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Flash Flood Warning 27, NWS Memphis, TN

May 27, 2023DeSoto County, Mississippi

NWS Memphis, TN issued this flash flood warning at May 27, 2023, 9:36 AM CDT for DeSoto County, Mississippi. 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 27, 2023, 9:36 AM CDT (14:36 UTC)
Expired: May 27, 2023, 12:30 PM CDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Memphis, TN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

County DeSoto County, MS

The radar

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:36 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 27, 6:35 AM CDT, 3 hours 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 27, 6:35 AM CDT, 3 hours 1 minute 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 26, 9:20 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Tishomingo	25 min
May 26, 9:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Tishomingo	15 min
May 27, 8:45 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MEG	DeSoto, Tate, Tunica	54 min
May 27, 10:12 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MEG	Marshall, Tate	2 hr
May 27, 10:51 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MEG	Panola, Tate	107 min
May 27, 4:08 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Tippah	22 min
May 27, 4:24 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Union	36 min
May 27, 4:47 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MEG	Tippah, Union	118 min
May 27, 5:49 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Monroe	26 min
May 27, 6:20 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Monroe	25 min
May 27, 6:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Monroe	28 min
May 27, 6:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Monroe	21 min
May 27, 6:50 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MEG	Chickasaw, Monroe	115 min
May 27, 4:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	McNairy	32 min
May 27, 5:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Madison	30 min
May 27, 5:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Madison	18 min
May 27, 5:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Hardeman, Haywood, Madison	31 min
May 27, 5:42 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Hardin	18 min
May 27, 5:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	McNairy	13 min
May 27, 5:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Hardeman	16 min
May 27, 6:24 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Hardeman	36 min
May 27, 6:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Hardeman	31 min
May 27, 4:18 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Crittenden	27 min
May 27, 4:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Cross	38 min
May 27, 4:54 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Poinsett	36 min
May 27, 5:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Poinsett	28 min
May 27, 5:06 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Cross	24 min
May 27, 5:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Cross, Poinsett	51 min
May 27, 5:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Cross	13 min
May 27, 5:36 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MEG	Poinsett	114 min
May 27, 5:38 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Cross	37 min

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.