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Flash Flood Warning 35, NWS Memphis, TN

July 9, 2023Craighead County, Arkansas

NWS Memphis, TN issued this flash flood warning at Jul 9, 2023, 1:43 PM CDT for Craighead County, Arkansas. It was in force for 83 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 9, 2023, 1:43 PM CDT (18:43 UTC)
Expired: Jul 9, 2023, 3:06 PM CDT
In force: 83 min
Issued by: NWS Memphis, TN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

County Craighead County, AR

The radar

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:44 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 Jul 8, 6:50 PM CDT, 18 hours 53 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 8, 6:50 PM CDT, 18 hours 53 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
Jul 9, 2:43 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Monroe	32 min
Jul 8, 10:07 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Dyer	23 min
Jul 9, 11:20 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Tipton	25 min
Jul 9, 11:40 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Lauderdale, Tipton	38 min
Jul 9, 12:11 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MEG	Lauderdale	3 hr
Jul 9, 12:20 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Tipton	25 min
Jul 9, 2:03 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Haywood	27 min
Jul 9, 2:04 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MEG	Fayette, Haywood, Shelby, Tipton	3 hr
Jul 9, 2:20 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Hardeman	25 min
Jul 9, 2:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Hardeman, McNairy	28 min
Jul 9, 3:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Hardeman	33 min
Jul 8, 9:00 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MEG	Clay, Greene	99 min
Jul 9, 2:20 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MEG	Craighead	115 min
Jul 9, 12:34 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MEG	Craighead	3 hr
Jul 9, 3:30 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MEG	Craighead	79 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.