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Flash Flood Warning 48, NWS Memphis, TN

March 31, 2016Fayette County, Haywood County, Tennessee

NWS Memphis, TN issued this flash flood warning at Mar 31, 2016, 2:22 AM CDT for Fayette County, Haywood County, Tennessee. 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 31, 2016, 2:22 AM CDT (07:22 UTC)
Expired: Mar 31, 2016, 5:15 AM CDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Memphis, TN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Fayette County, TN, Haywood County, TN

The radar

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:24 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

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 254 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 2133 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 87 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 229 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

185 
WGUS54 KMEG 310722
FFWMEG
TNC047-075-311015-
/O.NEW.KMEG.FF.W.0048.160331T0722Z-160331T1015Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
222 AM CDT THU MAR 31 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  HAYWOOD COUNTY IN WEST TENNESSEE...
  FAYETTE COUNTY IN WEST TENNESSEE...

* UNTIL 515 AM CDT

* AT 222 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES 1 TO 3 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 3 HOURS.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  BROWNSVILLE...SOMERVILLE...BELLE EAGLE...HILLVILLE...DANCYVILLE...
  FORKED DEER...LAGRANGE...HOLLY GROVE...NUTBUSH...WARREN...MACON...
  OAKLAND...PIPERTON...ROSSVILLE...MOSCOW...STANTON...WILLISTON...LA
  GRANGE...RUDOLPH AND JONES.

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 3575 8927 3575 8919 3570 8912 3569 8907
      3544 8908 3543 8918 3517 8919 3500 8922
      3499 8964 3503 8964 3534 8947 3570 8945
      3574 8943 3577 8944 3580 8942 3582 8937

$$

1 follow-up statement

008 
WGUS74 KMEG 311017
FFSMEG

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
517 AM CDT THU MAR 31 2016

TNC047-075-311027-
/O.EXP.KMEG.FF.W.0048.000000T0000Z-160331T1015Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
HAYWOOD TN-FAYETTE TN-
517 AM CDT THU MAR 31 2016

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR HAYWOOD AND FAYETTE COUNTIES HAS
EXPIRED...

THE HEAVY RAIN WILL BE ENDING SHORTLY...AND FLASH FLOODING IS NO
LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A THREAT.

LAT...LON 3575 8927 3575 8919 3570 8912 3569 8907
      3544 8908 3543 8918 3517 8919 3500 8922
      3499 8964 3503 8964 3534 8947 3570 8945
      3574 8943 3577 8944 3580 8942 3582 8937

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 30, 7:03 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Hardin	27 min
Mar 30, 8:39 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Dyer	51 min
Mar 30, 9:33 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	MEG	Crockett, Dyer, Lauderdale	8 days
Mar 30, 10:11 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Dyer, Lake, Lauderdale, Obion	3 hr
Mar 31, 12:01 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Shelby	3 hr
Mar 31, 1:08 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Fayette, Shelby	3 hr
Mar 31, 1:36 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Dyer, Fayette, Lake, Lauderdale, Obion, Shelby and 1 more	3 hr
Mar 31, 3:19 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Shelby	3 hr
Mar 31, 3:29 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	MEG	Obion, Weakley	40 hr
Mar 31, 4:11 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Fayette, Shelby	64 min
Mar 31, 4:19 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Dyer, Fayette, Haywood, Lake, Lauderdale, Obion and 2 more	56 min
Mar 31, 6:44 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	MEG	Fayette, Shelby	14 hr
Mar 31, 11:43 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Dyer, Lake, Obion	47 min
Mar 31, 11:55 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Dyer, Lauderdale	50 min
Mar 31, 12:27 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Tipton	48 min
Mar 31, 12:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Crockett, Dyer, Gibson, Lauderdale	34 min
Mar 31, 12:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Lake, Obion	28 min
Mar 31, 12:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Fayette, Lauderdale, Shelby, Tipton	40 min
Mar 31, 1:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Fayette, Haywood, Shelby, Tipton	49 min
Mar 31, 1:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Shelby	28 min
Mar 31, 1:50 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Dyer	25 min
Mar 31, 1:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Fayette, Shelby	37 min
Mar 31, 2:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Fayette, Hardeman, Haywood, Madison	49 min
Mar 31, 2:18 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Shelby	27 min
Mar 31, 2:23 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MEG	Shelby, Tipton	2 hr
Mar 31, 2:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Fayette, Hardeman	47 min
Mar 31, 2:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Chester, Henderson, Madison	44 min
Mar 31, 2:47 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	MEG	Dyer, Gibson, Obion	4 days
Mar 31, 2:47 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	MEG	Dyer	67 hr
Mar 31, 2:47 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	MEG	Madison	45 hr
Mar 31, 3:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Hardeman	30 min
Mar 31, 3:01 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Haywood	29 min
Mar 31, 3:06 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MEG	Haywood, Madison	114 min
Mar 31, 3:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Hardeman	46 min
Mar 31, 3:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Chester, Decatur, Hardin, Henderson, McNairy	50 min
Mar 31, 3:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Chester, Hardeman, McNairy	42 min
Mar 31, 3:38 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Decatur, Hardin, Henderson	32 min
Mar 31, 3:39 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Decatur, Hardin, Henderson	36 min
Mar 31, 4:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Hardin, McNairy	66 min
Mar 31, 4:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Hardin	39 min
Mar 31, 4:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Shelby	46 min
Mar 31, 4:38 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MEG	Chester, Decatur, Hardeman, Hardin, Henderson, McNairy	2 hr
Mar 31, 4:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Hardin	35 min
Mar 31, 5:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Hardin, McNairy	62 min
Mar 31, 5:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Fayette, Shelby	46 min
Mar 31, 5:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Fayette, Shelby	39 min
Mar 31, 5:40 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	MEG	Fayette, Shelby	24 hr
Mar 31, 6:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Fayette, Hardeman	35 min
Mar 31, 6:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Chester, Hardeman, McNairy	24 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.