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Flash Flood Warning 32, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this flash flood warning at Mar 15, 2016, 8:02 PM CDT for Quitman County, Mississippi. It was in force for 3 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 15, 2016, 8:02 PM CDT (01:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 15, 2016, 11:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- Unknown
County Quitman County, MS
The radar
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 128 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:00 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, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 71 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
- 1233 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -22 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1964 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 99 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 116 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 5.3
The text
As transmitted.
555 WGUS54 KMEG 160102 FFWMEG MSC119-160400- /O.NEW.KMEG.FF.W.0032.160316T0102Z-160316T0400Z/ /00000.U.DM.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 802 PM CDT TUE MAR 15 2016 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... A LEVEE FAILURE IN... QUITMAN COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI... * UNTIL 1100 PM CDT * AT 759 PM CDT...LOCAL FIRE DEPARTMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED A LEVEE ON THE LITTLE TALLAHATCHIE RIVER FAILED CAUSING FLASH FLOODING OF IMMEDIATELY SURROUNDING AREAS IN THE TOWN OF MARKS AND DOWNSTREAM. WATER SEVERAL FEET DEEP WILL CONTINUE TO ADVANCE INTO MARKS. PLEASE EVACUATE FLOODED AREAS AND SEEK HIGHER GROUND. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MARKS...LAMBERT...RIVERVIEW...HINCHCLIFF...WEST MARKS AND ESSEX. 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 3433 9024 3410 9016 3409 9025 3435 9036 $$
1 follow-up statement
548 WGUS74 KMEG 160143 FFSMEG FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 843 PM CDT TUE MAR 15 2016 MSC119-160400- /O.CON.KMEG.FF.W.0032.000000T0000Z-160316T0400Z/ /00000.0.DM.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ QUITMAN MS- 843 PM CDT TUE MAR 15 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR MARKS IN QUITMAN COUNTY... AT 839 PM CDT...LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS HAVE CLARIFIED THAT THERE IS NO LEVEE FAILURE ALONG NEITHER THE LITTLE TALLAHATCHIE RIVER OR COLDWATER RIVER. FLOODING IS OCCURRING DUE TO NATURAL BACKUP OF FIELD WATER FROM PREVIOUS HEAVY RAINFALL. THIS HAS RESULTED IN WATER RISES IN PORTIONS OF THE TOWN OF MARKS WHERE SANDBAGS ARE BEING DEPLOYED. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... MARKS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. && LAT...LON 3427 9024 3422 9022 3421 9028 3426 9030 $$
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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.