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Flash Flood Watch 2, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this flash flood watch at Apr 22, 2010, 3:31 PM CDT for 20 counties in Tennessee; 22 counties in Mississippi; 12 counties in Arkansas. It took effect at Apr 24, 2010, 1:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 15 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 22, 2010, 3:31 PM CDT (20:31 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 24, 2010, 1:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 24, 2010, 4:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 15 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Flood severity
- None
All 54 counties
Clay County, AR, Craighead County, AR, Crittenden County, AR, Cross County, AR, Greene County, AR, Lawrence County, AR, Lee County, AR, Mississippi County, AR, Phillips County, AR, Poinsett County, AR, Randolph County, AR, St. Francis County, AR, Alcorn County, MS, Benton County, MS, Calhoun County, MS, Chickasaw County, MS, Coahoma County, MS, DeSoto County, MS, Itawamba County, MS, Lafayette County, MS, Lee County, MS, Marshall County, MS, Monroe County, MS, Panola County, MS, Pontotoc County, MS, Prentiss County, MS, Quitman County, MS, Tallahatchie County, MS, Tate County, MS, Tippah County, MS, Tishomingo County, MS, Tunica County, MS, Union County, MS, Yalobusha County, MS, Carroll County, TN, Chester County, TN, Crockett County, TN, Decatur County, TN, Dyer County, TN, Fayette County, TN, Gibson County, TN, Hardeman County, TN, Hardin County, TN, Haywood County, TN, Henderson County, TN, Henry County, TN, Lake County, TN, Lauderdale County, TN, Madison County, TN, McNairy County, TN, Obion County, TN, Shelby County, TN, Tipton County, TN, Weakley County, TN
The radar
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:35 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 watch 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 watch went out at Apr 22, 2:57 PM CDT, 34 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 22, 2:57 PM CDT, 34 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 22, 3:31 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 331 PM CDT THU APR 22 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>092-232245- 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- 331 PM CDT THU APR 22 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST ARKANSAS... THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL...NORTH MISSISSIPPI...AND WEST TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY ...A MAJOR SEVERE WEATHER OUTBREAK IS EXPECTED SATURDAY... THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND FRIDAY NIGHT AS A WARM...MOIST...AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS ENGULFS THE REGION. IT IS STILL FAIRLY UNCERTAIN AS TO WHETHER STORMS WILL DEVELOP DURING THIS TIME FRAME...BUT THOSE THAT DO HAVE A GOOD SHOT OF BECOMING SEVERE GIVEN THE STRONG WIND SHEAR PRESENT. LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. ANOTHER SEVERE WEATHER EPISODE WILL UNFOLD LATE SATURDAY MORNING AND SATURDAY AFTERNOON. A RAPIDLY STRENGTHENING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL TRACK FROM NORTHWEST LOUISIANA ACROSS NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI AND INTO WEST TENNESSEE SATURDAY AFTERNOON. TORNADOES... LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND FLASH FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE MID-SOUTH FOR SATURDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... THE ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS...HAM RADIO OPERATORS...AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IN SUPPORT OF SEVERE WEATHER OPERATIONS WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT...AND AGAIN ON SATURDAY.
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Flash Flood Watches in Mississippi, 2010Flash Flood Watches in Tennessee, 2010Flash Flood Watches in Arkansas, 2010Every flash flood watch 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.