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Flash Flood Warning 23, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this flash flood warning at Mar 12, 2016, 5:12 PM CST for 7 counties in Tennessee; Mississippi County, Arkansas. 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
- Mar 12, 2016, 5:12 PM CST (23:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 12, 2016, 11:17 PM CST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Mississippi County, AR, Crockett County, TN, Dyer County, TN, Gibson County, TN, Haywood County, TN, Lauderdale County, TN, Madison County, TN, Tipton County, TN
The radar
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:15 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, 11.2 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.
- 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.
627
WGUS54 KMEG 122312
FFWMEG
ARC093-TNC033-045-053-075-097-113-167-130315-
/O.NEW.KMEG.FF.W.0023.160312T2312Z-160313T0315Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
512 PM CST SAT MAR 12 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
EASTERN MISSISSIPPI COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...
CROCKETT COUNTY IN WEST TENNESSEE...
LAUDERDALE COUNTY IN WEST TENNESSEE...
TIPTON COUNTY IN WEST TENNESSEE...
HAYWOOD COUNTY IN WEST TENNESSEE...
SOUTHWESTERN GIBSON COUNTY IN WEST TENNESSEE...
WESTERN MADISON COUNTY IN WEST TENNESSEE...
SOUTHERN DYER COUNTY IN WEST TENNESSEE...
* UNTIL 915 PM CST
* AT 510 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 2 INCHES OF RAIN OVER THE NEXT 4 HOURS.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
JACKSON...BLYTHEVILLE...BROWNSVILLE...COVINGTON...HUMBOLDT...
RIPLEY...OSCEOLA...TRENTON...LUXORA...WILSON...FORT PILLOW STATE
PARK...MUNFORD...BRIGHTON...ALAMO...BELLS...HALLS...THREE WAY...
BURDETTE...HILLVILLE AND ADAIR.
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 3597 8884 3543 8894 3543 8918 3540 8919
3540 8953 3551 9008 3600 8984
$$2 follow-up statements
662
WGUS54 KMEG 130245
FFWMEG
ARC093-TNC033-045-053-075-097-113-167-130715-
/O.EXT.KMEG.FF.W.0023.000000T0000Z-160313T0715Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
845 PM CST SAT MAR 12 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS EXTENDED THE
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
EASTERN MISSISSIPPI COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...
CROCKETT COUNTY IN WEST TENNESSEE...
LAUDERDALE COUNTY IN WEST TENNESSEE...
TIPTON COUNTY IN WEST TENNESSEE...
HAYWOOD COUNTY IN WEST TENNESSEE...
SOUTHWESTERN GIBSON COUNTY IN WEST TENNESSEE...
WESTERN MADISON COUNTY IN WEST TENNESSEE...
SOUTHERN DYER COUNTY IN WEST TENNESSEE...
* UNTIL 115 AM CST
* AT 844 PM CST...DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS
OCCURRED IN THE PAST 4 HOURS. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL
PRODUCE AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN OVER THE NEXT 4 HOURS.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
JACKSON...BLYTHEVILLE...BROWNSVILLE...COVINGTON...HUMBOLDT...
RIPLEY...OSCEOLA...TRENTON...LUXORA...WILSON...FORT PILLOW STATE
PARK...MUNFORD...BRIGHTON...ALAMO...BELLS...HALLS...THREE WAY...
BURDETTE...HILLVILLE AND ADAIR.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
&&
LAT...LON 3597 8884 3543 8894 3543 8918 3540 8919
3540 8953 3551 9008 3600 8984
$$313
WGUS74 KMEG 130517
FFSMEG
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
1117 PM CST SAT MAR 12 2016
ARC093-TNC033-045-053-075-097-113-167-130527-
/O.CAN.KMEG.FF.W.0023.000000T0000Z-160313T0715Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MISSISSIPPI AR-CROCKETT TN-LAUDERDALE TN-TIPTON TN-HAYWOOD TN-
GIBSON TN-MADISON TN-DYER TN-
1117 PM CST SAT MAR 12 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR EASTERN MISSISSIPPI...CROCKETT...
LAUDERDALE...TIPTON...HAYWOOD...SOUTHWESTERN GIBSON...WESTERN MADISON
AND SOUTHERN DYER COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED...AND FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE
A THREAT.
LAT...LON 3597 8884 3543 8894 3543 8918 3540 8919
3540 8953 3551 9008 3600 8984
$$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, 4:09 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Fayette, Shelby, Tipton | 7 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 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.