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Flash Flood Watch 1, NWS Memphis, TN

January 2, 201522 counties in Mississippi; 21 counties in Tennessee; 12 counties in Arkansas

NWS Memphis, TN issued this flash flood watch at Jan 2, 2015, 7:56 PM CST for 22 counties in Mississippi; 21 counties in Tennessee; 12 counties in Arkansas. It took effect at Jan 3, 2015, 12:00 AM CST. It was in force for 16 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 2, 2015, 7:56 PM CST (01:56 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 3, 2015, 12:00 AM CST
Expired: Jan 3, 2015, 3:31 PM CST
In force: 16 hr
Issued by: NWS Memphis, TN
Flood severity: None

All 55 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, Benton County, TN, 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), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:55 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 Jan 2, 6:18 PM CST, 1 hour 38 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 2, 6:18 PM CST, 1 hour 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
Jan 3, 11:22 AM CST	River Flood Warning	MEG	Lafayette, Marshall, Union	43 hr
Jan 3, 4:21 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Monroe	39 min
Jan 3, 4:38 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MEG	Monroe	22 min
Jan 3, 7:54 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Clay, Craighead, Greene, Lawrence, Randolph	3 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Watches in Mississippi, 2015 Flash Flood Watches in Tennessee, 2015 Flash Flood Watches in Arkansas, 2015 Every flash flood watch in 2015

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.