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Flash Flood Warning 97, NWS Memphis, TN

June 27, 20165 counties in Tennessee

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2016-06-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 796 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2016-06-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -39 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 27, 12:42 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGChester48 min
Jun 27, 1:05 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGBenton, Carroll, Decatur, Henderson3 hr
Jun 27, 1:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGHardin49 min
Jun 27, 3:11 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGHaywood49 min
Jun 27, 3:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGFayette42 min
Jun 27, 4:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGShelby45 min
Jun 27, 4:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGFayette, Hardeman54 min
Jun 27, 4:17 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGShelby118 min
Jun 27, 4:23 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGFayette2 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Tennessee, 2016Every flash flood warning in 2016

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.