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Flash Flood Warning 33, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this flash flood warning at Jun 5, 2017, 12:29 PM CDT for Dyer County, 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
- Jun 5, 2017, 12:29 PM CDT (17:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 5, 2017, 3:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Dyer County, TN
The radar
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:31 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 5, 2:08 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 2 Nw Dyersburg, TN | ELLEN DRIVE FLOODED IN DYERSBURG. |
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 12:00Z, 5.5 hours before the alert went out and 147 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
- 795 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 471 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 3 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -38 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -52 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
898
WGUS54 KMEG 051729
FFWMEG
TNC045-052030-
/O.NEW.KMEG.FF.W.0033.170605T1729Z-170605T2030Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Memphis TN
1229 PM CDT MON JUN 5 2017
The National Weather Service in Memphis has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Central Dyer County in western Tennessee...
* Until 330 PM CDT
* At 1228 PM CDT...Doppler Radar estimates 1 to 3 inches of rain has
occurred over the past hour. Showers and thunderstorms will produce
an additional 2 to 4 inches of rain over the next 3 hours.
* Some locations that will experience flooding include...
Dyersburg, Newbern, Heloise, Edgewood, Lenox, Middle City, Ayers,
Churchton, Lapata, Jenkinsville, Maxey, Nauvoo, Templeton,
Boothspoint, Big Boy Junction, Millsfield, Mengelwood and Finley.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
&&
LAT...LON 3604 8916 3603 8969 3605 8969 3610 8966
3612 8960 3613 8959 3615 8959 3617 8916
$$1 follow-up statement
063
WGUS74 KMEG 052024
FFSMEG
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Memphis TN
324 PM CDT MON JUN 5 2017
TNC045-052033-
/O.EXP.KMEG.FF.W.0033.000000T0000Z-170605T2030Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Dyer TN-
324 PM CDT MON JUN 5 2017
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR CENTRAL DYER COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 330
PM CDT...
The heavy rain has ended. Flooding is no longer expected to pose a
threat. Please continue to heed any remaining road closures.
LAT...LON 3604 8916 3603 8969 3605 8969 3610 8966
3612 8960 3613 8959 3615 8959 3617 8916
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 11:52 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | MEG | Benton, Carroll, Crockett, Dyer, Gibson, Henry and 4 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 5, 1:22 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Dyer | 113 min |
| Jun 5, 3:11 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Lake, Obion | 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.