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Flash Flood Warning 51, NWS Memphis, TN

April 5, 202518 counties in Tennessee; Tunica County, Mississippi; 6 counties in Arkansas

NWS Memphis, TN issued this flash flood warning at Apr 5, 2025, 10:39 AM CDT for 18 counties in Tennessee; Tunica County, Mississippi; 6 counties in Arkansas. It was in force for 8 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: Apr 5, 2025, 10:39 AM CDT (15:39 UTC)
Expired: Apr 5, 2025, 6:45 PM CDT
In force: 8 hr
Issued by: NWS Memphis, TN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Damage threat: Considerable
Flood severity: None

All 25 counties

Crittenden County, AR, Cross County, AR, Lee County, AR, Mississippi County, AR, Poinsett County, AR, St. Francis County, AR, Tunica County, MS, Benton County, TN, Carroll County, TN, Chester County, TN, Crockett County, TN, Decatur County, TN, Dyer County, TN, Fayette County, TN, Gibson County, TN, Hardeman County, TN, Hardin County, TN, Haywood County, TN, Henderson County, TN, Lauderdale County, TN, Madison County, TN, McNairy County, TN, Shelby County, TN, Tipton County, TN, Weakley 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 Apr 5, 10:22 AM CDT, 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 5, 10:22 AM CDT, 17 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 5, 7:36 AM CDT, 3 hours 3 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Memphis TN
736 AM CDT Sat Apr 5 2025

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

0522 AM     Tstm Wnd Dmg     1 N Springville         36.26N 88.15W
04/05/2025                   Henry              TN   Emergency Mngr

            Tree down on Poplar Grove Road near the
            Poplar Grove Cemetery.

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SJM

Local storm report, Apr 5, 7:43 AM CDT, 2 hours 56 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 5, 7:51 AM CDT, 2 hours 48 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 5, 8:47 AM CDT, 1 hour 52 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Memphis TN
847 AM CDT Sat Apr 5 2025

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
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0745 AM     Flash Flood      Brownsville             35.60N 89.26W
04/05/2025                   Haywood            TN   Public

            East Main Street closed to traffic due to
            6-12 inches of water covering the roadway
            under the railroad overpass in Brownsville.

