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Flash Flood Warning 78, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this flash flood warning at May 26, 2016, 3:58 PM CDT for 5 counties in Tennessee. It was in force for 4 hr. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- May 26, 2016, 3:58 PM CDT (20:58 UTC)
- Expired
- May 26, 2016, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Benton County, TN, Henry County, TN, Lake County, TN, Obion County, TN, Weakley County, TN
The radar
The Paducah radar (KPAH), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:00 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 4:58 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Sharon, TN | WATER RUSHING ACROSS ROAD. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KBYH), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 184 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
- 2276 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -41 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 561 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 34 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.7
The text
As transmitted.
247
WGUS54 KMEG 262058
FFWMEG
TNC005-079-095-131-183-270100-
/O.NEW.KMEG.FF.W.0078.160526T2058Z-160527T0100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
358 PM CDT THU MAY 26 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
WEAKLEY COUNTY IN WEST TENNESSEE...
OBION COUNTY IN WEST TENNESSEE...
LAKE COUNTY IN WEST TENNESSEE...
NORTHEASTERN BENTON COUNTY IN WEST TENNESSEE...
HENRY COUNTY IN WEST TENNESSEE...
* UNTIL 800 PM CDT
* AT 358 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...
MARTIN...UNION CITY...PARIS...FULTON...REELFOOT LAKE STATE PARK...
PARIS LANDING STATE PARK...TIPTONVILLE...DRESDEN...SOUTH FULTON...
RIDGELY...TROY...OBION...SHARON...COTTAGE GROVE...LATHAM...
COTTONWOOD GROVE...CLAYTON...CLOVERDALE...PALMERSVILLE AND PURYEAR.
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.
PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY WHEN YOU
CAN DO SO SAFELY.
&&
LAT...LON 3619 8965 3621 8967 3625 8966 3625 8953
3632 8962 3636 8951 3642 8954 3646 8952
3650 8954 3650 8949 3647 8949 3646 8946
3650 8942 3651 8931 3650 8806 3644 8806
3627 8794 3626 8794
$$1 follow-up statement
592
WGUS74 KMEG 262308
FFSMEG
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
608 PM CDT THU MAY 26 2016
TNC005-079-095-131-183-262318-
/O.CAN.KMEG.FF.W.0078.000000T0000Z-160527T0100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
WEAKLEY TN-OBION TN-LAKE TN-BENTON TN-HENRY TN-
608 PM CDT THU MAY 26 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR WEAKLEY...OBION...LAKE...NORTHEASTERN
BENTON AND HENRY COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED...AND FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE
A THREAT.
LAT...LON 3619 8965 3621 8967 3625 8966 3625 8953
3632 8962 3636 8951 3642 8954 3646 8952
3650 8954 3650 8949 3647 8949 3646 8946
3650 8942 3651 8931 3650 8806 3644 8806
3627 8794 3626 8794
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 4:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Shelby | 38 min |
| May 26, 5:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Shelby, Tipton | 50 min |
| May 26, 6:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Chester, Hardeman, Hardin, Henderson, McNairy, Madison | 52 min |
| May 26, 6:42 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Madison | 2 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.