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Flash Flood Warning 97, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this flash flood warning at Jun 27, 2016, 2:28 PM CDT for 5 counties in 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 27, 2016, 2:28 PM CDT (19:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 27, 2016, 5:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Chester County, TN, Decatur County, TN, Hardin County, TN, Henderson County, TN, McNairy County, TN
The radar
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 160 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 162 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
- 796 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -67 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1011 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 10 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -39 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 54 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
679
WGUS54 KMEG 271928
FFWMEG
TNC023-039-071-077-109-272230-
/O.NEW.KMEG.FF.W.0097.160627T1928Z-160627T2230Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
228 PM CDT MON JUN 27 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN DECATUR COUNTY IN WEST TENNESSEE...
EAST CENTRAL CHESTER COUNTY IN WEST TENNESSEE...
HARDIN COUNTY IN WEST TENNESSEE...
NORTHEASTERN MCNAIRY COUNTY IN WEST TENNESSEE...
SOUTHEASTERN HENDERSON COUNTY IN WEST TENNESSEE...
* UNTIL 530 PM CDT
* AT 228 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.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
SAVANNAH...ADAMSVILLE...SARDIS...MORRIS CHAPEL...OLIVE HILL...
REAGAN...MONTGOMERY...CRUMP...SCOTTS HILL...SALTILLO...
STANTONVILLE...MILLEDGEVILLE...ENVILLE...LOWRYVILLE...BATH
SPRINGS...OLIVEHILL...HICKORY FLATS...BUCKTOWN...OLD LAWTON AND
LICK SKILLET.
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 3515 8850 3554 8845 3547 8803 3545 8804
3543 8803 3541 8798 3539 8798 3539 8802
3538 8803 3535 8801 3533 8802 3530 8802
3529 8798 3508 8798
$$1 follow-up statement
048
WGUS74 KMEG 272207
FFSMEG
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
507 PM CDT MON JUN 27 2016
TNC023-039-071-077-109-272217-
/O.CAN.KMEG.FF.W.0097.000000T0000Z-160627T2230Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
DECATUR TN-CHESTER TN-HARDIN TN-MCNAIRY TN-HENDERSON TN-
507 PM CDT MON JUN 27 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHERN DECATUR...EAST CENTRAL
CHESTER...HARDIN...NORTHEASTERN MCNAIRY AND SOUTHEASTERN HENDERSON
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED...AND FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE
A THREAT.
LAT...LON 3515 8850 3554 8845 3547 8803 3545 8804
3543 8803 3541 8798 3539 8798 3539 8802
3538 8803 3535 8801 3533 8802 3530 8802
3529 8798 3508 8798
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 27, 12:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Chester | 48 min |
| Jun 27, 1:05 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Benton, Carroll, Decatur, Henderson | 3 hr |
| Jun 27, 1:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Hardin | 49 min |
| Jun 27, 3:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Haywood | 49 min |
| Jun 27, 3:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Fayette | 42 min |
| Jun 27, 4:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Shelby | 45 min |
| Jun 27, 4:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Fayette, Hardeman | 54 min |
| Jun 27, 4:17 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Shelby | 118 min |
| Jun 27, 4:23 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Fayette | 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.