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Flash Flood Warning 119, NWS Memphis, TN

May 25, 2010Coahoma County, Mississippi

NWS Memphis, TN issued this flash flood warning at May 25, 2010, 8:52 PM CDT for Coahoma County, Mississippi. It was in force for 94 min. 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 25, 2010, 8:52 PM CDT (01:52 UTC)
Expired
May 25, 2010, 10:26 PM CDT
In force
94 min
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Coahoma County, MS

The radar

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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 25, 6:47 PM CDT, 2 hours 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 25, 6:47 PM CDT, 2 hours 5 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 25, 6:23 PM CDT, 2 hours 29 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
623 PM CDT TUE MAY 25 2010

ARZ058-252345-
PHILLIPS AR-
623 PM CDT TUE MAY 25 2010

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 645 PM CDT FOR...

  CENTRAL PHILLIPS COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING PEA SIZE HAIL OR LARGER AND WINDS AT
LEAST 40 MPH WAS LOCATED 4 MILES EAST OF WATKINS CORNER AT 623 PM
CDT...MOVING WEST AT 15 MPH.

VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG WITH CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE
ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

PEOPLE IN PHILLIPS COUNTY...INCLUDING LOCATIONS NEAR ELAINE...MARVELL
AND WHITE RIVER NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE...SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM
CLOSELY. THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT ALSO INCLUDES OLD TOWN LAKE.
Special weather statement, May 25, 7:07 PM CDT, 1 hour 45 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
707 PM CDT TUE MAY 25 2010

ARZ026>028-260030-
CRAIGHEAD AR-MISSISSIPPI AR-POINSETT AR-
707 PM CDT TUE MAY 25 2010

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 730 PM CDT FOR...

  SOUTHEASTERN CRAIGHEAD COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...
  WEST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...
  NORTHEASTERN POINSETT COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING PEA SIZE HAIL OR LARGER AND WINDS AT
LEAST 40 MPH WAS LOCATED OVER LEPANTO AT 707 PM CDT...MOVING WEST AT
10 MPH.

VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG WITH CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE
ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

PEOPLE IN CRAIGHEAD...MISSISSIPPI AND POINSETT COUNTIES...INCLUDING
LOCATIONS NEAR LEPANTO AND TRUMANN...SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM
CLOSELY.
Special weather statement, May 25, 7:31 PM CDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
731 PM CDT TUE MAY 25 2010

ARZ049-058-MSZ007-010-260100-
PHILLIPS AR-LEE AR-TUNICA MS-COAHOMA MS-
731 PM CDT TUE MAY 25 2010

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR...

  SOUTH CENTRAL LEE COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...
  NORTHEASTERN PHILLIPS COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...
  EXTREME NORTH CENTRAL COAHOMA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...
  WEST CENTRAL TUNICA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING PEA SIZE HAIL OR LARGER AND WINDS AT
LEAST 40 MPH WAS LOCATED OVER ST FRANCIS NATIONAL PARK AT 732 PM
CDT...MOVING WEST AT 5 MPH.

VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG WITH CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE
ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

PEOPLE IN COAHOMA...LEE...PHILLIPS AND TUNICA COUNTIES...INCLUDING
LOCATIONS NEAR HELENA...ST FRANCIS NATIONAL PARK AND WEST HELENA...
SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY. THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT
ALSO INCLUDES FLOWER LAKE.
Local storm report, May 25, 7:51 PM CDT, 1 hour 1 minute before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
751 PM CDT TUE MAY 25 2010

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0710 PM     HAIL             8 NE MARKED TREE        35.61N 90.32W
05/25/2010  E0.75 INCH       POINSETT           AR   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            PENNY SIZED HAIL AND LIGHTNING. LIGHTNING DOWNED A
            UTILITY POLE.

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Special weather statement, May 25, 8:07 PM CDT, 45 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
807 PM CDT TUE MAY 25 2010

MSZ014>016-260130-
UNION MS-LEE MS-PONTOTOC MS-
807 PM CDT TUE MAY 25 2010

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 830 PM CDT FOR...

  WESTERN LEE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
  NORTHEASTERN PONTOTOC COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
  SOUTHEASTERN UNION COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING PEA SIZE HAIL OR LARGER AND WINDS AT
LEAST 40 MPH WAS LOCATED 4 MILES NORTH OF TUPELO AT 807 PM CDT. THE
STORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.

VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG WITH CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE
ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

PEOPLE IN LEE...PONTOTOC AND UNION COUNTIES...INCLUDING LOCATIONS
NEAR TRACE STATE PARK...TUPELO AND VERONA...SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM
CLOSELY.
Local storm report, May 25, 8:48 PM CDT, 4 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
848 PM CDT TUE MAY 25 2010

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0710 PM     HAIL             8 NE MARKED TREE        35.61N 90.32W
05/25/2010  E0.75 INCH       POINSETT           AR   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            PENNY SIZED HAIL AND LIGHTNING. LIGHTNING DOWNED A
            UTILITY POLE.

0815 PM     LIGHTNING        1 W TUPELO              34.26N 88.75W
05/25/2010                   LEE                MS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            HOUSE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 26, 5:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGTipton46 min
May 26, 12:49 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMEGCoahoma, Quitman, Tunica116 min
May 25, 8:10 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMEGPhillips65 min
May 26, 2:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGLawrence, Randolph43 min
May 26, 3:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGClay52 min
May 26, 4:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCraighead, Mississippi36 min
May 26, 5:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCrittenden, Mississippi, Poinsett40 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Mississippi, 2010Every flash flood warning in 2010

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.