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Flash Flood Warning 6, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this flash flood warning at Feb 15, 2016, 5:56 AM CST for 4 counties in Mississippi; Hardeman County, McNairy 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
- Feb 15, 2016, 5:56 AM CST (11:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 15, 2016, 9:00 AM CST
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Alcorn County, MS, Benton County, MS, Marshall County, MS, Tippah County, MS, Hardeman County, TN, McNairy County, TN
The radar
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:56 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 00:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 76 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 522 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 360 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 356 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
530
WGUS54 KMEG 151156
FFWMEG
MSC003-009-093-139-TNC069-109-151500-
/O.NEW.KMEG.FF.W.0006.160215T1156Z-160215T1500Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
556 AM CST MON FEB 15 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN BENTON COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI...
NORTHWESTERN ALCORN COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI...
NORTHEASTERN MARSHALL COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI...
NORTHWESTERN TIPPAH COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI...
SOUTHWESTERN MCNAIRY COUNTY IN WEST TENNESSEE...
SOUTHERN HARDEMAN COUNTY IN WEST TENNESSEE...
* UNTIL 900 AM CST
* AT 555 AM CST...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 3 INCHES OF RAIN OVER THE NEXT 3 HOURS.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
CORINTH...HOLLY SPRINGS...SELMER...BIG HILL POND STATE PARK...
LAMAR...SNOW LAKE SHORES...CANAAN...POCAHONTAS...MICHIGAN CITY...
THEO...WALNUT...BETHEL SPRINGS...MIDDLETON...EASTVIEW...ASHLAND...
GUYS...GRAND JUNCTION...RAMER...SAULSBURY AND CYPRESS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.
TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
&&
LAT...LON 3472 8943 3498 8944 3500 8939 3499 8920
3505 8919 3526 8847 3500 8847
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 14, 7:54 PM CST | River Flood Warning | MEG | Monroe | 52 hr |
| Feb 15, 5:55 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Alcorn, Benton, Marshall, Tippah | 3 hr |
| Feb 15, 5:59 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | DeSoto, Marshall, Tate, Tunica | 3 hr |
| Feb 15, 11:55 AM CST | River Flood Warning | MEG | Monroe | 39 hr |
| Feb 14, 7:59 PM CST | River Flood Warning | MEG | Decatur, Hardin | 6 days |
| Feb 15, 10:20 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | MEG | Lake, Obion, Weakley | 3 hr |
| Feb 15, 12:16 PM CST | River Flood Advisory | MEG | Decatur, Hardin | 11 days |
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.