1 flash 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 Jun 18, 9:03 AM CST, 3 hours 57 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 1003 AM CDT WED JUN 18 2003 CURRENT FORECAST IS OK AND NO UPDATES ATTM. HOWEVER...HIGH TEMPERATURES FOR TODAY MAY BE TOO WARM UNLESS WE GET A LITTLE SUN... WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR. OTHERWISE...A VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE CONTINUES ACROSS THE MIDSOUTH. 12Z LZK SOUNDING HAD A PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUE OF 1.83 INCHES AND LI OF -4. UPPER LEVEL LOW LOCATED ALONG THE OK AND AR BORDER WILL NOT MOVE THAT MUCH TODAY. THINK SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE MIDSOUTH...LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN POSSIBLE DUE TO THE SLOW MOVEMENT. .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>092-191100- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 350 AM CDT WED JUN 18 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST ARKANSAS...NORTH MISSISSIPPI...WEST TENNESSEE AND THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL. .DAY ONE...TODAY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE FOUND THROUGHOUT THE DAY. SOME LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN IS POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... A WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY DRAPED ACROSS THE REGION WILL PERSIST WHICH WILL CAUSE DAILY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ON THURSDAY. THERE WILL BE A BREAK FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL RETURN TO THE MID SOUTH SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/MEG.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Several roads were flooded.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Arkansas in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyWarnings in Arkansas, June 2003
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: 5370034.