Alert archive / Tennessee / Flash Flood Watches in 2016
Flash Flood Watch 1, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this flash flood watch at Mar 9, 2016, 3:53 AM CST for 15 counties in Tennessee; 9 counties in Mississippi; 12 counties in Arkansas. It took effect at Mar 9, 2016, 6:00 AM CST. It was in force for 22 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 9, 2016, 3:53 AM CST (09:53 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 9, 2016, 6:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Mar 10, 2016, 3:40 AM CST
- In force
- 22 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Flood severity
- None
All 36 counties
Clay County, AR, Craighead County, AR, Crittenden County, AR, Cross County, AR, Greene County, AR, Lawrence County, AR, Lee County, AR, Mississippi County, AR, Phillips County, AR, Poinsett County, AR, Randolph County, AR, St. Francis County, AR, Benton County, MS, Coahoma County, MS, DeSoto County, MS, Marshall County, MS, Panola County, MS, Quitman County, MS, Tallahatchie County, MS, Tate County, MS, Tunica County, MS, Carroll County, TN, Crockett County, TN, Dyer County, TN, Fayette County, TN, Gibson County, TN, Hardeman County, TN, Haywood County, TN, Henry County, TN, Lake County, TN, Lauderdale County, TN, Madison County, TN, Obion County, TN, Shelby County, TN, Tipton County, TN, Weakley County, TN
The radar
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 7 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:54 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
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 343 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1163 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 85 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 179 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Memphis, TN wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood watch went out at Mar 9, 3:39 AM CST, 14 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 9, 3:39 AM CST, 14 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 8, 4:22 AM CST, 23 hours 31 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 422 AM CST TUE MAR 8 2016 ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115- MSZ001>017-020>024-TNZ001>004-019>022-048>055-088>092-091230- ALCORN-BENTON MS-BENTON TN-CALHOUN-CARROLL-CHESTER-CHICKASAW-CLAY- COAHOMA-CRAIGHEAD-CRITTENDEN-CROCKETT-CROSS-DESOTO-DECATUR- DUNKLIN-DYER-FAYETTE-GIBSON-GREENE-HARDEMAN-HARDIN-HAYWOOD- HENDERSON-HENRY-ITAWAMBA-LAFAYETTE-LAKE-LAUDERDALE-LAWRENCE- LEE AR-LEE MS-MADISON-MARSHALL-MCNAIRY-MISSISSIPPI-MONROE-OBION- PANOLA-PEMISCOT-PHILLIPS-POINSETT-PONTOTOC-PRENTISS-QUITMAN- RANDOLPH-SHELBY-ST. FRANCIS-TALLAHATCHIE-TATE-TIPPAH-TIPTON- TISHOMINGO-TUNICA-UNION-WEAKLEY-YALOBUSHA- 422 AM CST TUE MAR 8 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST ARKANSAS... THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL...NORTH MISSISSIPPI...AND WEST TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN ARE LIKELY FROM WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING ACROSS EAST ARKANSAS AND PORTIONS OF THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL. THIS MAY LEAD TO ELEVATED RISK OF FLOODING ALONG THE BLACK RIVER...CACHE RIVER...ST. FRANCIS RIVER BASIN AS WELL AS THE WHITE RIVER IN PHILLIPS COUNTY. PEOPLE LIVING ALONG THESE RIVERS NEED TO STAY TUNED TO THE LATEST RIVER FORECASTS AND POTENTIAL FLOOD WARNINGS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED DURING THE MID TO LATE PORTION OF THIS WEEK. KRM
The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 9, 11:36 AM CST | River Flood Warning | MEG | Dyer | 11 days |
| Mar 9, 11:36 AM CST | River Flood Warning | MEG | Crockett, Dyer, Lauderdale | 13 days |
| Mar 9, 11:36 AM CST | River Flood Warning | MEG | Fayette, Shelby | 67 hr |
| Mar 9, 2:06 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Dyer, Lauderdale | 3 hr |
| Mar 9, 4:45 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Lauderdale, Shelby, Tipton | 7 hr |
| Mar 9, 4:53 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Dyer, Lake, Obion | 7 hr |
| Mar 9, 11:36 AM CST | River Flood Warning | MEG | Tate, Tunica | 6 days |
| Mar 9, 11:36 AM CST | River Flood Warning | MEG | Tallahatchie | 12 days |
| Mar 9, 3:38 AM CST | River Flood Warning | MEG | Craighead | 4 days |
| Mar 9, 3:38 AM CST | River Flood Warning | MEG | Mississippi, Poinsett | 3 days |
| Mar 9, 3:38 AM CST | River Flood Warning | MEG | Lee, St. Francis | 10 days |
| Mar 9, 11:36 AM CST | River Flood Warning | MEG | St. Francis | 70 hr |
| Mar 9, 12:12 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Crittenden, Cross, Lee, Phillips, St. Francis | 11 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Watches in Tennessee, 2016Flash Flood Watches in Arkansas, 2016Flash Flood Watches in Mississippi, 2016Every flash flood watch 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.