Alert archive / Tennessee / Flash Flood Warnings in 2016
Flash Flood Warning 87, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this flash flood warning at Jun 1, 2016, 4:32 PM CDT for Shelby County, Tennessee. It was in force for 118 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
- Jun 1, 2016, 4:32 PM CDT (21:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 1, 2016, 6:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 118 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Shelby County, TN
The radar
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 14 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:32 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 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 55 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
- 1005 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -25 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 915 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -14 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 26 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
010 WGUS54 KMEG 012132 FFWMEG TNC157-012330- /O.NEW.KMEG.FF.W.0087.160601T2132Z-160601T2330Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 432 PM CDT WED JUN 1 2016 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... EAST CENTRAL SHELBY COUNTY IN WESTERN TENNESSEE... * UNTIL 630 PM CDT * AT 432 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 HOUR. * SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... BARTLETT...LAKELAND...ARLINGTON AND BRUNSWICK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE. PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY. && LAT...LON 3533 8967 3524 8970 3525 8981 3530 8981 $$
1 follow-up statement
659 WGUS74 KMEG 012325 FFSMEG FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 625 PM CDT WED JUN 1 2016 TNC157-012335- /O.EXP.KMEG.FF.W.0087.000000T0000Z-160601T2330Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ SHELBY TN- 625 PM CDT WED JUN 1 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL SHELBY COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 630 PM CDT... THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED...AND FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A THREAT. LAT...LON 3533 8967 3524 8970 3525 8981 3530 8981 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 6:03 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Lauderdale | 117 min |
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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.