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Flash Flood Warning 169, NWS Memphis, TN

June 16, 2010Madison County, Tennessee

NWS Memphis, TN issued this flash flood warning at Jun 16, 2010, 2:20 PM CDT for Madison County, Tennessee. It was in force for 80 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 16, 2010, 2:20 PM CDT (19:20 UTC)
Expired: Jun 16, 2010, 3:40 PM CDT
In force: 80 min
Issued by: NWS Memphis, TN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

County Madison 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 16, 1:05 PM CDT, 1 hour 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 16, 1:05 PM CDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 16, 3:08 AM CDT, 11 hours 12 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 16, 1:42 PM CDT, 38 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
142 PM CDT WED JUN 16 2010

ARZ028-TNZ048-161900-
MISSISSIPPI AR-LAUDERDALE TN-
142 PM CDT WED JUN 16 2010

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 200 PM CDT FOR...

  EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...
  WESTERN LAUDERDALE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE...

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING WINDS AT LEAST 40 MPH WAS LOCATED 6
MILES NORTH OF ASHPORT AT 142 PM CDT...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH.

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

PEOPLE IN LAUDERDALE AND MISSISSIPPI COUNTIES SHOULD MONITOR THIS
STORM CLOSELY. THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT ALSO INCLUDES CHISHOLM
LAKE...OPEN LAKE AND SUNK LAKE.

Special weather statement, Jun 16, 2:04 PM CDT, 16 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
Jun 16, 1:54 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MEG	Madison	66 min
Jun 16, 4:19 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Fayette, Shelby	57 min
Jun 16, 4:42 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Shelby, Tipton	54 min
Jun 16, 5:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Dyer, Gibson	35 min
Jun 16, 5:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	DeSoto, Tunica	50 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Tennessee, 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.