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Flash Flood Warning 53, NWS Memphis, TN

March 31, 20164 counties in Mississippi

NWS Memphis, TN issued this flash flood warning at Mar 31, 2016, 4:59 AM CDT for 4 counties in Mississippi. It was in force for 2 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, 4:59 AM CDT (09:59 UTC)
Expired
Mar 31, 2016, 7:00 AM CDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Panola County, MS, Quitman County, MS, Tallahatchie County, MS, Yalobusha County, MS

The radar

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 140 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 199 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Jackson, MS at 00:00Z on 2016-03-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 213 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Jackson, MS at 00:00Z on 2016-03-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 166 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
213 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-113 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
871 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
166 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
303 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
2.8

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The text

As transmitted.

299 
WGUS54 KMEG 310959
FFWMEG
MSC107-119-135-161-311200-
/O.NEW.KMEG.FF.W.0053.160331T0959Z-160331T1200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN YALOBUSHA COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI...
  SOUTHERN QUITMAN COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI...
  NORTHERN TALLAHATCHIE COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI...
  SOUTHERN PANOLA COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI...

* UNTIL 700 AM CDT

* AT 459 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 2 HOURS.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  BATESVILLE...GEORGE PAYNE STATE PARK...TUTWILER...MARKS...
  LAMBERT...CROWDER...WEBB...SUMNER...POPE...ENID...VANCE...
  COURTLAND...LOCKE STATION...SABINO...EUREKA SPRINGS...DENTON...WEST
  MARKS...LONGSTREET...WAVERLY AND SHUFORD.

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 3391 9044 3424 9044 3437 8972 3411 8973

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 30, 9:33 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningMEGLafayette, Marshall, Union46 hr
Mar 31, 12:46 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGPanola, Tallahatchie, Yalobusha44 min
Mar 31, 1:08 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGDeSoto, Tate, Tunica3 hr
Mar 31, 1:13 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCalhoun, Lafayette, Panola, Yalobusha35 min
Mar 31, 4:11 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGDeSoto, Tate, Tunica64 min
Mar 31, 10:02 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningMEGTate, Tunica21 hr
Mar 31, 2:47 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningMEGLafayette23 hr
Mar 31, 4:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGAlcorn, Tishomingo39 min
Mar 31, 4:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGDeSoto46 min
Mar 31, 4:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGDeSoto, Tunica42 min
Mar 31, 4:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCoahoma41 min
Mar 31, 5:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGDeSoto, Marshall46 min
Mar 31, 5:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGBenton, DeSoto, Marshall39 min
Mar 31, 5:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGChickasaw, Monroe50 min
Mar 31, 6:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGBenton, Marshall35 min
Mar 31, 6:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGChickasaw, Lee, Monroe, Pontotoc61 min
Mar 31, 6:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCalhoun, Chickasaw41 min
Mar 31, 6:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGItawamba66 min
Mar 31, 6:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCalhoun, Chickasaw, Lafayette, Pontotoc, Yalobusha44 min
Mar 31, 6:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCoahoma, Panola, Quitman, Tallahatchie52 min
Mar 31, 6:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGAlcorn, Benton, Tippah24 min
Mar 31, 6:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGMonroe46 min
Mar 31, 6:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGChickasaw, Lee, Pontotoc38 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.