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Flash Flood Warning 98, NWS Memphis, TN

June 27, 2016DeSoto County, Marshall County, Mississippi; Crittenden County, Arkansas; Shelby County, Tennessee

NWS Memphis, TN issued this flash flood warning at Jun 27, 2016, 4:17 PM CDT for DeSoto County, Marshall County, Mississippi; Crittenden County, Arkansas; Shelby County, Tennessee. It was in force for 118 min. 1 report 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 27, 2016, 4:17 PM CDT (21:17 UTC)
Expired: Jun 27, 2016, 6:15 PM CDT
In force: 118 min
Issued by: NWS Memphis, TN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Crittenden County, AR, DeSoto County, MS, Marshall County, MS, Shelby County, TN

The radar

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 35 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:21 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 27, 4:38 PM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	8 Se Midtown Memphis, TN	RUSHING WATER COVERING THE ROAD AT CORNER OF QUINCE ROAD AND RIDGEWAY.

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 23 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1689 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -39 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -53 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

656 
WGUS54 KMEG 272117
FFWMEG
ARC035-MSC033-093-TNC157-272315-
/O.NEW.KMEG.FF.W.0098.160627T2117Z-160627T2315Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
417 PM CDT MON JUN 27 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN CRITTENDEN COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...
  NORTHWESTERN MARSHALL COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI...
  NORTHERN DESOTO COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI...
  SOUTHERN SHELBY COUNTY IN WEST TENNESSEE...

* UNTIL 615 PM CDT

* AT 417 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS
  OCCURRED OVER THE PAST HOUR. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL
  PRODUCE AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN OVER THE NEXT 90
  MINUTES.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  SOUTHAVEN...COLLIERVILLE...GERMANTOWN...OLIVE BRANCH...WEST
  MEMPHIS...HORN LAKE...CORDOVA...T O FULLER STATE PARK...WALLS...
  DOWNTOWN MEMPHIS...MIDTOWN MEMPHIS...WHITEHAVEN...LYNCHBURG...
  SOUTHEAST MEMPHIS...SOUTHWEST MEMPHIS...LAKE CORMORANT...
  PIPERTON...GALET...BRIDGE JUNCTION AND PLUM POINT.

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 3515 9022 3516 8964 3500 8964 3499 8962
      3489 8962 3489 9026

$$

1 follow-up statement

984 
WGUS74 KMEG 272308
FFSMEG

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
608 PM CDT MON JUN 27 2016

ARC035-MSC033-093-TNC157-272318-
/O.EXP.KMEG.FF.W.0098.000000T0000Z-160627T2315Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CRITTENDEN AR-MARSHALL MS-DESOTO MS-SHELBY TN-
608 PM CDT MON JUN 27 2016

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN CRITTENDEN...NORTHWESTERN
MARSHALL...NORTHERN DESOTO AND SOUTHERN SHELBY COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE
AT 615 PM CDT...

FLOOD WATERS HAVE RECEDED...AND ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A
THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY ROAD
CLOSURES.

LAT...LON 3515 9022 3516 8964 3500 8964 3499 8962
      3489 8962 3489 9026

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 27, 12:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Lee, Pontotoc	47 min
Jun 27, 12:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Monroe	46 min
Jun 27, 3:55 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Lafayette	50 min
Jun 27, 4:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	DeSoto	45 min
Jun 27, 4:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Benton, Marshall	54 min
Jun 27, 4:07 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Coahoma	38 min
Jun 27, 4:23 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Benton, Marshall, Tippah	2 hr
Jun 27, 4:25 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	DeSoto, Tate, Tunica	50 min
Jun 27, 4:51 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Benton, Marshall, Tippah, Union	54 min
Jun 27, 4:55 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Coahoma, Panola, Quitman, Tallahatchie	65 min
Jun 27, 5:23 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Coahoma, Lafayette, Panola, Quitman, Tallahatchie, Tunica and 1 more	2 hr
Jun 27, 5:36 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Itawamba, Lee, Prentiss, Tishomingo	54 min
Jun 27, 6:07 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Yalobusha	38 min
Jun 26, 9:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Lawrence, Randolph	37 min
Jun 27, 3:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Cross	48 min
Jun 27, 3:35 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Crittenden	40 min
Jun 27, 3:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Crittenden	48 min
Jun 27, 4:38 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Lee, Phillips	67 min
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, 2:28 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Chester, Decatur, Hardin, Henderson, McNairy	3 hr
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

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.