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 Feb 14, 3:01 PM CST, 2 hours 59 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 301 PM CST FRI FEB 14 2003 RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL OVER MUCH OF THE FORECAST AREA. HAVE ALREADY UPDATED FLOOD WATCH TO INCLUDE ENTIRE FORECAST AREA. SOME LOCATIONS IN WEST TENNESSEE HAVE ALREADY SEEN MORE THAN 2 INCHES OF RAIN. MORE RAIN IS EXPECTED FOR THE NEXT DAY OR SO. THUNDER NOW STARTING TO MOVE INTO REGION AND SHOULD REMAIN IN THE AREA THROUGH SATURDAY. SPC HAS AREA IN SLIGHT RISK FOR SATURDAY BUT AM CONCERNED CLOUD COVER WILL MAKE IT DIFFICULT TO ALLOW MUCH INSTABILITY TO OCCUR SO WILL NOT MENTION POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE AT THIS TIME. MODELS INDICATE AT LEAST A CHANCE OF RAIN THROUGH SUNDAY AS UPPER LEVEL THROUGH FINALLY SWINGS THROUGH REGION. PRELIMINARY NUMBERS MEM 58/64/38/42/27 9+8 MKL 56/59/36/40/25 +99 JBR 53/57/32/35/25 897 TUP 58/65/46/47/27 9+9 .MEG...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY.
ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115-MSZ001>017- 020>024-TNZ001>004-019>021-048>055-088>092-151000- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 1030 AM CST FRI FEB 14 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST ARKANSAS...NORTH MISSISSIPPI...WEST TENNESSEE AND THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL. .DAY ONE...TODAY STRENGTHENING SOUTHERLY FLOW WILL CONTINUE TO BRING MOIST GULF AIR INTO THE MID SOUTH THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER KANSAS WILL ORGANIZE AND DROP SOUTHEAST TOWARD THE MID SOUTH TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY. PERIODS OF RAIN WITH SOME THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... AS A PERSISTENT BAND OF PRECIPITATION SETS UP FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST ACROSS NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI AND WEST TENNESSEE...HEAVY RAIN COULD CAUSE FLOODING PROBLEMS. THE STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE EAST SATURDAY NIGHT BRINGING AN END TO THE RAIN. THE NEXT CHANCE FOR RAIN WILL BE THURSDAY AS A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES ACROSS THE PLAINS TOWARD THE MID SOUTH. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED FOR TONIGHT AND SATURDAY.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Several roads were flooded across the county.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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