Alert archive / Mississippi / Flash Flood Warnings in 2016
Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this flash flood warning at Feb 2, 2016, 4:36 PM CST for 6 counties in 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
- Feb 2, 2016, 4:36 PM CST (22:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 2, 2016, 7:30 PM CST
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties DeSoto County, MS, Lafayette County, MS, Marshall County, MS, Panola County, MS, Quitman County, MS, Tate County, MS
The radar
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 37 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.
676 WGUS54 KMEG 022236 FFWMEG MSC033-071-093-107-119-137-030130- /O.NEW.KMEG.FF.W.0004.160202T2236Z-160203T0130Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 436 PM CST TUE FEB 2 2016 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... EASTERN DESOTO COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI... NORTHWESTERN LAFAYETTE COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI... EAST CENTRAL QUITMAN COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI... WESTERN MARSHALL COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI... TATE COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI... PANOLA COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI... * UNTIL 730 PM CST * AT 435 PM CST...DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS OCCURRED OVER THE PAST 3 HOURS. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE AN ADDITIONAL 2 INCHES OF RAIN OVER THE NEXT 2 HOURS. * SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... SOUTHAVEN...OLIVE BRANCH...HERNANDO...SENATOBIA...BATESVILLE...JOHN W KYLE STATE PARK...SARDIS...COLDWATER...BYHALIA...COMO... CROWDER...POPE...CURTIS STATION...LEWISBURG...HARMONTOWN... INDEPENDENCE...RED BANKS...BARR...PLEASANT GROVE AND COURTLAND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE. && LAT...LON 3417 9022 3499 8995 3498 8955 3417 8972 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 2, 12:18 PM CST | River Flood Warning | MEG | Lowndes, Monroe | 5 days |
| Feb 2, 12:18 PM CST | River Flood Warning | MEG | Monroe | 47 hr |
| Feb 2, 4:45 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Marshall, Tate | 19 min |
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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.