Alert archive / Mississippi / Flash Flood Warnings in 2017
Flash Flood Warning 49, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this flash flood warning at Jul 1, 2017, 1:24 AM CDT for 4 counties in Mississippi. It was in force for 3 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
- Jul 1, 2017, 1:24 AM CDT (06:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 1, 2017, 4:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Itawamba County, MS, Lee County, MS, Pontotoc County, MS, Union County, MS
The radar
The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:24 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KBYH), launched 00:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 127 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
- 610 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -209 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1329 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 36 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 68 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
The text
As transmitted.
485
WGUS54 KMEG 010624
FFWMEG
MSC057-081-115-145-010930-
/O.NEW.KMEG.FF.W.0049.170701T0624Z-170701T0930Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Memphis TN
124 AM CDT SAT JUL 1 2017
The National Weather Service in Memphis has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Northeastern Pontotoc County in northeastern Mississippi...
Southeastern Union County in northeastern Mississippi...
Northwestern Itawamba County in northeastern Mississippi...
Northern Lee County in northeastern Mississippi...
* Until 430 AM CDT
* At 123 AM CDT...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 3 hours.
* Some locations that will experience flooding include...
Saltillo, Guntown, Mantachie, Ecru, New Harmony, Pratts Friendship,
Blair, Sherman, Blue Springs, Cherry Creek, Branyan, Ellistown,
Eggville, Kirkville, Jug Fork, Wallerville, Chapelville,
Birmingham, Graves and Frog Island.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the
dangers of flooding.
&&
LAT...LON 3433 8848 3432 8904 3444 8903 3446 8862
3447 8854 3446 8843
$$1 follow-up statement
098
WGUS74 KMEG 010921
FFSMEG
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Memphis TN
421 AM CDT SAT JUL 1 2017
MSC057-081-115-145-010931-
/O.EXP.KMEG.FF.W.0049.000000T0000Z-170701T0930Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Pontotoc MS-Union MS-Itawamba MS-Lee MS-
421 AM CDT SAT JUL 1 2017
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN PONTOTOC...SOUTHEASTERN
UNION...NORTHWESTERN ITAWAMBA AND NORTHERN LEE COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE
AT 430 AM CDT...
The heavy rain has ended. Flooding is no longer expected to pose a
threat. Please continue to heed any remaining road closures.
LAT...LON 3433 8848 3432 8904 3444 8903 3446 8862
3447 8854 3446 8843
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 1, 3:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Monroe | 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.