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 22, 4:20 AM CST, 3 hours 55 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
420 AM CST SAT FEB 22 2003
STRENGTHENING LOW OVER GREENWOOD MS MOVING NORTHEAST. BATCH OF
THUNDERSTORMS BEHIND LOW MOVING INTO THE SOUTHWESTERN PARTS OF THE
MID-SOUTH. POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER EXTREME SOUTHEAST PART OF
DURING EARLY MORNING HOURS.
NEXT ROUND OF RAIN COMING SUNDAY AFTN/EVE.
HIGHS TODAY TO OCCUR DURING MORNING.
.MEG...FLOOD WATCH THIS MORNING.
...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 6 AM FOR CALHOUN...CHICKASAW..
AND MONROE COUNTIES.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 755 AM CST SAT FEB 22 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST ARKANSAS...NORTH MISSISSIPPI...WEST TENNESSEE AND THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL. .DAY ONE... LOW PRESSURE NEAR THE TENNESSEE RIVER WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTHEAST THIS MORNING. RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO FALL DURING THE MORNING HOURS. THE RAIN MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES AND THIS COULD CAUSE FLASH FLOODING PROBLEMS. AS THE ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT MOVES EAST...WINDS WILL BECOME STRONG AND GUSTY FROM THE NORTH. .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.
Flood waters reached up to some homes. A few streets were flooded.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Tennessee in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyWarnings in Tennessee, February 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: 5345089.