1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS Memphis, TN wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 19, 2:12 AM CST, 2 hours 48 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 312 AM CDT FRI JUL 19 2002 LATEST 88D RADAR LOOP WAS SHOWING SCTD TSTMS DEVELOPING ALONG THE MO/AR LINE AND MOVING EAST. THE WATER VAPOR LOOP SHOWED THE UPR LVL CIRCULATION ACROSS THE FA. SFC ANALYSIS SHOWED WEAK HI PRES ACROSS THE FA WITH TEMPS MAINLY IN THE LWR 70S AND DPTS IN THE 60S. STATUS QUO ON THE WX TODAY AS THE UPR LVL SHEAR AXIS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE FA AND BE EAST OF THE AREA BY SAT. AT THE SFC WEAK HI PRES REMAINS IN PLACE WITH A WEAK SFC FNT SINKING SWD THRU THE MID MS VALLEY EARLY NEXT WEEK. WILL CONT CHC POPS THRU TMRW NITE AND THEN KEEP SUN THRU TUES DRY AS DRYING TAKES PLACE AS NOTED ON THE MOIST PROGS/TIME SXNS. FWC/MAV TEMPS CLOSE AND ACCEPTED. PRELIMINARY NUMBERS... MEM 090/074 092/075 094 423 MKL 089/071 090/072 092 423 JBR 089/073 091/073 092 423 TUP 091/073 093/073 093 323 .MEG...NONE.
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 136 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 10:58 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
One home had water reach up to its steps.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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