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Flash Flood Warning 99, NWS Memphis, TN

June 27, 2016Fayette County, Tennessee; Benton County, Marshall County, Tippah County, Mississippi

NWS Memphis, TN issued this flash flood warning at Jun 27, 2016, 4:23 PM CDT for Fayette County, Tennessee; Benton County, Marshall County, Tippah County, Mississippi. It was in force for 2 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, 4:23 PM CDT (21:23 UTC)
Expired: Jun 27, 2016, 6:30 PM CDT
In force: 2 hr
Issued by: NWS Memphis, TN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Benton County, MS, Marshall County, MS, Tippah County, MS, Fayette County, TN

The radar

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:26 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, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 67 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.

394 
WGUS54 KMEG 272123
FFWMEG
MSC009-093-139-TNC047-272330-
/O.NEW.KMEG.FF.W.0099.160627T2123Z-160627T2330Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN MARSHALL COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI...
  BENTON COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI...
  SOUTHWESTERN TIPPAH COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI...
  SOUTHERN FAYETTE COUNTY IN WEST TENNESSEE...

* UNTIL 630 PM CDT

* AT 422 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 3 INCHES OF RAIN OVER THE NEXT 2 HOURS.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  HOLLY SPRINGS...LAMAR...BLUE MOUNTAIN...SNOW LAKE SHORES...
  CANAAN...SLAYDEN...MT PLEASANT...RED BANKS...LAGRANGE...MICHIGAN
  CITY...GRAVESTOWN...PIPERTON...ROSSVILLE...ASHLAND...MOSCOW...GRAND
  JUNCTION...LA GRANGE...MAHON...HAYS CROSSING AND BETHEL.

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 3460 8901 3479 8963 3510 8963 3505 8920
      3499 8920 3499 8909 3496 8902

$$

1 follow-up statement

620 
WGUS74 KMEG 272321
FFSMEG

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

MSC009-093-139-TNC047-272331-
/O.EXP.KMEG.FF.W.0099.000000T0000Z-160627T2330Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MARSHALL MS-BENTON MS-TIPPAH MS-FAYETTE TN-
621 PM CDT MON JUN 27 2016

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHERN MARSHALL...BENTON...
SOUTHWESTERN TIPPAH AND SOUTHERN FAYETTE COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 630
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 3460 8901 3479 8963 3510 8963 3505 8920
      3499 8920 3499 8909 3496 8902

$$

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, 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
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, 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, 4:07 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Coahoma	38 min
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

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.