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 Feb 21, 9:12 PM CST, 2 hours 43 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 912 PM CST FRI FEB 21 2003 STRONG SURFACE LOW LOCATED OVER NORTHEAST LA THIS EVENING. THIS LOW IS FORECAST TO MOVE INTO NORTHERN MS BY 12Z SAT AS IT DEEPENS. WIDESPREAD RAIN IS SPREADING ACROSS THE MIDSOUTH IN ADVANCE OF THIS LOW. LIGHTNING DETECTION INDICATES SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHERN MS. WITH GROUND SATURATED FROM EARLIER RAINS...FLASH FLOOD GUIDANCE VALUES ARE LOW. HAVE ALREADY ISSUED FLASH FLOOD WARNING THIS EVENING FOR COAHOMA COUNTY MS AND PHILLIPS COUNTY AR WITH RADAR INDICATING STORM TOTALS OF BETWEEN 2 AND 3 INCHES OF RAIN IN SOME SPOTS. HOWEVER...RADAR AND SATELLITE ARE SHOWING DRYING SLOTING OCCURING THROUGH THIS AREA FOR NOW. LATEST MODEL DATA INDICATES PART OF NORTHEAST MS BECOMING INCREASING UNSTABLE DURING THE NIGHT WITH HELICITY VALUES 200-300 M2/S2. THIS COMBINED WITH A STRENGTHENING WIND FIELD AND GOOD UPPER LEVEL DIFFLUENCE AND DYNAMICS WILL LEAD TO A RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS BY LATE TONIGHT FOR THIS AREA. HOWEVER...SURFACE DEWPOINTS ARE ONLY IN THE 50S. WILL UPDATE TO ADD THE CHANCE OF SEVERE FOR PART OF NORTHEAST MS LATE TONIGHT AND TO MAKE OTHER SMALL CHANGES. .MEG...FLOOD WATCH TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING FOR ALL OF THE AREA.
ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115-MSZ001>017- 020>024-TNZ001>004-019>021-048>055-088>092-231100- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 1000 PM CST FRI FEB 21 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST ARKANSAS...NORTH MISSISSIPPI...WEST TENNESSEE AND THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL. .DAY ONE... STRENGTHENING LOW OVER NORTH MISSISSIPPI HAS CREATED A CHANCE FOR SEVERE WEATHER DURING EARLY MORNING OVER THE EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN PART OF THE MID-SOUTH. OTHER AREAS OF SHOWERS WITH THUNDERSTORMS WILL PROVIDE PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN DURING MORNING HOURS. THIS COULD CAUSE FLASH FLOODING PROBLEMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY MORE RAIN IS EXPECTED SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. AMOUNTS SHOULD BE LIGHT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Several railroad underpasses were flooded.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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