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Flash Flood Warning 28, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this flash flood warning at Jun 2, 2017, 6:28 AM CDT for Lee County, Pontotoc County, Union County, Mississippi. 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
- Jun 2, 2017, 6:28 AM CDT (11:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 2, 2017, 9:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Lee County, MS, Pontotoc County, MS, Union County, MS
The radar
The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:27 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 7:00 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 5 E Trace State Park, MS | REPORT OF FLASH FLOODING IN WESTWIND SUBDIVISION WITH HOUSES IN NEIGHBORHOOD SURROUNDED BY WATER. |
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, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 109 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
- 202 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -43 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 938 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 5 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -112 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -67 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
131 WGUS54 KMEG 021128 FFWMEG MSC081-115-145-021415- /O.NEW.KMEG.FF.W.0028.170602T1128Z-170602T1415Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED Flash Flood Warning National Weather Service Memphis TN 628 AM CDT FRI JUN 2 2017 The National Weather Service in Memphis has issued a * Flash Flood Warning for... Northern Pontotoc County in northeastern Mississippi... Southwestern Union County in northeastern Mississippi... Southern Lee County in northeastern Mississippi... * Until 915 AM CDT * At 622 AM CDT...The public estimates 4 inches of rain has occurred over the past 3 hours on Highway 345 between Pontotoc and Ecru. In addition, Tupelo Airport has received 3.88 inches over the last 3 hours. Scattered showers and thunderstorms may continue over the warned area over the next 2 hours producing additional rainfall up to an inch. Any roadways that were flooded over the last 3 hours may take up to another 3 hours to recede. * Some locations that will experience flooding include... Tupelo, Pontotoc, Verona, Trace State Park, Tombigbee State Park, Plantersville, Ecru, Etta, Furrs, Pinedale, Sherman, Thaxton, Hortontown, Esperanza, Endville, Cherry Creek, Mooreville, Flowerdale, Rough Edge and Old Union. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles. Please report flooding to your local law enforcement agency when you can do so safely. && LAT...LON 3427 8925 3448 8924 3426 8854 3409 8855 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 3:33 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Lee, Pontotoc, Union | 3 hr |
| Jun 2, 4:30 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Benton, Lafayette, Lee, Marshall, Union | 3 hr |
| Jun 2, 8:28 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Itawamba, Monroe | 3 hr |
| Jun 2, 2:36 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Prentiss | 3 hr |
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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.