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Flash Flood Watch 4, NWS Memphis, TN

April 17, 201922 counties in Mississippi; 21 counties in Tennessee; 10 counties in Arkansas

NWS Memphis, TN issued this flash flood watch at Apr 17, 2019, 3:39 PM CDT for 22 counties in Mississippi; 21 counties in Tennessee; 10 counties in Arkansas. It took effect at Apr 18, 2019, 1:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 18 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 17, 2019, 3:39 PM CDT (20:39 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 18, 2019, 1:00 AM CDT
Expired
Apr 18, 2019, 7:27 PM CDT
In force
18 hr
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Flood severity
None
All 53 counties

Clay County, AR, Craighead County, AR, Crittenden County, AR, Cross County, AR, Greene County, AR, Lee County, AR, Mississippi County, AR, Phillips County, AR, Poinsett 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), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:39 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 Apr 17, 3:12 PM CDT, 27 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 17, 3:12 PM CDT, 27 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 17, 9:32 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningMEGMonroe59 hr
Apr 17, 10:12 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningMEGTallahatchie4 days
Apr 17, 10:12 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningMEGTallahatchie21 days
Apr 17, 12:12 PM CDTRiver Flood AdvisoryMEGCoahoma, Tunica16 days
Apr 17, 10:55 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningMEGObion, Weakley3 days
Apr 17, 10:58 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningMEGDyer21 days
Apr 17, 11:04 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningMEGMadison3 days

Nearby

Flash Flood Watches in Mississippi, 2019Flash Flood Watches in Tennessee, 2019Flash Flood Watches in Arkansas, 2019Every flash flood watch in 2019

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.