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Flash Flood Warning 71, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this flash flood warning at May 1, 2016, 8:13 PM CDT for Fayette County, Shelby 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
- May 1, 2016, 8:13 PM CDT (01:13 UTC)
- Expired
- May 1, 2016, 11:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Fayette County, TN, Shelby County, TN
The radar
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 40 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 47 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
- 1898 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 13 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 57 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
275 WGUS54 KMEG 020113 FFWMEG TNC047-157-020415- /O.NEW.KMEG.FF.W.0071.160502T0113Z-160502T0415Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 813 PM CDT SUN MAY 1 2016 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... SOUTHWESTERN FAYETTE COUNTY IN WEST TENNESSEE... SOUTHEASTERN SHELBY COUNTY IN WEST TENNESSEE... * UNTIL 1115 PM CDT * AT 812 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 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN OVER THE NEXT 2 HOURS. * SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... COLLIERVILLE...PIPERTON...ROSSVILLE...KIRK...ELBA AND HAYS CROSSING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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 3515 8943 3500 8944 3504 8973 3514 8973 $$ TLSJR
1 follow-up statement
150 WGUS74 KMEG 020208 FFSMEG FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 908 PM CDT SUN MAY 1 2016 TNC047-157-020415- /O.CON.KMEG.FF.W.0071.000000T0000Z-160502T0415Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ FAYETTE TN-SHELBY TN- 908 PM CDT SUN MAY 1 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 PM CDT FOR SOUTHWESTERN FAYETTE AND SOUTHEASTERN SHELBY COUNTIES... AT 907 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS OCCURRED OVER THE PAST HOUR. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN OVER THE NEXT 3 HOURS. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... COLLIERVILLE...PIPERTON...ROSSVILLE...KIRK...ELBA AND HAYS CROSSING. RAINFALL RATES HAVE BEGUN TO DECREASE...HOWEVER...FLASH FLOOD CAN STILL OCCUR AFTER THE RAIN HAS STOPPED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. && LAT...LON 3515 8943 3500 8944 3504 8973 3514 8973 $$ TLSJR
The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2, 6:53 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Shelby | 37 min |
| May 2, 7:24 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Tipton | 51 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.