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Flash Flood Warning 26, NWS Memphis, TN

May 12, 2023Phillips County, Arkansas

NWS Memphis, TN issued this flash flood warning at May 12, 2023, 10:20 AM CDT for Phillips County, Arkansas. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 12, 2023, 10:20 AM CDT (15:20 UTC)
Expired: May 12, 2023, 1:15 PM CDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Memphis, TN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

County Phillips County, AR

The radar

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 135 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:20 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 warning 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 warning went out at May 11, 6:30 PM CDT, 15 hours 50 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 11, 6:30 PM CDT, 15 hours 50 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 12, 9:01 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	DeSoto	29 min
May 12, 9:30 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Tishomingo	30 min
May 12, 9:49 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MEG	Coahoma, Tunica	2 hr
May 12, 12:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Lafayette	34 min
May 11, 7:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Lake	28 min
May 11, 7:23 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Chester, Decatur, Hardin, Henderson, Madison	37 min
May 12, 10:07 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Decatur	23 min
May 12, 11:52 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Hardin	23 min
May 12, 12:10 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Hardin	35 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Arkansas, 2023 Every flash flood warning in 2023

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.