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Flash Flood Watch 6, NWS Memphis, TN

August 6, 201315 counties in Tennessee; 6 counties in Arkansas

NWS Memphis, TN issued this flash flood watch at Aug 6, 2013, 9:14 AM CDT for 15 counties in Tennessee; 6 counties in Arkansas. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Aug 6, 2013, 9:14 AM CDT (14:14 UTC)
Expired: Aug 6, 2013, 3:52 PM CDT
In force: 7 hr
Issued by: NWS Memphis, TN
Flood severity: None

All 21 counties

Clay County, AR, Craighead County, AR, Greene County, AR, Lawrence County, AR, Mississippi County, AR, Randolph County, AR, Carroll County, TN, Chester County, TN, Crockett County, TN, Decatur County, TN, Dyer County, TN, Gibson County, TN, Haywood County, TN, Henderson County, TN, Henry County, TN, Lake County, TN, Lauderdale County, TN, Madison County, TN, Obion County, TN, Tipton County, TN, Weakley County, TN

The radar

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:15 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 Aug 6, 6:29 AM CDT, 2 hours 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 6, 6:29 AM CDT, 2 hours 45 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 6, 3:34 AM CDT, 5 hours 40 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
Aug 6, 8:45 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Obion, Weakley	3 hr
Aug 6, 9:29 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Henderson	3 hr
Aug 6, 11:47 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Decatur, Henderson	3 hr
Aug 6, 1:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Lee, Pontotoc, Union	39 min
Aug 6, 1:56 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MEG	Tishomingo	3 hr
Aug 6, 2:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Itawamba, Lee	29 min
Aug 6, 2:24 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MEG	Itawamba, Lee, Monroe, Pontotoc, Union	2 hr
Aug 6, 4:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Pontotoc	28 min
Aug 6, 4:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Pontotoc, Union	50 min
Aug 6, 5:22 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Chickasaw	23 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Watches in Tennessee, 2013 Flash Flood Watches in Arkansas, 2013 Every flash flood watch in 2013

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.