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Flash Flood Watch 3, NWS Memphis, TN

May 12, 201412 counties in Arkansas

NWS Memphis, TN issued this flash flood watch at May 12, 2014, 4:54 AM CDT for 12 counties in Arkansas. It took effect at May 13, 2014, 1:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 39 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 12, 2014, 4:54 AM CDT (09:54 UTC)
In effect from: May 13, 2014, 1:00 AM CDT
Expired: May 14, 2014, 4:24 PM CDT
In force: 39 hr
Issued by: NWS Memphis, TN
Flood severity: None

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

The radar

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:51 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 May 12, 12:16 AM CDT, 4 hours 38 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 12, 12:16 AM CDT, 4 hours 38 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
May 12, 4:34 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Gibson, Weakley	26 min
May 12, 4:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Tippah	29 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Watches in Arkansas, 2014 Every flash flood watch in 2014

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.