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Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this flash flood warning at Aug 5, 2022, 6:58 AM CDT for Carroll County, Henry County, Weakley County, Tennessee. 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
- Aug 5, 2022, 6:58 AM CDT (11:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 5, 2022, 10:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Carroll County, TN, Henry County, TN, Weakley County, TN
The radar
The Paducah radar (KPAH), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:58 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
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 12.0 hours before the alert went out and 174 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
- 762 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -9 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1413 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 34 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 38 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
458
WGUS54 KMEG 051158
FFWMEG
TNC017-079-183-051500-
/O.NEW.KMEG.FF.W.0013.220805T1158Z-220805T1500Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Memphis TN
658 AM CDT Fri Aug 5 2022
The National Weather Service in Memphis has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Northwestern Carroll County in Tennessee...
Henry County in Tennessee...
Eastern Weakley County in Tennessee...
* Until 1000 AM CDT.
* At 658 AM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
heavy rain across the warned area. Between 2 and 3 inches of rain
have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts up to 1 inch are possible
in the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin
shortly.
HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.
SOURCE...Radar.
IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban
areas, highways, streets and underpasses as well as
other poor drainage and low-lying areas.
* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
Paris, McKenzie, Dresden, Greenfield, Gleason, Sharon, Cottage
Grove, Routon, Palmersville, Puryear, Henry, Como, Osage, Ore
Springs, Whitlock, Porter Court, Jones Mill, Foundry Hill, Mill
Creek and Van Dyke.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Please report observed flooding to local emergency services or law
enforcement and request they pass this information to the National
Weather Service when you can do so safely.
&&
LAT...LON 3612 8835 3606 8859 3609 8874 3611 8876
3612 8884 3624 8882 3636 8873 3650 8854
3650 8810 3631 8812
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
$$
KRM2 follow-up statements
315
WGUS74 KMEG 051410
FFSMEG
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Memphis TN
910 AM CDT Fri Aug 5 2022
TNC017-079-183-051500-
/O.CON.KMEG.FF.W.0013.000000T0000Z-220805T1500Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Carroll TN-Henry TN-Weakley TN-
910 AM CDT Fri Aug 5 2022
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CDT THIS
MORNING FOR NORTHWESTERN CARROLL, HENRY AND EASTERN WEAKLEY
COUNTIES...
At 910 AM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy
rain across the warned area. Between 2 and 3 inches of rain have
fallen. Additional rainfall amounts up to 1 inch are possible in the
warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly.
HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.
SOURCE...Radar.
IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas,
highways, streets and underpasses as well as other poor
drainage and low-lying areas.
Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
Paris, McKenzie, Dresden, Greenfield, Gleason, Sharon, Cottage
Grove, Routon, Palmersville, Puryear, Henry, Como, Osage, Ore
Springs, Whitlock, Porter Court, Jones Mill, Foundry Hill, Mill
Creek and Van Dyke.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Please report observed flooding to local emergency services or law
enforcement and request they pass this information to the National
Weather Service when you can do so safely.
&&
LAT...LON 3612 8835 3606 8859 3609 8874 3611 8876
3612 8884 3624 8882 3636 8873 3650 8854
3650 8810 3631 8812
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
$$276
WGUS74 KMEG 051456
FFSMEG
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Memphis TN
956 AM CDT Fri Aug 5 2022
TNC017-079-183-051506-
/O.EXP.KMEG.FF.W.0013.000000T0000Z-220805T1500Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Carroll TN-Henry TN-Weakley TN-
956 AM CDT Fri Aug 5 2022
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 10 AM CDT THIS MORNING FOR
NORTHWESTERN CARROLL, HENRY AND EASTERN WEAKLEY COUNTIES...
The heavy rain has ended. Flooding is no longer expected to pose a
threat. Please continue to heed remaining road closures.
LAT...LON 3612 8835 3606 8859 3609 8874 3611 8876
3612 8884 3624 8882 3636 8873 3650 8854
3650 8810 3631 8812
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 5:44 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MEG | Benton, Carroll, Gibson, Henry, Weakley | 3 hr |
| Aug 5, 10:40 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MEG | Carroll, Gibson, Weakley | 3 hr |
| Aug 5, 4:38 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MEG | Shelby | 3 hr |
| Aug 5, 4:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Shelby | 32 min |
| Aug 5, 5:22 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Shelby | 43 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.