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Flash Flood Warning 89, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this flash flood warning at Jun 1, 2016, 6:03 PM CDT for Lauderdale County, Tennessee; Mississippi County, Arkansas. It was in force for 117 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, 6:03 PM CDT (23:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 1, 2016, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 117 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Mississippi County, AR, Lauderdale County, TN
The radar
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KBYH), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 97 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.
619 WGUS54 KMEG 012303 FFWMEG ARC093-TNC097-020100- /O.NEW.KMEG.FF.W.0089.160601T2303Z-160602T0100Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 603 PM CDT WED JUN 1 2016 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS... WEST CENTRAL LAUDERDALE COUNTY IN WESTERN TENNESSEE... * UNTIL 800 PM CDT * AT 603 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS OCCURRED OVER THE PAST HOUR. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE AN ADDITONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN OVER THE NEXT 2 HOURS. * SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... OSCEOLA...LUXORA...GRIDER...CARSON LAKE...KEYES PORT...ROTAN...SANS SOUCI...MORAN AND CHILSON. 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. && LAT...LON 3577 8989 3566 8988 3560 9005 3572 9005 $$
1 follow-up statement
836 WGUS74 KMEG 020058 FFSMEG FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 758 PM CDT WED JUN 1 2016 ARC093-TNC097-020108- /O.EXP.KMEG.FF.W.0089.000000T0000Z-160602T0100Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ MISSISSIPPI AR-LAUDERDALE TN- 758 PM CDT WED JUN 1 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI AND WEST CENTRAL LAUDERDALE COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 800 PM CDT... THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED...AND FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A THREAT. LAT...LON 3577 8989 3566 8988 3560 9005 3572 9005 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 4:32 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Shelby | 118 min |
| Jun 1, 3:26 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Lee, St. Francis | 3 hr |
| Jun 1, 5:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Lawrence | 30 min |
| Jun 1, 5:22 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Lawrence, Randolph | 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.