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Flash Flood Warning 67, NWS Memphis, TN

August 22, 2017Coahoma County, Quitman County, Mississippi

NWS Memphis, TN issued this flash flood warning at Aug 22, 2017, 9:42 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
Aug 22, 2017, 9:42 PM CDT (02:42 UTC)
Expired
Aug 22, 2017, 11:45 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), 131 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 77 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 00:00Z on 2017-08-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1128 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 00:00Z on 2017-08-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 13 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1128 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-37 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1371 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
13 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
35 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

240 
WGUS54 KMEG 230242
FFWMEG
MSC027-119-230445-
/O.NEW.KMEG.FF.W.0067.170823T0242Z-170823T0445Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Memphis TN
942 PM CDT TUE AUG 22 2017

The National Weather Service in Memphis has issued a

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

* Until 1145 PM CDT

* At 941 PM CDT...Doppler Radar estimates 2 to 3 inches of rain has 
  occurred in 90 minutes. 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, Friars Point, Crowder,
  Belen, Dublin, Vance, Darling, Kings, Coahoma, Lyon, Lula, Mattson,
  Rudyard, Moon, Barksdale, Denton and Sabino.

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 3430 9070 3432 9066 3434 9066 3447 9052
      3434 9019 3430 9019 3426 9013 3408 9014
      3407 9021 3407 9054

$$
1 follow-up statement
302 
WGUS74 KMEG 230443
FFSMEG

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Memphis TN
1143 PM CDT TUE AUG 22 2017

MSC027-119-230453-
/O.EXP.KMEG.FF.W.0067.000000T0000Z-170823T0445Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Coahoma MS-Quitman MS-
1143 PM CDT TUE AUG 22 2017

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR EASTERN COAHOMA AND QUITMAN COUNTIES
WILL EXPIRE AT 1145 PM CDT...

The heavy rain has ended. Flood waters have receded. Flooding is no
longer expected to pose a threat. Please continue to heed any
remaining road closures.

LAT...LON 3430 9070 3432 9066 3434 9066 3447 9052
      3434 9019 3430 9019 3426 9013 3408 9014
      3407 9021 3407 9054

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 22, 7:51 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGTishomingo54 min
Aug 22, 8:10 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGLafayette35 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.