Alert archive / Mississippi / Flash Flood Warnings in 2009
Flash Flood Warning 54, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this flash flood warning at May 15, 2009, 5:40 AM CDT for 5 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
- May 15, 2009, 5:40 AM CDT (10:40 UTC)
- Expired
- May 15, 2009, 8:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Benton County, MS, Lafayette County, MS, Marshall County, MS, Tippah County, MS, Union County, MS
The radar
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:41 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 May 15, 3:24 AM CDT, 2 hours 16 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 15, 3:24 AM CDT, 2 hours 16 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, May 15, 3:34 AM CDT, 2 hours 6 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 334 AM CDT FRI MAY 15 2009 ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115- MSZ001>017-020>024-TNZ001>004-019>021-048>055-088>092-161100- 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- 334 AM CDT FRI MAY 15 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST ARKANSAS... THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL...NORTH MISSISSIPPI...AND WEST TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT ISOLATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE MIDSOUTH TODAY...BUT THESE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD REMAIN BELOW SEVERE LIMITS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ALONG AND AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT DROPPING THROUGH THE MIDSOUTH ON SATURDAY. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MAY BRIEFLY REACH SEVERE LIMITS... PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION FOR TODAY AND TONIGHT IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. PWB
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 15, 2:05 AM CDT, 3 hours 35 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 205 AM CDT FRI MAY 15 2009 MSZ012-013-021-150730- LAFAYETTE MS-PANOLA MS-YALOBUSHA MS- 205 AM CDT FRI MAY 15 2009 ...THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS FOR... WESTERN LAFAYETTE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI... EASTERN PANOLA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI... NORTHERN YALOBUSHA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI... A STRONG THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING PEA TO DIME SIZE HAIL AND 40 TO 50 MPH WINDS WAS LOCATED 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WATER VALLEY AT 205 AM CDT...MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH. VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG WITH CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. THIS STORM IS NOT EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE AND NO WARNINGS ARE ANTICIPATED. PEOPLE IN LAFAYETTE...PANOLA AND YALOBUSHA COUNTIES...INCLUDING LOCATIONS NEAR HOLLY SPRINGS NATIONAL FOREST...OXFORD AND WATER VALLEY...SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY. THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT ALSO INCLUDES ENID LAKE AND SARDIS LAKE.
Special weather statement, May 15, 2:06 AM CDT, 3 hours 34 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 206 AM CDT FRI MAY 15 2009 MSZ002-003-013-150730- BENTON MS-MARSHALL MS-LAFAYETTE MS- 206 AM CDT FRI MAY 15 2009 ...THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS FOR... SOUTHWESTERN BENTON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI... EASTERN LAFAYETTE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI... SOUTHEASTERN MARSHALL COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI... A STRONG THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING PEA TO DIME SIZE HAIL AND 40 TO 50 MPH WINDS WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CAMBRIDGE AT 207 AM CDT... MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH. VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG WITH CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. THIS STORM IS NOT EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE AND NO WARNINGS ARE ANTICIPATED. PEOPLE IN BENTON...LAFAYETTE AND MARSHALL COUNTIES...INCLUDING LOCATIONS NEAR OXFORD AND WALL DOXEY STATE PARK...SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY.
Special weather statement, May 15, 5:26 AM CDT, 14 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 526 AM CDT FRI MAY 15 2009 MSZ002-TNZ089-151100- MARSHALL MS-FAYETTE TN- 526 AM CDT FRI MAY 15 2009 ...THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS FOR... NORTHERN MARSHALL COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI... SOUTHWESTERN FAYETTE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE... A STRONG THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING PEA TO DIME SIZE HAIL AND 40 TO 50 MPH WINDS WAS LOCATED 3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BYHALIA AT 526 AM CDT... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG WITH CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. THIS STORM IS INTENSIFYING AND COULD BECOME SEVERE RAPIDLY. PEOPLE IN FAYETTE AND MARSHALL COUNTIES SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 15, 8:32 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Alcorn, Benton, Marshall, Prentiss, Tippah, Union | 3 hr |
| May 15, 4:03 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | MEG | Alcorn, Benton, Calhoun, Chickasaw, Coahoma, DeSoto and 16 more | 27 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Mississippi, 2009Every 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.