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Flash Flood Warning 157, NWS Memphis, TN

June 9, 2010Shelby County, Tennessee; Crittenden County, Arkansas

NWS Memphis, TN issued this flash flood warning at Jun 9, 2010, 8:50 PM CDT for Shelby County, Tennessee; Crittenden County, Arkansas. It was in force for 115 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: Jun 9, 2010, 8:50 PM CDT (01:50 UTC)
Expired: Jun 9, 2010, 10:45 PM CDT
In force: 115 min
Issued by: NWS Memphis, TN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Crittenden County, AR, Shelby County, TN

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 Jun 9, 6:34 PM CDT, 2 hours 16 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 9, 6:34 PM CDT, 2 hours 16 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 9, 8:42 PM CDT, 8 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
842 PM CDT WED JUN 9 2010

ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115-
MSZ001>017-020>024-TNZ001>004-019>021-048>055-088>092-101030-
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-
842 PM CDT WED JUN 9 2010

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

A FEW STRONG TO POSSIBLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS
EVENING ACROSS THE MIDSOUTH. THE THREATS ARE LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING
WINDS...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WHICH MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED FLASH
FLOODING...AND CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. THUNDERSTORMS ARE
EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY DECREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY THIS
EVENING WITH LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

STRONG TO POSSIBLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THURSDAY AND
FRIDAY...MAINLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. THE
THREATS ARE LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL
WHICH MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING...AND CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING.

HOT AND HUMID WEATHER WILL PUSH HEAT INDICES TO BETWEEN 100 AND
105 DEGREES BY THIS WEEKEND. HEAT ADVISORIES MAY BECOME NECESSARY
DURING THIS PERIOD.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.

JCL

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 9, 5:12 PM CDT, 3 hours 38 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 9, 7:24 PM CDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 9, 7:35 PM CDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 9, 8:00 PM CDT, 50 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 9, 8:22 PM CDT, 28 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 9, 8:46 PM CDT, 4 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
846 PM CDT WED JUN 9 2010

MSZ001-002-008-012-TNZ088-100215-
DE SOTO MS-MARSHALL MS-TATE MS-PANOLA MS-SHELBY TN-
846 PM CDT WED JUN 9 2010

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 915 PM CDT FOR...

  DESOTO COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...
  WESTERN MARSHALL COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...
  NORTH CENTRAL PANOLA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...
  TATE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...
  SOUTHERN SHELBY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE...

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING WINDS AT LEAST 40 MPH WAS LOCATED
OVER COLDWATER AT 846 PM CDT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

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

PEOPLE IN DESOTO...MARSHALL...PANOLA...SHELBY AND TATE COUNTIES...
INCLUDING LOCATIONS NEAR CORDOVA...GERMANTOWN...HERNANDO...HORN
LAKE...OLIVE BRANCH...SENATOBIA...SOUTHAVEN AND T O FULLER STATE
PARK...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
Jun 9, 8:02 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Chester, Decatur, Hardin, Henderson, McNairy	6 hr
Jun 9, 9:20 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Chester, Hardeman, Henderson, Madison	4 hr
Jun 9, 10:13 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Carroll, Crockett, Gibson, Henderson, Madison	4 hr
Jun 9, 11:07 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Decatur	3 hr
Jun 10, 6:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Shelby	45 min
Jun 9, 9:56 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Chickasaw, Lee, Monroe, Pontotoc	3 hr
Jun 9, 11:17 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Itawamba, Monroe, Prentiss, Tishomingo	3 hr
Jun 10, 4:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Benton, Lafayette, Marshall, Union	47 min
Jun 10, 5:00 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Benton, Lafayette, Marshall, Union	84 min
Jun 10, 5:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Benton, Tippah, Union	41 min
Jun 10, 5:58 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Alcorn, Benton, Prentiss, Tippah, Union	78 min
Jun 10, 6:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Alcorn, Prentiss, Tippah	41 min
Jun 9, 8:08 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Crittenden, Cross	2 hr
Jun 9, 9:28 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Clay, Greene	2 hr
Jun 10, 2:52 PM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	MEG	Clay, Craighead, Crittenden, Cross, Greene, Lawrence and 6 more	21 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Tennessee, 2010 Flash Flood Warnings in Arkansas, 2010 Every 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.