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Flash Flood Watch 11, NWS Memphis, TN

July 22, 201510 counties in Arkansas

NWS Memphis, TN issued this flash flood watch at Jul 22, 2015, 1:53 AM CDT for 10 counties in Arkansas. It took effect at Jul 22, 2015, 3:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 37 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 22, 2015, 1:53 AM CDT (06:53 UTC)
In effect from: Jul 22, 2015, 3:00 AM CDT
Expired: Jul 23, 2015, 3:32 PM CDT
In force: 37 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, Mississippi County, AR, Poinsett County, AR, Randolph County, AR, St. Francis County, AR

The radar

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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 Jul 22, 12:33 AM CDT, 1 hour 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 22, 12:33 AM CDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 21, 3:19 AM CDT, 22 hours 34 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
319 AM CDT TUE JUL 21 2015

ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115-
MSZ001>017-020>024-TNZ001>004-019>022-048>055-088>092-221030-
ALCORN-BENTON MS-BENTON TN-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-
319 AM CDT TUE JUL 21 2015

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST ARKANSAS...
THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL...NORTH MISSISSIPPI...AND WEST TENNESSEE.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A HEAT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE THIS MORNING TO EARLY THIS
EVENING FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH MISSISSIPPI.

A FEW STRONG STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE SOUTH OF A JONESBORO
ARKANSAS...TO A PARSONS TENNESSEE LINE. STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND
BRIEF HEAVY RAIN ARE THE MAIN THREATS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY
AND THURSDAY. DAMAGING WINDS AND LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING ARE THE
MAIN THREATS.

HEAT INDICES MAY WARM TO IN EXCESS OF 105 DEGREES OVER THE
MIDSOUTH THIS WEEKEND.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY.

JAB

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 21, 8:44 PM CDT, 5 hours 9 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
844 PM CDT TUE JUL 21 2015

ARZ008-017-220215-
RANDOLPH AR-LAWRENCE AR-
844 PM CDT TUE JUL 21 2015

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL UNTIL 915 PM CDT FOR...

CENTRAL RANDOLPH COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...
NORTHWESTERN LAWRENCE COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...

AT 842 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING WINDS TO 50 MPH WAS
LOCATED OVER RAVENDEN...OR 12 MILES NORTHWEST OF BLACK ROCK...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

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

PEOPLE IN CENTRAL RANDOLPH AND NORTHWESTERN LAWRENCE COUNTIES SHOULD
MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY.

LAT...LON 3623 9135 3623 9133 3624 9133 3624 9126
      3633 9126 3633 9128 3636 9128 3643 9109
      3616 9103 3609 9134 3612 9135
TIME...MOT...LOC 0142Z 241DEG 17KT 3626 9124

Special weather statement, Jul 21, 9:40 PM CDT, 4 hours 13 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 21, 11:08 PM CDT, 2 hours 45 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 21, 11:22 PM CDT, 2 hours 31 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
Jul 22, 2:10 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Panola	50 min
Jul 22, 2:43 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Lafayette	47 min
Jul 21, 8:03 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Lawrence, Randolph	5 hr
Jul 21, 8:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Randolph	31 min
Jul 21, 9:40 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Craighead, Greene, Lawrence, Poinsett	65 min
Jul 21, 10:04 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Lawrence	3 hr
Jul 21, 10:40 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Craighead, Poinsett	3 hr
Jul 21, 11:08 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Crittenden, Mississippi	52 min
Jul 21, 11:17 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Craighead	3 hr
Jul 22, 1:18 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Poinsett	3 hr

Nearby

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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.