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Flash Flood Warning 125, NWS Memphis, TN

July 27, 20094 counties in Mississippi

NWS Memphis, TN issued this flash flood warning at Jul 27, 2009, 11:53 PM CDT for 4 counties in Mississippi. 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 counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 27, 2009, 11:53 PM CDT (04:53 UTC)
Expired: Jul 28, 2009, 3:00 AM CDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Memphis, TN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Lafayette County, MS, Panola County, MS, Tallahatchie County, MS, Yalobusha County, MS

The radar

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 130 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 Jul 27, 9:18 PM CDT, 2 hours 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 27, 9:18 PM CDT, 2 hours 35 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 28, 3:32 AM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	MEG	Alcorn, Benton, Calhoun, Chickasaw, Coahoma, DeSoto and 16 more	15 hr
Jul 28, 6:07 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MEG	Carroll, Chester, Crockett, Decatur, Fayette, Gibson and 4 more	3 hr
Jul 28, 6:56 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MEG	Carroll, Gibson, Henry, Weakley	2 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Mississippi, 2009 Every flash flood warning in 2009

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.