Alert archive / Tennessee / Flash Flood Warnings in 2016
Flash Flood Warning 67, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this flash flood warning at May 1, 2016, 3:14 PM CDT for Haywood County, Tennessee. 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
- May 1, 2016, 3:14 PM CDT (20:14 UTC)
- Expired
- May 1, 2016, 5:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Haywood County, TN
The radar
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:14 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, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 100 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
- 67 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -146 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 812 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 79 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 191 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.1
The text
As transmitted.
150 WGUS54 KMEG 012014 FFWMEG TNC075-012215- /O.NEW.KMEG.FF.W.0067.160501T2014Z-160501T2215Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 314 PM CDT SUN MAY 1 2016 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN HAYWOOD COUNTY IN WEST TENNESSEE... * UNTIL 515 PM CDT * AT 314 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS OCCURRED OVER THE PAST HOUR. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE AN ADDITIONAL 1 INCH OF RAIN OVER THE NEXT HOUR. * SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... BROWNSVILLE...HILLVILLE...STANTON...MORTON HILL...MEUX CORNER... SHEPP...SUNNYHILL...HICKORY POINT AND ASBURY. 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 3544 8908 3542 8945 3559 8945 3563 8907 $$
1 follow-up statement
043 WGUS74 KMEG 012042 FFSMEG FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 342 PM CDT SUN MAY 1 2016 TNC075-012215- /O.CON.KMEG.FF.W.0067.000000T0000Z-160501T2215Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ HAYWOOD TN- 342 PM CDT SUN MAY 1 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM CDT FOR SOUTHERN HAYWOOD COUNTY... AT 342 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS OCCURRED OVER THE PAST 2 HOURS. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE AN ADDITIONAL 1 INCH OF RAIN OVER THE NEXT HOUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... BROWNSVILLE...HILLVILLE...STANTON...MORTON HILL...MEUX CORNER... SHEPP...SUNNYHILL...HICKORY POINT AND ASBURY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. && LAT...LON 3544 8908 3542 8945 3559 8945 3563 8907 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1, 1:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Haywood | 26 min |
| May 1, 1:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Henry | 42 min |
| May 1, 2:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Haywood, Madison | 44 min |
| May 1, 2:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Hardeman, Haywood, Madison | 47 min |
| May 1, 4:07 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Chester, Hardeman, Madison | 113 min |
| May 1, 4:40 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Chester, McNairy | 3 hr |
| May 1, 4:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | McNairy | 42 min |
| May 1, 4:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Hardin, McNairy | 24 min |
| May 1, 4:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Perry | 31 min |
| May 1, 5:09 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Benton, Decatur | 3 hr |
| May 1, 6:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Weakley | 23 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.