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Areal Flood Warning 13, NWS Memphis, TN

September 1, 2017Benton County, Decatur County, Tennessee

NWS Memphis, TN issued this areal flood warning at Sep 1, 2017, 12:15 AM CDT for Benton County, Decatur County, Tennessee. It was in force for 5 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 1, 2017, 12:15 AM CDT (05:15 UTC)
Expired
Sep 1, 2017, 4:45 AM CDT
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Benton County, TN, Decatur County, TN

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 5.3 hours before the alert went out and 138 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 00:00Z on 2017-09-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 292 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 2017-09-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 119 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
292 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-37 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
859 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
119 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
192 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
1.9

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this areal flood warning 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 areal flood warning went out at Aug 31, 6:39 PM CDT, 5 hours 36 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 31, 6:39 PM CDT, 5 hours 36 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 31, 3:11 PM CDT, 9 hours 4 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Memphis TN
311 PM CDT Thu Aug 31 2017

ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115-
MSZ001>017-020>024-TNZ001>004-019>022-048>055-088>092-012215-
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-
311 PM CDT Thu Aug 31 2017

This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of East Arkansas...
the Missouri Bootheel...North Mississippi...and West Tennessee.

.DAY ONE...Tonight

Rainfall associated with Tropical Depression Harvey will overspread
the Midsouth tonight. A flash flood watch has been issued for
much of the Mid-South.

There is slight and marginal risk for severe storms to the east of
the Mississippi River tonight. Damaging winds and a few rain-
embedded and fast-moving tornadoes are the main threats.

A wind advisory is in effect tonight in association with Harvey.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday

Heavy rainfall associated with Tropical Depression Harvey may
persist across portions of West Tennessee on Friday. A flash
flood watch is in effect.

A wind advisory is in affect across the eastern counties Friday
morning.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation will be likely be needed tonight.

KRM

In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 31, 6:27 PM CDT, 5 hours 48 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 1, 12:06 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningMEGFayette6 hr
Sep 1, 1:29 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningMEGCrockett, Fayette, Gibson, Hardeman, Haywood, Madison5 hr

Nearby

Areal Flood Warnings in Tennessee, 2017Every areal flood warning in 2017

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.