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12/CA

Local storm report, Apr 5, 9:38 AM CDT, 1 hour 1 minute before

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Local storm report, Apr 5, 10:01 AM CDT, 38 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
Apr 5, 2:20 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Lauderdale, Shelby, Tipton	40 min
Apr 5, 2:32 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Lake, Obion, Weakley	5 hr
Apr 5, 2:48 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Tipton	5 hr
Apr 5, 2:56 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Haywood, Lauderdale, Tipton	34 min
Apr 5, 3:02 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Lauderdale	28 min
Apr 5, 3:06 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Lauderdale	24 min
Apr 5, 3:15 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Haywood, Lauderdale, Tipton	30 min
Apr 5, 3:22 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Dyer, Lauderdale	38 min
Apr 5, 3:39 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Crockett, Dyer, Gibson, Haywood, Lauderdale	36 min
Apr 5, 3:53 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Dyer, Lake, Obion	30 min
Apr 5, 4:11 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Gibson, Obion, Weakley	20 min
Apr 5, 4:27 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Carroll, Gibson, Henry, Weakley	9 min
Apr 5, 4:31 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Shelby, Tipton	3 hr
Apr 5, 4:49 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Benton, Carroll, Decatur, Henderson, Henry, Madison and 1 more	41 min
Apr 5, 5:09 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Benton, Carroll, Henry	36 min
Apr 5, 5:13 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Carroll, Crockett, Gibson, Haywood, Henry, Lauderdale and 3 more	3 hr
Apr 5, 7:33 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Crockett, Fayette, Haywood, Lauderdale, Madison, Shelby and 1 more	3 hr
Apr 5, 8:41 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Fayette, Shelby	3 hr
Apr 5, 9:00 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Chester, Fayette, Hardeman, Haywood, Henderson, Madison	105 min
Apr 5, 9:32 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	MEG	Lauderdale, Tipton	4 days
Apr 5, 9:33 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Dyer, Lake, Lauderdale	12 hr
Apr 5, 11:40 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Fayette, Shelby	7 hr
Apr 5, 12:33 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Lauderdale, Tipton	42 min
Apr 5, 12:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Shelby	54 min
Apr 5, 12:58 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Lauderdale, Tipton	47 min
Apr 5, 1:10 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Dyer, Lauderdale	50 min
Apr 5, 1:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Crockett, Fayette, Gibson, Hardeman, Haywood, Madison	47 min
Apr 5, 1:17 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Crockett, Fayette, Gibson, Hardeman, Haywood, Madison	43 min
Apr 5, 1:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	MEG	Dyer, Haywood, Lauderdale, Shelby, Tipton	54 min
Apr 5, 1:39 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Crockett, Dyer, Haywood, Lauderdale, Tipton	51 min
Apr 5, 1:47 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Benton, Dyer, Gibson, Henry, Lake, Obion and 1 more	8 hr
Apr 5, 1:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Shelby	53 min
Apr 5, 1:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Carroll, Crockett, Gibson, Henderson, Madison	24 min
Apr 5, 1:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	MEG	Crockett, Dyer, Fayette, Gibson, Haywood, Lauderdale and 3 more	46 min
Apr 5, 2:22 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning EmergencyCatastrophic damage threat	MEG	Shelby	6 hr
Apr 5, 2:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Benton, Carroll, Henderson	39 min
Apr 5, 2:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Carroll, Chester, Crockett, Fayette, Gibson, Hardeman and 3 more	43 min
Apr 5, 3:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Benton, Carroll, Decatur, Gibson, Henderson, Henry and 2 more	58 min
Apr 5, 4:33 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Fayette	42 min
Apr 5, 4:38 PM CDT	River Flood Advisory	MEG	Decatur, Hardin	9 days
Apr 5, 4:41 PM CDT	River Flood Advisory	MEG	Decatur, Perry	12 days
Apr 5, 4:44 PM CDT	River Flood Advisory	MEG	Benton, Henry, Houston, Humphreys, Stewart	59 hr
Apr 5, 4:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Fayette, Hardeman, Shelby	61 min
Apr 5, 5:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Fayette, Hardeman, McNairy	62 min
Apr 5, 6:50 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	MEG	Benton, Carroll, Chester, Crockett, Decatur, Dyer and 12 more	3 hr
Apr 5, 9:35 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	MEG	Monroe	5 days
Apr 5, 2:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Coahoma, Quitman, Tallahatchie, Tunica	64 min
Apr 5, 2:38 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Coahoma	52 min
Apr 5, 3:05 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Coahoma	25 min
Apr 5, 3:22 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Coahoma, Tunica	16 min
Apr 5, 3:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Coahoma, Panola, Quitman, Tallahatchie, Tate, Tunica	26 min
Apr 5, 4:00 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Benton, Coahoma, DeSoto, Lafayette, Marshall, Panola and 3 more	6 hr
Apr 5, 4:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Coahoma, Panola, Quitman, Tallahatchie	52 min
Apr 5, 4:51 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Panola, Quitman, Tallahatchie, Yalobusha	39 min
Apr 5, 4:56 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Tallahatchie, Yalobusha	49 min
Apr 5, 5:23 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Lafayette, Panola, Tallahatchie, Yalobusha	52 min
Apr 5, 5:31 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Calhoun, Lafayette, Yalobusha	44 min
Apr 5, 5:58 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Benton, Lafayette, Marshall	33 min
Apr 5, 6:12 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Benton, Lafayette, Marshall, Tippah, Union	33 min
Apr 5, 6:22 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Lafayette, Pontotoc, Union	38 min
Apr 5, 6:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	MEG	Prentiss, Tippah, Union	41 min
Apr 5, 6:50 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threat	MEG	Lee, Pontotoc, Prentiss, Tippah, Union	40 min
Apr 5, 6:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Itawamba, Lafayette, Lee, Pontotoc, Prentiss, Union	47 min
Apr 4, 10:33 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Clay, Greene	3 hr
Apr 4, 11:12 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Clay, Craighead, Greene	3 hr
Apr 5, 12:55 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Craighead, Greene, Mississippi, Poinsett	3 hr
Apr 5, 1:12 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Cross, Poinsett	31 min
Apr 5, 1:32 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Craighead, Crittenden, Cross, Greene, Lee, Poinsett and 1 more	43 min
Apr 5, 1:35 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Crittenden, Cross, Poinsett, St. Francis	40 min
Apr 5, 1:41 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Clay, Craighead, Greene	3 hr
Apr 5, 2:03 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Crittenden, Cross, Mississippi, Poinsett	30 min
Apr 5, 2:11 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Crittenden, Mississippi, Poinsett	16 min
Apr 5, 3:54 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Clay, Craighead, Greene, Mississippi	6 hr
Apr 5, 10:43 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	MEG	St. Francis	34 hr
Apr 5, 12:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	MEG	Craighead, Cross, Lee, Poinsett, St. Francis	54 min
Apr 5, 12:21 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Crittenden, Cross, Poinsett	39 min
Apr 5, 12:24 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Crittenden, Cross, St. Francis	51 min
Apr 5, 12:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	MEG	Clay, Craighead, Crittenden, Cross, Greene, Lee and 3 more	59 min
Apr 5, 12:55 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Craighead, Greene, Mississippi, Poinsett	45 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.