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Flash Flood Warning 17, NWS Memphis, TN

March 15, 20256 counties in Mississippi

NWS Memphis, TN issued this flash flood warning at Mar 15, 2025, 1:53 PM CDT for 6 counties in Mississippi. It was in force for 5 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: Mar 15, 2025, 1:53 PM CDT (18:53 UTC)
Expired: Mar 15, 2025, 7:00 PM CDT
In force: 5 hr
Issued by: NWS Memphis, TN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Chickasaw County, MS, Itawamba County, MS, Lee County, MS, Monroe County, MS, Prentiss County, MS, Tishomingo County, MS

The radar

The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 48 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 143 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 3142 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -80 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -58 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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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 Mar 15, 1:39 PM CDT, 14 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 15, 1:39 PM CDT, 14 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 15, 1:11 PM CDT, 42 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Memphis TN
111 PM CDT Sat Mar 15 2025

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0104 PM     Flash Flood      4 SSE Tula              34.18N 89.35W
03/15/2025                   Lafayette          MS   Emergency Mngr

            Reported Highway 331 in Lafayette Co just
            north of Calhoun Co line. Roads flooded and
            impassable.

&&

AEH

Local storm report, Mar 15, 1:16 PM CDT, 37 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Memphis TN
116 PM CDT Sat Mar 15 2025

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0109 PM     Flash Flood      2 ENE Thaxton           34.31N 89.15W
03/15/2025                   Pontotoc           MS   Emergency Mngr

            Reported Sewell Rd and Beulah Grove Rd in
            Pontotoc are flooded.

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AEH

Local storm report, Mar 15, 1:19 PM CDT, 34 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Memphis TN
119 PM CDT Sat Mar 15 2025

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0110 PM     Flash Flood      3 W Verona              34.19N 88.77W
03/15/2025                   Lee                MS   911 Call Center

            Reported Fire Department in Palmetto area of
            Lee County that roads are flooded.

