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Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Memphis, TN

March 9, 20175 counties in Tennessee

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Mar 9, 10:43 PM CSTFLASH FLOODBemis, TNHIGH 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Little Rock, AR at 00:00Z on 2017-03-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 445 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Little Rock, AR at 00:00Z on 2017-03-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 172 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 9, 8:00 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGLake, Obion45 min
Mar 9, 8:34 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGDyer, Lake41 min
Mar 9, 8:45 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGGibson, Obion, Weakley45 min
Mar 9, 8:52 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGObion23 min
Mar 9, 9:10 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGHenry50 min
Mar 9, 9:29 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCarroll, Gibson, Henderson, Madison, Weakley61 min
Mar 9, 9:32 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGHenderson, Madison43 min
Mar 9, 9:37 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGBenton38 min
Mar 9, 9:57 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGHenderson34 min
Mar 9, 10:00 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGDecatur45 min
Mar 9, 10:06 PM CSTTornado WarningMEGBenton, Carroll, Decatur, Henderson24 min
Mar 9, 10:07 PM CSTTornado WarningMEGHenderson21 min
Mar 9, 10:16 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGLauderdale, Tipton44 min
Mar 9, 10:19 PM CSTTornado WarningMEGDecatur26 min
Mar 9, 10:34 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGChester, Decatur, Hardin, Henderson, McNairy, Madison41 min
Mar 9, 11:19 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementMEGShelby26 min
Mar 9, 11:26 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGShelby34 min
Mar 9, 11:46 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGFayette, Shelby44 min
Mar 10, 3:30 AM CSTFrost AdvisoryMEGFayette, Hardeman, Hardin, Haywood, Lauderdale, McNairy and 2 more25 hr
Mar 10, 3:30 AM CSTFreeze WarningMEGBenton, Carroll, Chester, Crockett, Decatur, Dyer and 7 more25 hr
Mar 10, 5:43 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningMEGCrockett, Dyer, Lauderdale6 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.