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Flash Flood Warning 68, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this flash flood warning at May 1, 2016, 4:07 PM CDT for Chester County, Hardeman County, Madison County, Tennessee. It was in force for 113 min. 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, 4:07 PM CDT (21:07 UTC)
- Expired
- May 1, 2016, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 113 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Chester County, TN, Hardeman County, TN, Madison County, TN
The radar
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:10 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, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 110 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.
901
WGUS54 KMEG 012107
FFWMEG
TNC023-069-113-012300-
/O.NEW.KMEG.FF.W.0068.160501T2107Z-160501T2300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
407 PM CDT SUN MAY 1 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN HARDEMAN COUNTY IN WEST TENNESSEE...
WEST CENTRAL CHESTER COUNTY IN WEST TENNESSEE...
SOUTHWESTERN MADISON COUNTY IN WEST TENNESSEE...
* UNTIL 600 PM CDT
* AT 407 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...
CHICKASAW STATE FOREST...CHICKASAW STATE PARK...SILERTON...
CLOVERPORT...MERCER...TOONE...MEDON...DEANBURG...PINE TOP...
TEAGUE...UPTONVILLE AND HATCHIE.
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 3530 8880 3540 8909 3543 8909 3543 8908
3549 8908 3555 8907 3544 8876
$$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, 3:14 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Haywood | 2 hr |
| 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 |
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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.