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Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this flash flood warning at Mar 9, 2017, 10:41 PM CST for 5 counties in Tennessee. It was in force for 3 hr. 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
- Mar 9, 2017, 10:41 PM CST (04:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 10, 2017, 1:45 AM CST
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Chester County, TN, Crockett County, TN, Haywood County, TN, Henderson County, TN, Madison County, TN
The radar
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:41 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 9, 10:43 PM CST | FLASH FLOOD | Bemis, TN | HIGH WATER COVERING ROADWAYS ON D STREET AND ALSO RIVERSIDE DRIVE IN BEMIS. ALSO, FLOODED ROADWAY ON BOONE LANE IN WESTOVER. |
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 00:00Z, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 145 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
- 445 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -58 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 583 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 172 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 312 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.5
- Supercell composite
- 6.1
The text
As transmitted.
596 WGUS54 KMEG 100441 FFWMEG TNC023-033-075-077-113-100745- /O.NEW.KMEG.FF.W.0002.170310T0441Z-170310T0745Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED Flash Flood Warning National Weather Service Memphis TN 1041 PM CST THU MAR 9 2017 The National Weather Service in Memphis has issued a * Flash Flood Warning for... Southern Crockett County in western Tennessee... Central Henderson County in western Tennessee... Northeastern Haywood County in western Tennessee... Madison County in western Tennessee... Northern Chester County in western Tennessee... * Until 145 AM CST * At 1040 PM CST...Doppler Radar estimates 2 to 3 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 2 hours. * Some locations that will experience flooding include... Jackson, Humboldt, Lexington, Henderson, Natchez Trace State Forest, Fairview, Alamo, Bells, Three Way, Reagan, Blue Goose, Mifflin, Bargerton, Bemis, Holly Grove, Jacks Creek, Adair, Mercer, Parkers Crossroads and Carroll. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles. && LAT...LON 3545 8833 3546 8908 3583 8927 3574 8826 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 9, 8:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lake, Obion | 45 min |
| Mar 9, 8:34 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Dyer, Lake | 41 min |
| Mar 9, 8:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Gibson, Obion, Weakley | 45 min |
| Mar 9, 8:52 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Obion | 23 min |
| Mar 9, 9:10 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Henry | 50 min |
| Mar 9, 9:29 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Carroll, Gibson, Henderson, Madison, Weakley | 61 min |
| Mar 9, 9:32 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Henderson, Madison | 43 min |
| Mar 9, 9:37 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Benton | 38 min |
| Mar 9, 9:57 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Henderson | 34 min |
| Mar 9, 10:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Decatur | 45 min |
| Mar 9, 10:06 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Benton, Carroll, Decatur, Henderson | 24 min |
| Mar 9, 10:07 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Henderson | 21 min |
| Mar 9, 10:16 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lauderdale, Tipton | 44 min |
| Mar 9, 10:19 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Decatur | 26 min |
| Mar 9, 10:34 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Chester, Decatur, Hardin, Henderson, McNairy, Madison | 41 min |
| Mar 9, 11:19 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Shelby | 26 min |
| Mar 9, 11:26 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Shelby | 34 min |
| Mar 9, 11:46 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Fayette, Shelby | 44 min |
| Mar 10, 3:30 AM CST | Frost Advisory | MEG | Fayette, Hardeman, Hardin, Haywood, Lauderdale, McNairy and 2 more | 25 hr |
| Mar 10, 3:30 AM CST | Freeze Warning | MEG | Benton, Carroll, Chester, Crockett, Decatur, Dyer and 7 more | 25 hr |
| Mar 10, 5:43 AM CST | River Flood Warning | MEG | Crockett, Dyer, Lauderdale | 6 hr |
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.