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Flash Flood Warning 59, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this flash flood warning at Apr 11, 2016, 3:17 PM CDT for Lafayette County, Panola County, Quitman County, Mississippi. It was in force for 4 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
- Apr 11, 2016, 3:17 PM CDT (20:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 11, 2016, 7:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Lafayette County, MS, Panola County, MS, Quitman County, MS
The radar
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:19 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, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 45 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
- 125 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -109 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 678 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 60 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 345 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 380 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.6
The text
As transmitted.
702
WGUS54 KMEG 112017
FFWMEG
MSC071-107-119-120015-
/O.NEW.KMEG.FF.W.0059.160411T2017Z-160412T0015Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
317 PM CDT MON APR 11 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL LAFAYETTE COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI...
NORTHERN PANOLA COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI...
NORTHEASTERN QUITMAN COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI...
* UNTIL 715 PM CDT
* AT 316 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS
OCCURRED OVER THE PAST 3 HOURS. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL
PRODUCE AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN OVER THE NEXT 3 HOURS.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
OXFORD...BATESVILLE...JOHN W KYLE STATE PARK...HOLLY SPRINGS NATIONAL
FOREST...SARDIS...COMO...CRENSHAW...SLEDGE...CURTIS STATION...BURGESS...
PLEASANT GROVE...DENMARK...CAMBRIDGE...ABBEVILLE...HORATIO...HAYES
CROSSING...TECKVILLE...ASKEW...ALTUS AND KEEL.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
&&
LAT...LON 3432 9023 3451 9023 3451 9020 3454 9020
3449 8930 3429 8930
$$1 follow-up statement
085
WGUS74 KMEG 112242
FFSMEG
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
542 PM CDT MON APR 11 2016
MSC071-107-119-112252-
/O.CAN.KMEG.FF.W.0059.000000T0000Z-160412T0015Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
LAFAYETTE MS-PANOLA MS-QUITMAN MS-
542 PM CDT MON APR 11 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR CENTRAL LAFAYETTE...NORTHERN PANOLA
AND NORTHEASTERN QUITMAN COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED...AND FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE
A THREAT.
LAT...LON 3432 9023 3451 9023 3451 9020 3454 9020
3449 8930 3429 8930
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 10, 8:08 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MEG | Monroe | 4 days |
| Apr 10, 8:08 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MEG | Monroe | 3 days |
| Apr 10, 8:08 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MEG | Lowndes, Monroe | 5 days |
| Apr 11, 1:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Coahoma | 50 min |
| Apr 11, 2:08 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Coahoma, Quitman, Tunica | 4 hr |
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.