&&

AEH

Local storm report, Mar 15, 1:37 PM CDT, 16 minutes before

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Local storm report, Mar 15, 1:41 PM CDT, 12 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
Mar 15, 1:33 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Lake	31 min
Mar 15, 1:43 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Lake, Obion	47 min
Mar 15, 4:08 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Hardin, McNairy	52 min
Mar 15, 6:31 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Fayette, Hardeman	44 min
Mar 15, 6:36 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Decatur, Hardin, McNairy	23 min
Mar 15, 7:08 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Chester, Fayette, Hardeman, Haywood, McNairy, Madison	52 min
Mar 15, 7:53 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Chester, Fayette, Hardeman, Haywood, McNairy, Madison and 2 more	52 min
Mar 15, 7:55 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Chester, Hardeman, McNairy	50 min
Mar 15, 8:31 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Shelby	44 min
Mar 15, 8:35 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Shelby	40 min
Mar 15, 8:38 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Chester, Crockett, Fayette, Hardeman, Haywood, Lauderdale and 4 more	52 min
Mar 15, 8:56 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Lauderdale, Shelby, Tipton	49 min
Mar 15, 9:04 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MEG	Fayette, Hardeman, Shelby	3 hr
Mar 15, 9:19 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Crockett, Dyer, Gibson, Haywood, Lauderdale, Obion and 1 more	41 min
Mar 15, 10:37 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Fayette, Shelby	3 hr
Mar 15, 11:10 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MEG	Chester, Hardeman, Henderson, Madison	3 hr
Mar 15, 12:27 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MEG	Benton, Decatur, Henderson	30 min
Mar 15, 12:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Hardin, McNairy	49 min
Mar 15, 12:54 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Benton, Carroll, Chester, Decatur, Henderson	3 hr
Mar 15, 1:39 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MEG	Fayette, Hardeman, Haywood, Madison, Shelby, Tipton	3 hr
Mar 15, 2:27 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	MEG	Madison	47 hr
Mar 14, 7:52 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Tate, Tunica	38 min
Mar 14, 8:10 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	MEG	Monroe	5 days
Mar 14, 8:10 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	MEG	Monroe	4 days
Mar 14, 8:32 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	MEG	Lowndes, Monroe	5 days
Mar 15, 12:24 AM CDT	Tornado Warning Considerable damage threat	MEG	Calhoun, Yalobusha	66 min
Mar 15, 1:23 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Calhoun, Chickasaw, Pontotoc	52 min
Mar 15, 2:10 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Chickasaw, Itawamba, Lee, Monroe	50 min
Mar 15, 2:17 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MEG	Calhoun, Chickasaw, Pontotoc, Yalobusha	118 min
Mar 15, 2:59 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Itawamba	16 min
Mar 15, 3:24 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MEG	Chickasaw, Itawamba, Lee, Monroe, Pontotoc	111 min
Mar 15, 4:17 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Calhoun, Chickasaw, Lafayette, Pontotoc	43 min
Mar 15, 6:40 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Benton, Lafayette, Marshall, Tate	50 min
Mar 15, 6:48 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Coahoma, DeSoto, Lafayette, Panola, Quitman, Tallahatchie and 2 more	42 min
Mar 15, 7:11 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Coahoma, DeSoto, Lafayette, Panola, Quitman, Tallahatchie and 2 more	49 min
Mar 15, 7:51 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Coahoma, DeSoto, Panola, Quitman, Tate, Tunica	54 min
Mar 15, 8:07 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MEG	Coahoma, DeSoto, Panola, Quitman, Tate, Tunica	3 hr
Mar 15, 8:22 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	DeSoto, Tate	3 hr
Mar 15, 10:15 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Panola, Quitman, Tallahatchie	45 min
Mar 15, 10:31 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Lafayette, Panola, Tallahatchie, Yalobusha	44 min
Mar 15, 10:34 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Lafayette, Panola, Tallahatchie, Yalobusha	41 min
Mar 15, 11:13 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Benton, Calhoun, Lafayette, Marshall, Pontotoc, Tippah and 2 more	47 min
Mar 15, 12:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Calhoun, Yalobusha	41 min
Mar 15, 12:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Chickasaw, Itawamba, Lee, Monroe, Pontotoc	52 min
Mar 15, 12:24 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Chickasaw, Itawamba, Lee, Monroe, Pontotoc	51 min
Mar 15, 12:31 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MEG	Alcorn, Benton, Calhoun, Lafayette, Marshall, Pontotoc and 3 more	3 hr
Mar 15, 12:35 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	MEG	Tate, Tunica	23 hr
Mar 15, 12:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Calhoun, Chickasaw, Lafayette, Pontotoc, Union	16 min
Mar 15, 1:02 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Calhoun, Chickasaw, Lafayette, Lee, Pontotoc, Union and 1 more	5 hr
Mar 15, 1:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Chickasaw, Itawamba, Lee, Monroe, Prentiss, Tishomingo	39 min
Mar 15, 1:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Calhoun, Chickasaw, Lee, Pontotoc	41 min
Mar 15, 1:19 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Itawamba, Monroe	41 min
Mar 15, 1:32 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Chickasaw, Lee, Monroe, Pontotoc	12 min
Mar 15, 1:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Chickasaw, Itawamba, Lee, Monroe	39 min
Mar 15, 2:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Calhoun, Chickasaw, Lee, Monroe, Pontotoc	50 min
Mar 15, 2:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Itawamba, Monroe	31 min
Mar 15, 3:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Alcorn, Itawamba, Lee, Prentiss, Tishomingo	25 min
Mar 15, 3:43 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	MEG	Calhoun	47 hr
Mar 15, 3:46 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	MEG	Lee	17 hr
Mar 15, 4:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Chickasaw, Itawamba, Lee, Monroe	48 min
Mar 15, 5:23 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Chickasaw, Monroe	102 min
Mar 14, 11:18 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threat	MEG	Clay, Greene	42 min
Mar 14, 11:29 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threat	MEG	Craighead, Poinsett	46 min
Mar 14, 11:55 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Clay	50 min
Mar 15, 12:00 AM CDT	Tornado Warning Considerable damage threat	MEG	Clay, Craighead, Greene	45 min
Mar 15, 12:08 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Craighead, Poinsett	52 min
Mar 15, 12:36 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Cross, Lee, St. Francis	39 min
Mar 15, 12:42 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Clay, Greene	48 min
Mar 15, 12:54 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Craighead, Greene, Mississippi	51 min
Mar 15, 4:56 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Cross, Lee, St. Francis	49 min
Mar 15, 5:30 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Crittenden, Cross, Poinsett, St. Francis	20 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Mississippi, 2025 Every flash flood warning in 2025

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.