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Areal Flood Warning 10, NWS Memphis, TN

June 8, 20216 counties in Mississippi; Phillips County, Arkansas

NWS Memphis, TN issued this areal flood warning at Jun 8, 2021, 5:56 PM CDT for 6 counties in Mississippi; Phillips County, Arkansas. It was in force for 5 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 8, 2021, 5:56 PM CDT (22:56 UTC)
Expired: Jun 8, 2021, 10:58 PM CDT
In force: 5 hr
Issued by: NWS Memphis, TN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Phillips County, AR, Coahoma County, MS, Panola County, MS, Quitman County, MS, Tallahatchie County, MS, Tate County, MS, Tunica County, MS

The radar

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 62 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 215 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -54 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 603 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 101 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 102 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this areal flood warning 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 warning went out at Jun 8, 3:22 PM CDT, 2 hours 34 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 8, 3:22 PM CDT, 2 hours 34 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 8, 2:27 PM CDT, 3 hours 29 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Memphis TN
227 PM CDT Tue Jun 8 2021

ARZ009-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115-MSZ001>017-
020>024-TNZ001>004-019>022-048>055-088>092-092130-
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-
227 PM CDT Tue Jun 8 2021

This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of East Arkansas...
the Missouri Bootheel...North Mississippi...and West Tennessee.

.DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight

Significant flooding and strong to severe thunderstorms are
expected this afternoon and possibly into the overnight hours.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday

Showers and thunderstorms are expected each afternoon and evening
through at least Thursday. These showers and storms could produce
locally heavy rainfall and gusty winds.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not anticipated at this time.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 8, 4:04 PM CDT, 1 hour 52 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 8, 4:10 PM CDT, 1 hour 46 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 8, 4:12 PM CDT, 1 hour 44 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 8, 4:22 PM CDT, 1 hour 34 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 8, 4:52 PM CDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 8, 5:16 PM CDT, 40 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 7, 7:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Coahoma, Quitman, Tallahatchie, Tunica	21 min
Jun 7, 7:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	DeSoto, Marshall, Panola, Tate, Tunica	37 min
Jun 7, 8:19 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Marshall	26 min
Jun 8, 1:59 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Monroe	46 min
Jun 8, 2:33 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MEG	Chickasaw, Itawamba, Lee, Monroe	57 min
Jun 8, 4:25 AM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	MEG	Alcorn, Benton, Calhoun, Chickasaw, Coahoma, DeSoto and 16 more	4 days
Jun 8, 5:24 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Coahoma, Panola, Quitman, Tallahatchie	5 hr
Jun 8, 6:50 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Benton, Calhoun, Lafayette, Marshall, Panola, Tallahatchie and 3 more	3 hr
Jun 8, 7:47 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MEG	Coahoma, DeSoto, Marshall, Panola, Quitman, Tate and 1 more	3 hr
Jun 8, 9:59 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	MEG	Calhoun, Coahoma, Lafayette, Panola, Quitman, Tallahatchie and 1 more	4 hr
Jun 8, 10:33 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MEG	Coahoma, Panola, Quitman, Tate, Tunica	3 hr
Jun 8, 10:37 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MEG	Benton, Marshall, Tippah, Union	2 hr
Jun 8, 11:12 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Benton, Marshall, Pontotoc, Tippah, Union	4 hr
Jun 8, 12:19 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning EmergencyCatastrophic damage threat	MEG	Coahoma, Quitman, Tallahatchie	4 hr
Jun 8, 1:02 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	MEG	Monroe	5 days
Jun 8, 1:02 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	MEG	Lafayette	61 hr
Jun 8, 1:02 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	MEG	Lafayette, Marshall, Union	3 days
Jun 8, 1:02 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	MEG	Monroe	7 days
Jun 8, 1:02 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	MEG	Lowndes, Monroe	8 days
Jun 8, 1:06 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Calhoun	24 min
Jun 8, 1:40 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Lee, Pontotoc	35 min
Jun 8, 1:45 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Coahoma, Lafayette, Panola, Quitman, Tunica	4 hr
Jun 8, 1:53 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	MEG	Calhoun, Coahoma, Lafayette, Panola, Quitman, Tallahatchie and 1 more	4 hr
Jun 8, 2:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Lee, Pontotoc, Union	23 min
Jun 8, 2:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Itawamba, Lee, Pontotoc	34 min
Jun 8, 2:27 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Itawamba, Lee	33 min
Jun 8, 2:53 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	MEG	Quitman	9 days
Jun 8, 2:54 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	MEG	Tallahatchie	7 days
Jun 8, 2:55 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	MEG	Lee, Pontotoc, Prentiss, Tippah, Union	3 hr
Jun 8, 2:55 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	MEG	Tallahatchie	29 hr
Jun 8, 2:56 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	MEG	Quitman	46 hr
Jun 8, 3:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Itawamba, Prentiss, Tishomingo	29 min
Jun 8, 3:20 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MEG	Chickasaw, Itawamba, Lee, Monroe, Pontotoc	3 hr
Jun 8, 6:03 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	MEG	Calhoun, Lafayette, Pontotoc, Union, Yalobusha	5 hr
Jun 8, 6:12 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Lee, Pontotoc	31 min
Jun 7, 7:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Lee, St. Francis	31 min
Jun 7, 7:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Cross, Lee, St. Francis	21 min
Jun 7, 8:20 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Cross, Poinsett	25 min

Nearby

Areal Flood Warnings in Mississippi, 2021 Areal Flood Warnings in Arkansas, 2021 Every areal flood warning 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.