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Flash Flood Warning 12, NWS Memphis, TN

May 24, 2024Dyer County, Gibson County, Obion County, Tennessee

NWS Memphis, TN issued this flash flood warning at May 24, 2024, 10:29 AM CDT for Dyer County, Gibson County, Obion County, Tennessee. 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: May 24, 2024, 10:29 AM CDT (15:29 UTC)
Expired: May 24, 2024, 3:30 PM CDT
In force: 5 hr
Issued by: NWS Memphis, TN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Dyer County, TN, Gibson County, TN, Obion County, TN

The radar

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:31 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 12:00Z, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 230 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: 792 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -107 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 890 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 103 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 64 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 2.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash 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 flash flood warning went out at May 24, 10:26 AM CDT, 3 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 24, 10:26 AM CDT, 3 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 24, 8:17 AM CDT, 2 hours 12 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Memphis TN
817 AM CDT Fri May 24 2024

ARZ009-MOZ113-115-TNZ001-002-019-241345-
Clay AR-Pemiscot MO-Dunklin MO-Lake TN-Obion TN-Dyer TN-
817 AM CDT Fri May 24 2024

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT CLAY...PEMISCOT...NORTHEASTERN
DUNKLIN...NORTHWESTERN DYER...WESTERN OBION AND LAKE COUNTIES THROUGH
845 AM CDT...

At 816 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from near Corning to near Deering to near Miston.
Movement was northeast at 35 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph and nickel size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is
         possible.

Locations impacted include...
Kennett, Caruthersville, Malden, Piggott, Corning, Portageville,
Hayti, Campbell, Rector, Reelfoot Lake State Park, Chalk Bluff
Natural Area, Tiptonville, Ridgely, Holcomb, Hayti Heights, Wardell,
St. Francis, Pollard, Greenway, and McDougal.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3663 8996 3639 8997 3639 8975 3643 8973
      3640 8967 3641 8960 3634 8954 3638 8951
      3642 8955 3646 8952 3650 8954 3650 8949
      3646 8947 3650 8942 3650 8921 3601 8948
      3638 9065 3650 9069 3650 9022 3663 9015
TIME...MOT...LOC 1316Z 234DEG 31KT 3639 9051 3621 8995 3614 8944

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

CAD

Special weather statement, May 24, 8:21 AM CDT, 2 hours 8 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Memphis TN
821 AM CDT Fri May 24 2024

MSZ002>006-009-014-016-017-TNZ053-089>092-241345-
Itawamba MS-Tippah MS-Marshall MS-Benton MS-Alcorn MS-Prentiss MS-
Tishomingo MS-Union MS-Lee MS-Fayette TN-Chester TN-Hardin TN-
Hardeman TN-McNairy TN-
821 AM CDT Fri May 24 2024

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT NORTHEASTERN UNION...NORTHWESTERN
ITAWAMBA...NORTHEASTERN MARSHALL...NORTHERN LEE...TISHOMINGO...
ALCORN...TIPPAH...BENTON...PRENTISS...SOUTHEASTERN FAYETTE...
HARDEMAN...SOUTHERN HARDIN...SOUTHWESTERN CHESTER AND MCNAIRY
COUNTIES THROUGH 845 AM CDT...

At 820 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from near Pickwick Landing State Park to near Blue
Mountain. Movement was northeast at 20 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph and nickel size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is
         possible.

Locations impacted include...
Corinth, Booneville, New Albany, Savannah, Bolivar, Ripley, Selmer,
Baldwyn, Iuka, Pickwick Landing State Park, J P Coleman State Park,
Big Hill Pond State Park, Lamar, Saltillo, Whiteville, Adamsville,
Guntown, Mantachie, Burnsville, and Blue Mountain.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3501 8820 3492 8815 3489 8810 3467 8813
      3425 8851 3454 8916 3501 8954 3535 8916
      3532 8841 3512 8798 3501 8799
TIME...MOT...LOC 1320Z 244DEG 16KT 3504 8819 3463 8898

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

CAD

Special weather statement, May 24, 8:43 AM CDT, 1 hour 46 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Memphis TN
843 AM CDT Fri May 24 2024

TNZ001>003-019>021-051-052-054-241415-
Carroll TN-Henderson TN-Weakley TN-Lake TN-Madison TN-Crockett TN-
Obion TN-Dyer TN-Gibson TN-
843 AM CDT Fri May 24 2024

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT CROCKETT...WEAKLEY...NORTHWESTERN
HENDERSON...NORTHEASTERN DYER...GIBSON...OBION...WESTERN CARROLL...
MADISON AND LAKE COUNTIES THROUGH 915 AM CDT...

