUS74 KMEG 130505
FFSMEG
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
1105 PM CST SAT MAR 12 2016
ARC035-077-093-MSC033-093-107-137-143-TNC047-157-167-130515-
/O.CAN.KMEG.FF.W.0022.000000T0000Z-160313T0615Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MISSISSIPPI AR-CRITTENDEN AR-LEE AR-DESOTO MS-MARSHALL MS-TATE MS-
PANOLA MS-TUNICA MS-TIPTON TN-FAYETTE TN-SHELBY TN-
1105 PM CST SAT MAR 12 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...EASTERN
CRITTENDEN...SOUTHEASTERN LEE...DESOTO...WESTERN MARSHALL...TATE...
NORTHERN PANOLA...TUNICA...SOUTHERN TIPTON...FAYETTE AND SHELBY
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED...AND FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE
A THREAT.
LAT...LON 3468 9046 3473 9057 3480 9053 3474 9045
3488 9048 3484 9031 3504 9030 3514 9006
3541 9013 3538 9018 3539 9018 3552 9005
3551 8947 3540 8947 3540 8928 3499 8930
3455 8962 3455 8972 3433 8972 3464 9058
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 12, 9:10 AM CST | River Flood Warning | MEG | Dyer | 10 days |
| Mar 12, 5:12 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Crockett, Dyer, Gibson, Haywood, Lauderdale, Madison and 1 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 12, 5:41 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Dyer, Gibson, Lake, Obion, Weakley | 6 hr |
| Mar 12, 11:04 AM CST | Areal Flood Warning | MEG | Phillips | 12 hr |
| Mar 12, 5:50 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Lee, Phillips | 4 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Mississippi, 2016Flash Flood Warnings in Tennessee, 2016Flash Flood Warnings in Arkansas, 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.