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Flash Flood Watch 4, NWS Memphis, TN

April 1, 200811 counties in Mississippi; 18 counties in Tennessee; 12 counties in Arkansas

NWS Memphis, TN issued this flash flood watch at Apr 1, 2008, 3:09 PM CDT for 11 counties in Mississippi; 18 counties in Tennessee; 12 counties in Arkansas. It took effect at Apr 2, 2008, 3:59 PM CDT. It was in force for 44 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 1, 2008, 3:09 PM CDT (20:09 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 2, 2008, 3:59 PM CDT
Expired
Apr 4, 2008, 11:49 AM CDT
In force
44 hr
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Flood severity
None
All 41 counties

Clay County, AR, Craighead County, AR, Crittenden County, AR, Cross County, AR, Greene County, AR, Lawrence County, AR, Lee County, AR, Mississippi County, AR, Phillips County, AR, Poinsett County, AR, Randolph County, AR, St. Francis County, AR, Benton County, MS, Coahoma County, MS, DeSoto County, MS, Lafayette County, MS, Marshall County, MS, Panola County, MS, Quitman County, MS, Tallahatchie County, MS, Tate County, MS, Tunica County, MS, Yalobusha County, MS, Carroll County, TN, Chester County, TN, Crockett County, TN, Decatur County, TN, Dyer County, TN, Fayette County, TN, Gibson County, TN, Hardeman County, TN, Haywood County, TN, Henderson County, TN, Henry County, TN, Lake County, TN, Lauderdale County, TN, Madison County, TN, Obion County, TN, Shelby County, TN, Tipton County, TN, Weakley County, TN

The radar

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 11 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood watch 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 watch went out at Apr 1, 11:08 AM CDT, 4 hours 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 1, 11:08 AM CDT, 4 hours 1 minute before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 1, 3:06 AM CDT, 12 hours 3 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
306 AM CDT TUE APR 1 2008

ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115-
MSZ001>017-020>024-TNZ001>004-019>021-048>055-088>092-021015-
ALCORN-BENTON MS-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-LAWRENCE-LEE AR-LEE MS-MADISON-
MARSHALL-MCNAIRY-MISSISSIPPI-MONROE-OBION-PANOLA-PEMISCOT-
PHILLIPS-POINSETT-PONTOTOC-PRENTISS-QUITMAN-RANDOLPH-SHELBY-
ST. FRANCIS-TALLAHATCHIE-TATE-TIPPAH-TIPTON-TISHOMINGO-TUNICA-
UNION-WEAKLEY-YALOBUSHA-
306 AM CDT TUE APR 1 2008

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY
ACROSS NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE MID SOUTH. THIS MAY RESULT IN ADDITIONAL
FLASH FLOODING AND RIVER FLOODING. FLASH FLOOD WATCHES MAY BE
NEEDED DURING THIS TIME PERIOD.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE AGAIN THURSDAY AND
FRIDAY ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE MID SOUTH.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT NEW RIVER FLOODING TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN MEMPHIS TENNESSEE. ADDITIONAL
SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY FOR SEVERE
WEATHER INCLUDING FLASH FLOODING.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 31, 10:11 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGTunica3 hr
Mar 31, 11:01 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEG2 hr
Apr 1, 12:07 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGBenton, Marshall2 hr
Mar 31, 7:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGMadison17 min
Mar 31, 9:20 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGLake3 hr
Mar 31, 9:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGDyer, Lake, Obion39 min
Mar 31, 9:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGDyer, Fayette, Haywood, Lauderdale, Shelby, Tipton48 min
Mar 31, 10:02 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGDyer, Lake, Lauderdale, Obion2 hr
Mar 31, 10:07 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGShelby, Tipton3 hr
Apr 1, 9:27 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningMEGCrockett, Dyer, Lauderdale16 days
Mar 31, 7:50 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGClay, Lawrence, Randolph4 hr
Mar 31, 8:46 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGClay, Craighead, Greene, Lawrence3 hr
Mar 31, 8:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCraighead, Crittenden, Cross, Greene, Mississippi, Poinsett47 min
Mar 31, 9:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCrittenden, Cross, Poinsett, St. Francis48 min
Mar 31, 9:41 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGCrittenden, Cross, Mississippi, Poinsett3 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Watches in Tennessee, 2008Flash Flood Watches in Arkansas, 2008Flash Flood Watches in Mississippi, 2008Every flash flood watch in 2008

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.