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Areal Flood Advisory 49, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this areal flood advisory at Jun 2, 2021, 12:48 PM CDT for 4 counties in Mississippi. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 2, 2021, 12:48 PM CDT (17:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 2, 2021, 3:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Calhoun County, MS, Lafayette County, MS, Pontotoc County, MS, Union County, MS
The radar
The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:50 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 (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 93 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
- 205 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -11 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 551 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 39 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 66 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this areal flood advisory went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Memphis, TN wrote its last area forecast discussion before this areal flood advisory went out at Jun 2, 12:22 PM CDT, 26 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 2, 12:22 PM CDT, 26 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 2, 3:14 AM CDT, 9 hours 34 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Memphis TN 314 AM CDT Wed Jun 2 2021 ARZ009-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115-MSZ001>017- 020>024-TNZ001>004-019>022-048>055-088>092-031015- Alcorn-Benton MS-Benton TN-Calhoun-Carroll-Chester-Chickasaw-Clay- Coahoma-Craighead-Crittenden-Crockett-Cross-DeSoto-Decatur- Dunklin-Dyer-Fayette-Gibson-Greene-Hardeman-Hardin-Haywood- Henderson-Henry-Itawamba-Lafayette-Lake-Lauderdale-Lee AR-Lee MS- Madison-Marshall-McNairy-Mississippi-Monroe-Obion-Panola-Pemiscot- Phillips-Poinsett-Pontotoc-Prentiss-Quitman-Shelby-St. Francis- Tallahatchie-Tate-Tippah-Tipton-Tishomingo-Tunica-Union-Weakley- Yalobusha- 314 AM CDT Wed Jun 2 2021 This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of East Arkansas... the Missouri Bootheel...North Mississippi...and West Tennessee. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight There is a Marginal Risk for severe storms over areas along and east of the Mississippi River on Wednesday. Damaging winds will be the primary risk if any thunderstorms reach severe limits. Localized heavy rainfall also possible. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation may be needed late Wednesday afternoon east of the Mississippi River.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 9:58 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MEG | DeSoto | 2 hr |
| Jun 1, 11:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Monroe | 41 min |
| Jun 2, 12:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Union | 34 min |
| Jun 2, 3:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Itawamba | 24 min |
| Jun 2, 4:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Prentiss | 36 min |
| Jun 2, 4:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Benton, Carroll, Henry | 43 min |
| Jun 2, 4:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Obion | 29 min |
| Jun 2, 4:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Weakley | 32 min |
| Jun 2, 6:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Carroll | 26 min |
Nearby
Areal Flood Advisories in Mississippi, 2021Every areal flood advisory in 2021
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.