Flash Flood Warning 40, NWS Memphis, TN

Issued

May 17, 2003, 7:35 AM CDT (12:35 UTC)

Expired

May 17, 2003, 9:30 AM CDT

In force

115 min

Issued by

NWS Memphis, TN

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Lafayette County, MS, Union County, MS

Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this flash flood warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

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WGUS54 KMEG 171239
FFWMEM
MSC071-145-171430-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
735 AM CDT SAT MAY 17 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  UNION COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI
  LAFAYETTE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI

* UNTIL 930 AM CDT.

* AT 732 AM CDT...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM 
CAMBRIDGE TO TULA IN LAFAYETTE COUNTY AND BETWEEN NEW ALBANY AND 
KEOWNVILLE IN UNION COUNTY. RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES OVER THE PAST 
HOUR WERE TWO TO TWO AND ONE HALF INCHES. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL 
IS EXPECTED AS THUNDERSTORMS MOVE INTO THE AFFECTED AREAS WHICH WILL 
WORSEN THE SITUATION.  

* CITIES AFFECTED THROUGH 930 AM CDT INCLUDE...
  TULA...SPRINGDALE...PINEDALE...OXFORD...NEW ALBANY...KEOWNVILLE...
  HARMONTOWN...ETTA...DENMARK...CAMBRIDGE...BURGESS

.EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...PONDING OF WATER ON HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES.
ADDITIONALLY...FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND
OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING.

.STAY TUNED TO THIS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROADCAST FOR THE LATEST
UPDATES AND INFORMATION. TO REPORT FLOODING ONLY...CALL 1 800 4 3 2 0
8 7 5.

LAT...LON 3461 8877 3441 8880 3438 8924 3418 8926
          3420 8971 3455 8973 3453 8940 3460 8922

$$

NWS Memphis, TN wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at May 17, 2:49 AM CDT, 4 hours 46 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
249 AM CDT SAT MAY 17 2003

A CLOSED UPPER LOW WILL MOVE SOUTHEASTWARD ACROSS ARKANSAS FROM NEAR
FORT SMITH TO EL DORADO TODAY THEN MOVE SOUTHWARD ACROSS EASTERN
LOUISIANA TONIGHT AND SUNDAY REACHING THE MISSISSIPPI DELTA BY
MONDAY MORNING. AN UPPER RIDGE WILL BUILD OVER THE EASTERN STATES
FROM TEXAS TO NEW ENGLAND MONDAY THEN BREAK DOWN TUESDAY. ZONAL
FLOW WITH A SERIES OF SHORT WAVES WILL TAKE OVER ACROSS THE CENTER
PART OF THE COUNTRY FROM COAST TO COAST WEDNESDAY. AT THE SURFACE A
LOW PRESSURE AREA WILL MEANDER AROUND THE MID SOUTH AREA AND WEAKEN
TODAY AND TONIGHT THEN DISSIPATE SUNDAY. A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH
THE MID SOUTH FROM THE NORTHWEST MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT THEN MOVE
INTO THE REGION TUESDAY. THE RESULT WILL BE CONTINUED MOIST
UNSTABLE AIR OVER THE MID SOUTH TODAY AND TONIGHT WITH PERIODS OF
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TODAY BECOMING LESS NUMEROUS TONIGHT THEN
MAINLY DIURNAL MONDAY. ANOTHER INCREASE IN ACTIVITY WILL OCCUR
TUESDAY WITH THE COLD FRONT. DUE TO PREVIOUS RAINS OVER THE MID
SOUTH YESTERDAY AND OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF WEEKS FLOOD GUIDANCE
ACROSS THE REGION IS LOW. MORE SIGNIFICANT RAINS CAN BE EXPECTED
TODAY. THEREFORE A FLOOD WATCH WILL BE POSTED OVER THE MID SOUTH
TODAY SINCE THE GROUND IS SATURATED AND RIVERS AND STREAMS ARE HIGH.

.MEG...FLOOD WATCH ENTIRE MID SOUTH TODAY.

ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115-MSZ001>017-
020>024-TNZ001>004-019>021-048>055-088>092-181000-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
358 AM CDT SAT MAY 17 2003

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST ARKANSAS...NORTH
MISSISSIPPI...WEST TENNESSEE AND THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL.

.DAY ONE...TODAY

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER OVER SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE
AND NORTH MISSISSIPPI PORTIONS OF THE MID SOUTH TODAY. A FLOOD WATCH
IS IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE MID SOUTH UNTIL 400 PM CDT THIS
AFTERNOON.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED TODAY.

JCL

Flash Flood Warnings in Mississippi, 2003Every flash flood warning in 2003

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.