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Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this flash flood warning at Mar 9, 2016, 2:06 PM CST for Dyer County, Lauderdale County, Tennessee; Craighead County, Mississippi County, Poinsett County, Arkansas. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 9, 2016, 2:06 PM CST (20:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 9, 2016, 5:00 PM CST
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Craighead County, AR, Mississippi County, AR, Poinsett County, AR, Dyer County, TN, Lauderdale County, TN
The radar
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:06 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, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 107 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
- 17 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -25 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 825 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -90 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 79 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
925 WGUS54 KMEG 092006 FFWMEG ARC031-093-111-TNC045-097-092300- /O.NEW.KMEG.FF.W.0009.160309T2006Z-160309T2300Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 206 PM CST WED MAR 9 2016 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... MISSISSIPPI COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS... SOUTHEASTERN CRAIGHEAD COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS... POINSETT COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS... NORTHWESTERN LAUDERDALE COUNTY IN WEST TENNESSEE... SOUTHWESTERN DYER COUNTY IN WEST TENNESSEE... * UNTIL 500 PM CST * AT 206 PM CST...DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS OCCURRED OVER THE PAST 3 HOURS. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE AN ADDITONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN OVER THE NEXT 6 HOURS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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 3600 9019 3599 8939 3544 9018 3544 9102 $$ TVT
1 follow-up statement
832 WGUS74 KMEG 092138 FFSMEG FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 338 PM CST WED MAR 9 2016 ARC031-093-111-TNC045-097-092300- /O.CON.KMEG.FF.W.0009.000000T0000Z-160309T2300Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ MISSISSIPPI AR-CRAIGHEAD AR-POINSETT AR-LAUDERDALE TN-DYER TN- 338 PM CST WED MAR 9 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CST FOR MISSISSIPPI...SOUTHEASTERN CRAIGHEAD...POINSETT...NORTHWESTERN LAUDERDALE AND SOUTHWESTERN DYER COUNTIES... AT 337 PM CST...DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS OCCURRED OVER THE PAST 3 HOURS. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE AN ADDITONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN OVER THE NEXT 6 HOURS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY. && LAT...LON 3600 9019 3599 8939 3544 9018 3544 9102 $$ TVT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 9, 3:53 AM CST | Flash Flood Watch | MEG | Carroll, Crockett, Dyer, Fayette, Gibson, Hardeman and 9 more | 24 hr |
| Mar 9, 11:36 AM CST | River Flood Warning | MEG | Dyer | 11 days |
| Mar 9, 11:36 AM CST | River Flood Warning | MEG | Crockett, Dyer, Lauderdale | 13 days |
| Mar 9, 11:36 AM CST | River Flood Warning | MEG | Fayette, Shelby | 67 hr |
| Mar 9, 4:45 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Lauderdale, Shelby, Tipton | 7 hr |
| Mar 9, 4:53 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Dyer, Lake, Obion | 7 hr |
| Mar 9, 3:38 AM CST | River Flood Warning | MEG | Craighead | 4 days |
| Mar 9, 3:38 AM CST | River Flood Warning | MEG | Mississippi, Poinsett | 3 days |
| Mar 9, 3:38 AM CST | River Flood Warning | MEG | Lee, St. Francis | 10 days |
| Mar 9, 11:36 AM CST | River Flood Warning | MEG | St. Francis | 70 hr |
| Mar 9, 12:12 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Crittenden, Cross, Lee, Phillips, St. Francis | 11 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.