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Flash Flood Warning 41, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this flash flood warning at Jun 18, 2017, 3:44 PM CDT for Carroll County, Gibson County, Weakley County, Tennessee. It was in force for 3 hr. 3 reports 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 18, 2017, 3:44 PM CDT (20:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 18, 2017, 6:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Carroll County, TN, Gibson County, TN, Weakley County, TN
The radar
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:44 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 18, 3:57 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 1 Nnw Dyer, TN | WATER OVER THE ROAD ON HIGHWAY 45 BETWEEN DYER AND RUTHERFORD. |
| Jun 18, 4:33 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Trenton, TN | APARTMENT COMPLEX BEING EVACUATED DUE TO FLOODING. |
| Jun 18, 5:01 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Dyer, TN | WATER COVERING THE ROAD ON HORSESHOE LOOP. |
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, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 162 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
- 2261 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -88 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 859 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 63 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 64 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.9
The text
As transmitted.
971 WGUS54 KMEG 182044 FFWMEG TNC017-053-183-182345- /O.NEW.KMEG.FF.W.0041.170618T2044Z-170618T2345Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED Flash Flood Warning National Weather Service Memphis TN 344 PM CDT SUN JUN 18 2017 The National Weather Service in Memphis has issued a * Flash Flood Warning for... Southern Weakley County in west Tennessee... Central Gibson County in western Tennessee... Northwestern Carroll County in western Tennessee... * Until 645 PM CDT * At 344 PM CDT...Doppler Radar estimates 1 to 3 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 hour. * Some locations that will experience flooding include... Milan, Trenton, Dyer, Greenfield, Rutherford, Bradford, Atwood, Yorkville, Tuckers Corner, Grizzard, Good Luck, Cades, New Enterprise, Central, Ledbetter, Currie, Staffords Store, Vaughns Grove, Barrons Corner and Gann. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Please report flooding to your local law enforcement agency when you can do so safely. && LAT...LON 3599 8918 3616 8906 3616 8859 3587 8873 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 18, 2:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Shelby | 50 min |
| Jun 18, 2:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Dyer | 43 min |
| Jun 18, 2:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Tipton | 41 min |
| Jun 18, 3:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Fayette | 30 min |
| Jun 18, 3:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Gibson, Weakley | 31 min |
| Jun 18, 3:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Fayette, Hardeman | 33 min |
| Jun 18, 3:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Crockett, Haywood, Madison | 27 min |
| Jun 18, 3:36 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Dyer, Lake | 3 hr |
| Jun 18, 3:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Gibson | 28 min |
| Jun 18, 3:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Hardeman, McNairy | 50 min |
| Jun 18, 4:05 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Lake | 3 hr |
| Jun 18, 4:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Hardin | 29 min |
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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.