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Flash Flood Watch 2, NWS Memphis, TN

May 29, 20189 counties in Tennessee; Alcorn County, Tishomingo County, Mississippi

NWS Memphis, TN issued this flash flood watch at May 29, 2018, 3:39 AM CDT for 9 counties in Tennessee; Alcorn County, Tishomingo County, Mississippi. It took effect at May 29, 2018, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 18 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 29, 2018, 3:39 AM CDT (08:39 UTC)
In effect from: May 29, 2018, 1:00 PM CDT
Expired: May 30, 2018, 7:00 AM CDT
In force: 18 hr
Issued by: NWS Memphis, TN
Flood severity: None

Counties Alcorn County, MS, Tishomingo County, MS, Benton County, TN, Carroll County, TN, Chester County, TN, Decatur County, TN, Hardin County, TN, Henderson County, TN, Henry County, TN, McNairy County, TN, Weakley County, TN

The radar

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 137 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:42 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 29, 3:29 AM CDT, 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 29, 3:29 AM CDT, 10 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 28, 10:28 PM CDT, 5 hours 11 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, May 28, 10:22 PM CDT, 5 hours 17 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 29, 5:43 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MEG	Shelby	62 min
May 29, 6:23 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MEG	Shelby	52 min
May 29, 6:27 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MEG	Tipton	92 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Watches in Tennessee, 2018 Flash Flood Watches in Mississippi, 2018 Every flash flood watch in 2018

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.