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Flash Flood Watch 2, NWS Memphis, TN

January 14, 20208 counties in Mississippi

NWS Memphis, TN issued this flash flood watch at Jan 14, 2020, 3:40 AM CST for 8 counties in Mississippi. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 14, 2020, 3:40 AM CST (09:40 UTC)
Expired
Jan 14, 2020, 11:13 AM CST
In force
8 hr
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Flood severity
None

Counties Calhoun County, MS, Chickasaw County, MS, Itawamba County, MS, Lee County, MS, Monroe County, MS, Pontotoc County, MS, Tallahatchie County, MS, Yalobusha County, MS

The radar

The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:41 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

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 215 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, Jackson, MS at 00:00Z on 2020-01-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Jackson, MS at 00:00Z on 2020-01-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 299 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
792 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
299 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
316 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 13, 6:18 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementMEGAlcorn42 min
Jan 14, 2:46 AM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryMEGAlcorn, Benton, Prentiss, Tippah, Union3 hr
Jan 14, 3:46 AM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryMEGItawamba, Lee, Pontotoc, Prentiss, Tishomingo, Union3 hr
Jan 14, 4:26 AM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryMEGCalhoun, Chickasaw, Itawamba, Lee, Monroe, Pontotoc4 hr
Jan 14, 6:35 AM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryMEGCalhoun, Chickasaw, Itawamba, Monroe3 hr
Jan 14, 6:39 AM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryMEGYalobusha2 hr
Jan 14, 10:22 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningMEGCalhoun9 hr
Jan 14, 3:38 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningMEGDeSoto9 days
Jan 13, 6:55 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementMEGHardin20 min
Jan 14, 12:17 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementMEGDecatur28 min
Jan 14, 12:45 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementMEGMcNairy30 min
Jan 14, 8:56 AM CSTDense Fog AdvisoryMEGCrockett, Dyer, Gibson, Haywood, Lake, Lauderdale and 3 more2 hr

Nearby

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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.