Alert archive / Tennessee / Flash Flood Warnings in 2016
Flash Flood Warning 79, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this flash flood warning at May 26, 2016, 6:42 PM CDT for Madison County, Tennessee. It was in force for 2 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, 6:42 PM CDT (23:42 UTC)
- Expired
- May 26, 2016, 8:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Madison County, TN
The radar
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:43 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, 6:45 PM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 2 | 6 Nnw Pinson, TN | TWO INCHES OF RAIN MEASURED OVER PAST 90 MINS. |
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, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 132 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.
538
WGUS54 KMEG 262342
FFWMEG
TNC113-270145-
/O.NEW.KMEG.FF.W.0079.160526T2342Z-160527T0145Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
642 PM CDT THU MAY 26 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN MADISON COUNTY IN WEST TENNESSEE...
* UNTIL 845 PM CDT
* AT 642 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES 2 TO 4 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 HOUR.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
JACKSON...BEMIS...MEDON...MALESUS...PARKBURG...MADISON HALL...FIVE
POINTS...PINSON AND MAPLE GROVE.
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 3551 8866 3549 8868 3543 8880 3543 8891
3558 8891 3561 8865
$$1 follow-up statement
036
WGUS74 KMEG 270140
FFSMEG
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
840 PM CDT THU MAY 26 2016
TNC113-270149-
/O.EXP.KMEG.FF.W.0079.000000T0000Z-160527T0145Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MADISON TN-
840 PM CDT THU MAY 26 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN MADISON COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 845 PM CDT...
THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED...AND FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE
A THREAT.
LAT...LON 3551 8866 3549 8868 3543 8880 3543 8891
3558 8891 3561 8865
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 3:58 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Benton, Henry, Lake, Obion, Weakley | 4 hr |
| 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 |
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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.