At 842 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from near Tiptonville to near Eaton to near Mercer.
Movement was northeast at 25 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph and nickel size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is
         possible.

Locations impacted include...
Jackson, Dyersburg, Martin, Union City, Humboldt, Milan, McKenzie,
Trenton, Huntingdon, Fulton, Reelfoot Lake State Park, Fairview,
Tiptonville, Newbern, Dresden, Alamo, Bells, South Fulton, Dyer, and
Greenfield.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3650 8880 3642 8865 3577 8835 3547 8903
      3558 8908 3569 8907 3571 8913 3594 8922
      3634 8957 3634 8953 3637 8951 3642 8955
      3646 8952 3650 8954 3650 8949 3647 8949
      3646 8947 3650 8942 3651 8930
TIME...MOT...LOC 1342Z 222DEG 23KT 3642 8949 3599 8917 3554 8898

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

CAD

Special weather statement, May 24, 8:44 AM CDT, 1 hour 45 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Memphis TN
844 AM CDT Fri May 24 2024

MSZ004>006-009-014-016-017-TNZ053>055-090>092-241415-
Itawamba MS-Tippah MS-Alcorn MS-Prentiss MS-Tishomingo MS-Union MS-
Lee MS-Henderson TN-Chester TN-Hardin TN-Hardeman TN-Decatur TN-
McNairy TN-
844 AM CDT Fri May 24 2024

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHEASTERN UNION...NORTHERN
ITAWAMBA...NORTHEASTERN LEE...TISHOMINGO...ALCORN...EASTERN TIPPAH...
PRENTISS...SOUTH CENTRAL HENDERSON...SOUTHEASTERN HARDEMAN...
HARDIN...SOUTHERN CHESTER...MCNAIRY AND SOUTHWESTERN DECATUR COUNTIES
THROUGH 915 AM CDT...

At 844 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Wheeler, or near Booneville, moving northeast at 35 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph and penny size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is
         possible.

Locations impacted include...
Corinth, Booneville, Savannah, Selmer, Baldwyn, Iuka, Pickwick
Landing State Park, J P Coleman State Park, Big Hill Pond State Park,
Tishomingo State Park, Adamsville, Guntown, Belmont, Mantachie,
Burnsville, Jumpertown, Glen, Sardis, Tishomingo, and Pickwick Dam.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3501 8820 3492 8815 3489 8810 3446 8816
      3432 8860 3461 8885 3490 8894 3528 8897
      3548 8823 3525 8798 3501 8798
TIME...MOT...LOC 1344Z 228DEG 42KT 3461 8852

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

CAD

Special weather statement, May 24, 9:11 AM CDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Memphis TN
911 AM CDT Fri May 24 2024

TNZ001>003-019>021-050>052-054-241445-
Carroll TN-Henderson TN-Weakley TN-Lake TN-Madison TN-Crockett TN-
Obion TN-Dyer TN-Haywood TN-Gibson TN-
911 AM CDT Fri May 24 2024

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT CROCKETT...WEAKLEY...NORTHWESTERN
HENDERSON...NORTHEASTERN DYER...GIBSON...OBION...WESTERN CARROLL...
NORTHEASTERN HAYWOOD...MADISON AND NORTHEASTERN LAKE COUNTIES THROUGH
945 AM CDT...

At 910 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from near Union City to Rutherford to near Bemis.
Movement was northeast at 30 mph.

HAZARD...Winds in excess of 30 mph and half inch hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is
         possible.

Locations impacted include...
Jackson, Martin, Union City, Humboldt, Milan, Trenton, Fulton,
Fairview, Newbern, Dresden, Alamo, Bells, South Fulton, Dyer,
Greenfield, Three Way, Troy, Kenton, Rutherford, and Obion.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3650 8867 3565 8854 3543 8899 3543 8910
      3600 8923 3650 8949 3646 8946 3650 8942
      3651 8930
TIME...MOT...LOC 1410Z 215DEG 46KT 3648 8910 3612 8899 3556 8888

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...30 MPH

CAD

Special weather statement, May 24, 9:13 AM CDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Memphis TN
913 AM CDT Fri May 24 2024

MSZ002>006-009-014-016-017-TNZ090>092-241445-
Itawamba MS-Tippah MS-Tishomingo MS-Marshall MS-Union MS-Benton MS-
Lee MS-Alcorn MS-Prentiss MS-Hardeman TN-McNairy TN-Hardin TN-
913 AM CDT Fri May 24 2024

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHEASTERN UNION...NORTHERN
ITAWAMBA...NORTHEASTERN MARSHALL...NORTHERN LEE...TIPPAH...BENTON...
TISHOMINGO...PRENTISS...ALCORN...SOUTHERN HARDEMAN...SOUTHERN MCNAIRY
AND SOUTHERN HARDIN COUNTIES THROUGH 945 AM CDT...

