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Flash Flood Warning 92, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this flash flood warning at Jun 12, 2016, 4:20 PM CDT for 4 counties in Mississippi; Fayette County, Hardeman County, Tennessee. 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
- Jun 12, 2016, 4:20 PM CDT (21:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 12, 2016, 7:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Benton County, MS, Marshall County, MS, Tippah County, MS, Union County, MS, Fayette County, TN, Hardeman County, TN
The radar
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:22 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, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 86 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
- 1709 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -34 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 872 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 8 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 19 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -6 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
428 WGUS54 KMEG 122120 FFWMEG MSC009-093-139-145-TNC047-069-130015- /O.NEW.KMEG.FF.W.0092.160612T2120Z-160613T0015Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 420 PM CDT SUN JUN 12 2016 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN MARSHALL COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI... BENTON COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI... NORTHWESTERN UNION COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI... TIPPAH COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI... HARDEMAN COUNTY IN WEST TENNESSEE... SOUTHEASTERN FAYETTE COUNTY IN WEST TENNESSEE... * UNTIL 715 PM CDT * AT 419 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 AS STORMS MERGE TOGETHER AND SIT NEARLY STATIONARY. * SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... NEW ALBANY...BOLIVAR...RIPLEY...LAMAR...BLUE MOUNTAIN...SNOW LAKE SHORES...CANAAN...LAGRANGE...MICHIGAN CITY...KEOWNVILLE... GRAVESTOWN...WALNUT...MIDDLETON...HICKORY FLAT...ASHLAND...POTTS CAMP...FALKNER...MYRTLE...GRAND JUNCTION AND HORNSBY. 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. PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY. && LAT...LON 3529 8880 3450 8889 3461 8945 3528 8920 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 4:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Union | 27 min |
| Jun 12, 3:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Hardeman | 25 min |
| Jun 12, 5:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Tipton | 40 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.