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Flash Flood Warning 91, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this flash flood warning at Jun 3, 2016, 4:15 PM CDT for Fayette County, Shelby County, Tipton County, Tennessee. It was in force for 2 hr. 3 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
- Jun 3, 2016, 4:15 PM CDT (21:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 3, 2016, 6:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Fayette County, TN, Shelby County, TN, Tipton County, TN
The radar
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 22 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:15 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 3, 4:17 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Arlington, TN | FLOODING DEEP WATER ON HAYS ROAD IN ARLINGTON HAS FORCED ROAD CLOSURE. |
| Jun 3, 4:22 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Arlington, TN | FLOODING ON ARLINGTON ROAD AT THE ARLINGTON SELF STORAGE BUSINESS. |
| Jun 3, 4:40 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Arlington, TN | SEVERAL RESIDENTIAL ROADS ACROSS ARLINGTON FLOODED. ARLINGTON TRACE SUBDIVISION...AIRLINE ROAD...DOUGLAS ROAD...FIRE STATION 71 ALL HAVE FLOODING PROBLEMS. |
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, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 65 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
- 203 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -25 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 637 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 39 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 69 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
101 WGUS54 KMEG 032115 FFWMEG TNC047-157-167-032315- /O.NEW.KMEG.FF.W.0091.160603T2115Z-160603T2315Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 415 PM CDT FRI JUN 3 2016 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN TIPTON COUNTY IN WEST TENNESSEE... NORTHWESTERN FAYETTE COUNTY IN WEST TENNESSEE... NORTHEASTERN SHELBY COUNTY IN WEST TENNESSEE... * UNTIL 615 PM CDT * AT 414 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS OCCURRED OVER THE PAST HOUR. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF RAIN OVER THE NEXT 2 HOURS. * SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... LAKELAND...ARLINGTON...GALLAWAY...BRADEN...GAINESVILLE AND HICKORY WITHE. 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 3544 8957 3521 8960 3524 8972 3541 8969 $$
1 follow-up statement
335 WGUS74 KMEG 032325 FFSMEG FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 625 PM CDT FRI JUN 3 2016 TNC047-157-167-032334- /O.EXP.KMEG.FF.W.0091.000000T0000Z-160603T2315Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ TIPTON TN-FAYETTE TN-SHELBY TN- 625 PM CDT FRI JUN 3 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN TIPTON...NORTHWESTERN FAYETTE AND NORTHEASTERN SHELBY COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED... THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED...AND FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A THREAT. LAT...LON 3544 8957 3521 8960 3524 8972 3541 8969 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 3, 3:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Obion | 51 min |
| Jun 3, 3:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Fayette | 45 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.