At 913 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Thrashers, or 9 miles east of Booneville, moving northeast at 40 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph and penny size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is
         possible.

Locations impacted include...
Corinth, Booneville, Ripley, Baldwyn, Red Bay, Iuka, Pickwick Landing
State Park, J P Coleman State Park, Big Hill Pond State Park,
Tishomingo State Park, Lamar, Saltillo, Guntown, Belmont, Burnsville,
Blue Mountain, Jumpertown, Glen, Tishomingo, and Snow Lake Shores.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3501 8820 3492 8815 3489 8810 3442 8816
      3438 8827 3439 8875 3477 8941 3493 8941
      3500 8929 3499 8920 3505 8920 3510 8910
      3513 8836 3510 8798 3501 8799
TIME...MOT...LOC 1413Z 232DEG 40KT 3470 8840

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

CAD

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 24, 5:59 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Shelby	31 min
May 24, 6:39 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Fayette	36 min
May 24, 6:42 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Fayette	18 min
May 24, 7:18 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	McNairy	27 min
May 24, 7:34 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Crockett	26 min
May 24, 7:46 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Chester, Madison	29 min
May 24, 7:53 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Gibson	22 min
May 24, 8:15 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Crockett, Dyer, Gibson, Madison	30 min
May 24, 8:17 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Lake	28 min
May 24, 8:21 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Hardeman, Hardin, McNairy	24 min
May 24, 8:27 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MEG	Crockett, Dyer, Gibson, Haywood, Madison	5 hr
May 24, 8:40 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MEG	Hardin, McNairy	3 hr
May 24, 8:43 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Carroll, Crockett, Gibson, Lake, Madison, Obion and 1 more	32 min
May 24, 8:44 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Hardin, McNairy	31 min
May 24, 8:56 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Crockett, Gibson, Madison	3 hr
May 24, 9:11 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Crockett, Gibson, Madison, Obion, Weakley	34 min
May 24, 9:24 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MEG	Dyer, Obion	68 min
May 24, 9:50 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MEG	Chester, Hardeman, Madison	9 min
May 24, 9:59 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Chester, Hardeman, Madison	4 hr
May 24, 11:03 AM CDT	Flood Watch	MEG	Benton, Carroll, Chester, Crockett, Decatur, Dyer and 15 more	64 hr
May 24, 11:50 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MEG	Crockett, Gibson, Madison	2 hr
May 24, 11:56 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MEG	Haywood, Madison	3 hr
May 24, 12:21 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	MEG	Crockett, Gibson	3 hr
May 24, 1:48 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	MEG	Crockett, Gibson, Hardeman, Madison	2 hr
May 24, 4:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Shelby	43 min
May 24, 6:14 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Benton, Tippah	16 min
May 24, 7:19 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MEG	Tippah	3 hr
May 24, 7:38 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Prentiss	37 min
May 24, 9:13 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Alcorn, Benton, Prentiss, Tippah, Tishomingo	32 min
May 24, 9:27 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Prentiss, Tishomingo	3 hr
May 24, 11:43 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Monroe	32 min
May 24, 11:47 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Chickasaw, Monroe	28 min
May 24, 12:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Chickasaw, Monroe	51 min
May 24, 12:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Monroe	33 min
May 24, 2:35 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Pontotoc	25 min
May 24, 3:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Pontotoc	44 min
May 24, 3:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Chickasaw, Itawamba, Lee, Monroe, Pontotoc	42 min
May 24, 3:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Chickasaw, Lee, Monroe	33 min
May 24, 4:50 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Tate	25 min
May 24, 4:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	DeSoto, Tate, Tunica	50 min
May 24, 5:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	DeSoto	48 min
May 24, 5:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Coahoma, Quitman, Tunica	38 min
May 24, 5:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	MEG	DeSoto, Tate	48 min
May 24, 6:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Lafayette, Marshall, Panola, Tate	40 min
May 24, 6:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Coahoma	32 min
May 24, 6:23 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Lafayette, Panola, Tate	52 min
May 24, 6:33 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	DeSoto, Tate	3 hr
May 24, 6:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	MEG	Calhoun, Lafayette, Panola, Pontotoc, Yalobusha	50 min
May 24, 6:52 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Clay	38 min
May 24, 7:03 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Greene	27 min
May 24, 7:43 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Clay	32 min
May 24, 4:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Lee, St. Francis	41 min
May 24, 4:20 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Crittenden	25 min
May 24, 4:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Lee, Phillips	46 min
May 24, 5:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Lee, Phillips	52 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.