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Flash Flood Watch 5, NWS Memphis, TN

May 17, 201522 counties in Mississippi; 21 counties in Tennessee; 12 counties in Arkansas

NWS Memphis, TN issued this flash flood watch at May 17, 2015, 3:47 AM CDT for 22 counties in Mississippi; 21 counties in Tennessee; 12 counties in Arkansas. It took effect at May 17, 2015, 8:26 AM CDT. It was in force for 26 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 17, 2015, 3:47 AM CDT (08:47 UTC)
In effect from: May 17, 2015, 8:26 AM CDT
Expired: May 18, 2015, 10:27 AM CDT
In force: 26 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

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 16, 11:39 PM CDT, 4 hours 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 16, 11:39 PM CDT, 4 hours 8 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 17, 4:07 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Union	38 min
May 17, 4:49 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MEG	Lafayette, Panola, Quitman, Tallahatchie, Yalobusha	116 min
May 17, 5:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Chickasaw	34 min
May 17, 5:42 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Itawamba	33 min
May 17, 6:58 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Calhoun, Chickasaw, Lafayette, Pontotoc, Union	3 hr
May 16, 7:25 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Carroll, Gibson, Madison	6 hr
May 16, 9:02 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	MEG	Crockett, Dyer, Lauderdale	31 hr
May 17, 1:09 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Hardeman	3 hr
May 17, 5:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Lee, St. Francis	33 min

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.