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 Jun 13, 1:40 PM CST, 1 hour 15 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 240 PM CDT THU JUN 13 2002 AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS HAS DEVELOPED EARLY THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE FORECAST AREA. ADDITIONAL SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT AS COLD FRONT APPROACHES THE REGION. FRONT WILL BE IN NORTH MISSISSIPPI FRIDAY MORNING SO THERE WILL BE A FEW STORMS IN THE REGION FRIDAY MORNING. A DRY AND COOLER WEEKEND IN STORE BEFORE NEXT CHANCE OF RAIN SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY. PRELIMINARY NUMBERS MEM 70/83/63/84/66 320 MKL 66/81/57/82/60 220 JBR 67/82/60/84/63 220 TUP 70/83/60/84/64 430 .MEG...NONE.
ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115-MSZ001>017- 020>024-TNZ001>004-019>021-048>055-088>092-132100- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 1008 AM CDT THU JUN 13 2002 THIS OUTLOOK COVERS WEST TENNESSEE...NORTH MISSISSIPPI...EAST ARKANSAS AND THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT AS THE ATMOSPHERE WILL BE MOIST AND UNSTABLE AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT. A FEW STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE AT TIMES. THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS. SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE MOST LIKELY DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. STORM SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO...LOCAL TELEVISION AND CABLE TELEVISION OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AND INFORMATION. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/MEG.
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 18 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:55 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Several roads in the far eastern part of Memphis were flooded.
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