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Flash Flood Warning 267, NWS Memphis, TN

August 9, 20104 counties in Tennessee

NWS Memphis, TN issued this flash flood warning at Aug 9, 2010, 6:31 PM CDT for 4 counties in Tennessee. It was in force for 119 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
Aug 9, 2010, 6:31 PM CDT (23:31 UTC)
Expired
Aug 9, 2010, 8:30 PM CDT
In force
119 min
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Chester County, TN, Hardin County, TN, Henderson County, TN, McNairy County, TN

The radar

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What forecasters said that day

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NWS Memphis, TN wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Aug 9, 3:15 PM CDT, 3 hours 16 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 9, 3:15 PM CDT, 3 hours 16 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 9, 2:24 PM CDT, 4 hours 7 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 9, 2:09 PM CDT, 4 hours 22 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
209 PM CDT MON AUG 9 2010

MSZ006-009-017-092000-
TISHOMINGO MS-PRENTISS MS-ITAWAMBA MS-
209 PM CDT MON AUG 9 2010

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 300 PM CDT FOR...

  NORTHEASTERN ITAWAMBA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
  SOUTHEASTERN PRENTISS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
  SOUTHERN TISHOMINGO COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING WINDS AT LEAST 40 MPH WAS LOCATED 3
MILES SOUTH OF BELMONT AT 208 PM CDT...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 10 MPH.

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

PEOPLE IN ITAWAMBA...PRENTISS AND TISHOMINGO COUNTIES...INCLUDING
LOCATIONS NEAR FULTON AND TISHOMINGO STATE PARK...SHOULD MONITOR THIS
STORM CLOSELY. THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT ALSO INCLUDES BAY
SPRINGS LAKE.
Special weather statement, Aug 9, 2:15 PM CDT, 4 hours 16 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
215 PM CDT MON AUG 9 2010

MSZ024-092000-
MONROE MS-
215 PM CDT MON AUG 9 2010

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 300 PM CDT FOR...

  MONROE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING WINDS AT LEAST 40 MPH WAS LOCATED 13
MILES EAST OF ABERDEEN AT 215 PM CDT...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 20 MPH.

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

PEOPLE IN MONROE COUNTY...INCLUDING LOCATIONS NEAR ABERDEEN...SHOULD
MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY.
Special weather statement, Aug 9, 3:47 PM CDT, 2 hours 44 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 9, 4:16 PM CDT, 2 hours 15 minutes before
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Local storm report, Aug 9, 6:29 PM CDT, 2 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 9, 6:30 PM CDT, 1 minute before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 9, 1:47 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGShelby75 min
Aug 9, 2:07 PM CDTExcessive Heat WatchMEGCarroll, Chester, Crockett, Decatur, Dyer, Fayette and 14 more14 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Tennessee, 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.