Alert archive / Tennessee / Flash Flood Watches in 2008
Flash Flood Watch 4, NWS Memphis, TN
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.
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.
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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</html>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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 31, 10:11 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Tunica | 3 hr |
| Mar 31, 11:01 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | 2 hr | |
| Apr 1, 12:07 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Benton, Marshall | 2 hr |
| Mar 31, 7:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Madison | 17 min |
| Mar 31, 9:20 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Lake | 3 hr |
| Mar 31, 9:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Dyer, Lake, Obion | 39 min |
| Mar 31, 9:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Dyer, Fayette, Haywood, Lauderdale, Shelby, Tipton | 48 min |
| Mar 31, 10:02 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Dyer, Lake, Lauderdale, Obion | 2 hr |
| Mar 31, 10:07 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Shelby, Tipton | 3 hr |
| Apr 1, 9:27 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MEG | Crockett, Dyer, Lauderdale | 16 days |
| Mar 31, 7:50 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Clay, Lawrence, Randolph | 4 hr |
| Mar 31, 8:46 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Clay, Craighead, Greene, Lawrence | 3 hr |
| Mar 31, 8:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Craighead, Crittenden, Cross, Greene, Mississippi, Poinsett | 47 min |
| Mar 31, 9:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crittenden, Cross, Poinsett, St. Francis | 48 min |
| Mar 31, 9:41 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Crittenden, Cross, Mississippi, Poinsett | 3 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.