1 flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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The local office's own words before the first event, 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 the first event at Feb 15, 3:14 AM CST, 1 hour 46 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 314 AM CST THU FEB 15 2001 CURRENT SFC ANALYISI SHOWING QUASISTATIONARY FRONT EXTENDING FROM SDF TO PAH TO FSM. A DISTINCT WAVE WAS NOTED ON THE FRONT OVER NORTH CENTRAL AR. HEAVY RAINS OVERNIGHT HAVE BEEN CONFINED OVER NWRN MOST ZNS WITH 3 TO 4 INCHES COMMON SINCE 00Z. SHERIFF OFFICES NOW REPORTING SOME MINOR PROBLEMS WITH WATER OVER A FEW ROADWAYS. ONCE AGAIN THE AVN IS THE MODELS OF CHOICE WITH THE TIMING OF FEATURES IN THE SRN STREAM. DIFFICULT THING THIS AM IS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW FAR SOUTH FRONT WILL GET BEFORE MAIN ENERGY APPROACHES AND MORE DOMINANT SFC LOW DEVELOPS ALONG FRONT ALLOWING IT TO PUSH NORTHWARD A LITTLE LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT. THINK CURRENT WAVE OVER NORTH CENTRAL AR WILL MOVE NEWD AND ALLOW FRONT TO DIP INTO WRN AND NRN ZNS THIS AM BUT EXPECT THAT WILL BE ABOUT AS FAR SOUTH AS IT GETS. PERIODS OF RAIN AND EMBEDDED TSRA WILL CONTINUE ALONG AND NORTH OF THE BNDRY ALTHOUGH THINK THERE MAY BE A LITTLE BREAK DURING MID MORNING TO EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS. WILL ISSUE FFA WITH THIS PACKAGE FOR NWRN AND NRN MOST COUNTIES FOR TODAY AND TONIGHT. WILL LET DAYSHIFT ADDRESS IF IT NEEDS TO BE EXPANDED SEWD TONIGHT. MAIN SFC WAVE WILL LIFT NEWD ALONG FRONT ACROSS FA TONIGHT INTO FRI. VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL BE LIKELY ESPECIALLY ACROSS NRN AREAS. COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP EWD THROUGH REMAINDER OF FA ON FRI...ALLOWING RAIN TO TAPER OFF. DRY AND COOLER WEATHER EXPECTED THIS WEEKEND. AS FAR AS TEMPS...WILL STICK CLOSE TO MAV NUMBERS THROUGH THE PERIOD. .MEG...FLASH FLOOD WATCH TODAY AND TONIGHT NORTHEASTERN MOST ARKANSAS...THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL...AND EXTREME NORTHWEST TENNESSEE.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Much of the southern half of the county had roads that were flooded.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Missouri in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Missouri, February 2001
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5232461.