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Flash Flood Warning 11, NWS Memphis, TN

February 16, 2025Obion County, Tennessee

NWS Memphis, TN issued this flash flood warning at Feb 16, 2025, 7:35 AM CST for Obion County, Tennessee. It was in force for 24 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: Feb 16, 2025, 7:35 AM CST (13:35 UTC)
Expired: Feb 17, 2025, 7:12 AM CST
In force: 24 hr
Issued by: NWS Memphis, TN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Emergency: Flash flood emergency
Flood severity: Unknown

County Obion County, TN

The radar

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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 Feb 16, 5:17 AM CST, 2 hours 18 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 16, 5:17 AM CST, 2 hours 18 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Feb 16, 1:50 AM CST, 5 hours 45 minutes before

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Local storm report, Feb 16, 1:53 AM CST, 5 hours 42 minutes before

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Local storm report, Feb 16, 1:55 AM CST, 5 hours 40 minutes before

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Local storm report, Feb 16, 1:57 AM CST, 5 hours 38 minutes before

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Local storm report, Feb 16, 1:58 AM CST, 5 hours 37 minutes before

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Local storm report, Feb 16, 2:01 AM CST, 5 hours 34 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
Feb 15, 6:04 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Carroll, Crockett, Dyer, Gibson, Haywood, Lake and 3 more	4 hr
Feb 15, 6:15 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Shelby	26 min
Feb 15, 6:21 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Crockett, Gibson, Haywood, Lauderdale, Madison, Tipton	39 min
Feb 15, 6:33 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Fayette, Haywood, Shelby, Tipton	42 min
Feb 15, 6:39 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MEG	Carroll, Crockett, Gibson, Haywood, Lauderdale	51 min
Feb 15, 7:00 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Carroll, Gibson, Henry, Weakley	45 min
Feb 15, 7:02 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MEG	Benton, Carroll, Gibson, Henry, Weakley	43 min
Feb 15, 7:04 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MEG	Henry, Weakley	21 min
Feb 15, 7:08 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Fayette, Madison	52 min
Feb 15, 7:12 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Fayette, Haywood, Shelby, Tipton	3 hr
Feb 15, 7:23 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Benton, Carroll, Gibson, Henry, Weakley	52 min
Feb 15, 7:38 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MEG	Benton, Carroll, Henry, Weakley	41 min
Feb 15, 7:49 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MEG	Carroll, Gibson, Hardeman, Haywood, Henderson, Madison	10 min
Feb 15, 7:53 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Benton, Carroll, Henry	4 hr
Feb 15, 8:08 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Benton, Carroll, Decatur, Henderson, Henry, Madison	52 min
Feb 15, 10:16 PM CST	Areal Flood Warning	MEG	Carroll, Crockett, Dyer, Gibson, Haywood, Henry and 5 more	4 hr
Feb 15, 11:03 PM CST	River Flood Warning	MEG	Madison	64 hr
Feb 15, 11:06 PM CST	River Flood Warning	MEG	Fayette, Shelby	20 hr
Feb 16, 12:02 AM CST	Areal Flood Warning	MEG	Benton, Carroll, Decatur, Henderson, Henry, Madison and 1 more	2 hr
Feb 16, 12:42 AM CST	River Flood Advisory	MEG	Decatur, Perry	6 hr
Feb 16, 6:46 AM CST	River Flood Warning	MEG	Decatur, Perry	3 days
Feb 16, 6:46 AM CST	River Flood Advisory	MEG	Benton, Henry, Houston, Humphreys, Stewart	15 hr
Feb 16, 6:46 AM CST	River Flood Advisory	MEG	Dyer, Lake, Lauderdale	14 days
Feb 16, 6:46 AM CST	River Flood Advisory	MEG	Lauderdale, Tipton	15 days
Feb 16, 2:38 PM CST	Winter Storm Watch	MEG	Benton, Carroll, Chester, Crockett, Decatur, Dyer and 13 more	24 hr
Feb 15, 7:36 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Coahoma, Quitman, Tate, Tunica	24 min
Feb 15, 7:40 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MEG	Coahoma, Panola, Quitman, Tate, Tunica	17 min
Feb 15, 9:32 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Calhoun	28 min
Feb 15, 9:38 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Calhoun, Chickasaw, Pontotoc	52 min
Feb 15, 10:09 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Chickasaw, Itawamba, Lee, Monroe, Pontotoc	51 min
Feb 15, 10:11 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MEG	Chickasaw, Itawamba, Lee, Monroe, Pontotoc	49 min
Feb 16, 12:14 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	MEG	Alcorn, Calhoun, Chickasaw, Itawamba, Lafayette, Lee and 7 more	108 min
Feb 16, 12:45 AM CST	River Flood Warning	MEG	Quitman	34 hr
Feb 15, 8:47 PM CST	River Flood Warning	MEG	Lee, St. Francis	21 days
Feb 15, 10:59 PM CST	River Flood Warning	MEG	Clay, Greene	64 hr

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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.