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Flash Flood Warning 80, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this flash flood warning at May 26, 2016, 8:10 PM CDT for Fayette County, Tennessee. It was in force for 3 hr. 2 reports 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, 8:10 PM CDT (01:10 UTC)
- Expired
- May 26, 2016, 11:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Fayette County, TN
The radar
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:14 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 9:30 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 2 W Moscow, TN | ROAD CLOSED AT HIGHWAY 57 AND BETHLEHEM ROAD. |
| May 26, 9:30 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 3 Se Williston, TN | MCKINSTRY ROAD AT BURCH DRIVE IS CLOSED DUE TO FLASH FLOODING. |
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 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 67 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
- 280 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -183 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 991 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 4 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 79 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
768 WGUS54 KMEG 270110 FFWMEG TNC047-270415- /O.NEW.KMEG.FF.W.0080.160527T0110Z-160527T0415Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 810 PM CDT THU MAY 26 2016 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... CENTRAL FAYETTE COUNTY IN WEST TENNESSEE... * UNTIL 1115 PM CDT * AT 809 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 HOUR. * SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... SOMERVILLE...LAGRANGE...WARREN...MACON...OAKLAND...ROSSVILLE... MOSCOW...WILLISTON...GRAND JUNCTION...LA GRANGE...MOORMAN... POWERS...HAYS CROSSING...FORTY FIVE...LACONIA...LAMBERT...GRIFFEN AND PATTERSONVILLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE. 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. PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY. && LAT...LON 3505 8920 3505 8954 3534 8954 3534 8919 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 8:38 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Fayette | 3 hr |
| May 27, 6:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Shelby | 42 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.