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Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Memphis, TN

April 17, 2017Coahoma County, Quitman County, Mississippi

NWS Memphis, TN issued this flash flood warning at Apr 17, 2017, 1:11 PM CDT for Coahoma County, Quitman County, Mississippi. It was in force for 2 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Apr 17, 2017, 1:11 PM CDT (18:11 UTC)
Expired
Apr 17, 2017, 3:15 PM CDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Coahoma County, MS, Quitman County, MS

The radar

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 139 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KBYH), launched 12:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 84 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 12:00Z on 2017-04-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 604 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 12:00Z on 2017-04-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 18 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
604 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-24 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
570 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
18 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-26 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
-0.1
Supercell composite
-0.8

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The text

As transmitted.

678 
WGUS54 KMEG 171811
FFWMEG
MSC027-119-172015-
/O.NEW.KMEG.FF.W.0004.170417T1811Z-170417T2015Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Memphis TN
111 PM CDT MON APR 17 2017

The National Weather Service in Memphis has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Southeastern Coahoma County in northwestern Mississippi...
  Quitman County in northwestern Mississippi...

* Until 315 PM CDT

* At 110 PM CDT...Doppler Radar estimates 2 inches of rain has 
  occurred over the past hour. Showers and thunderstorms will 
  produce an additional 1 to 3 inches of rain over the next 2 hours.

* Some locations that will experience flooding include...
  Clarksdale, Marks, Lambert, Jonestown, Sledge, Belen, Dublin,
  Darling, Lyon, Falcon, West Marks, Mattson, Counts, Hopson,
  Barksdale, Denton, Riverview, Longstreet, Hinchcliff and Sabino.

LAT...LON 3399 9066 3412 9066 3443 9042 3442 9040
      3443 9020 3438 9020 3407 9031 3407 9045
      3399 9045

$$
1 follow-up statement
964 
WGUS74 KMEG 172014
FFSMEG

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Memphis TN
314 PM CDT MON APR 17 2017

MSC027-119-172024-
/O.EXP.KMEG.FF.W.0004.000000T0000Z-170417T2015Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Coahoma MS-Quitman MS-
314 PM CDT MON APR 17 2017

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN COAHOMA AND QUITMAN
COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 315 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 3399 9066 3412 9066 3443 9042 3442 9040
      3443 9020 3438 9020 3407 9031 3407 9045
      3399 9045

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 17, 12:33 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGDeSoto, Quitman, Tate42 min
Apr 17, 12:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCoahoma, Quitman, Tallahatchie31 min
Apr 17, 1:17 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGPanola, Quitman, Tate43 min
Apr 17, 2:02 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGPanola, Quitman43 min
Apr 17, 2:39 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGYalobusha51 min
Apr 17, 3:19 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGDeSoto56 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Mississippi, 2017Every flash 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.