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Flash Flood Warning 11, NWS Memphis, TN

June 1, 2026Shelby County, Tennessee; DeSoto County, Marshall County, Mississippi

NWS Memphis, TN issued this flash flood warning at Jun 1, 2026, 6:26 PM CDT for Shelby County, Tennessee; DeSoto County, Marshall County, Mississippi. It was in force for 109 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: Jun 1, 2026, 6:26 PM CDT (23:26 UTC)
Expired: Jun 1, 2026, 8:15 PM CDT
In force: 109 min
Issued by: NWS Memphis, TN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties DeSoto County, MS, Marshall County, MS, Shelby County, TN

The radar

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 293 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: 2075 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -43 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1005 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 3 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 37 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: -0.2

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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 Jun 1, 3:49 PM CDT, 2 hours 37 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 1, 3:49 PM CDT, 2 hours 37 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 1, 2:41 PM CDT, 3 hours 45 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 1, 5:35 PM CDT, 51 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 1, 5:43 PM CDT, 43 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 1, 5:53 PM CDT, 33 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 1, 6:15 PM CDT, 11 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Memphis TN
615 PM CDT Mon Jun 1 2026

ARZ026-012345-
Craighead AR-
615 PM CDT Mon Jun 1 2026

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT CENTRAL CRAIGHEAD COUNTY THROUGH
645 PM CDT...

At 614 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Jonesboro, moving southeast at 20 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph and nickel size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is
         possible.

Locations impacted include...
Jonesboro, Bono, Lake City, Bay, Brookland, Hergett, Needham, Apt,
Herman, Gum Point, Farrville, Lester, Herndon, Goobertown, and
Craighead Forest Park.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead to
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 900 PM CDT for
eastern Arkansas.

&&

LAT...LON 3597 9074 3597 9064 3590 9041 3571 9059
      3571 9064 3586 9082
TIME...MOT...LOC 2314Z 303DEG 18KT 3588 9071

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

PWB

The office that day

Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 1, 7:16 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Shelby	29 min
Jun 1, 8:48 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Weakley	27 min
Jun 1, 9:06 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Henry, Obion, Weakley	54 min
Jun 1, 9:48 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Benton, Carroll, Henry	42 min
Jun 1, 10:24 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Benton, Carroll, Decatur	36 min
Jun 1, 11:54 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Hardin	21 min
Jun 1, 6:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Fayette, Shelby	40 min
Jun 1, 6:11 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MEG	Shelby	15 min
Jun 1, 10:59 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Tishomingo	46 min
Jun 1, 11:22 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Alcorn, Prentiss, Tishomingo	53 min
Jun 1, 11:29 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Prentiss	46 min
Jun 1, 12:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Prentiss	43 min
Jun 1, 12:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Itawamba, Lee, Prentiss	36 min
Jun 1, 12:23 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Union	37 min
Jun 1, 12:43 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Lee, Prentiss	47 min
Jun 1, 1:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Itawamba, Monroe	31 min
Jun 1, 5:35 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Marshall	40 min
Jun 1, 5:53 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	DeSoto	52 min
Jun 1, 6:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Marshall	46 min
Jun 1, 5:43 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Cross	47 min
Jun 1, 5:53 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Craighead	37 min
Jun 1, 6:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Craighead	30 min

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.