Daytime heating produced scattered showers and thunderstorms over East Arkansas during the afternoon and evening hours of October 8th, 2007. Some of the thunderstorms produced flash flooding.
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The episode as NWS MEG wrote it up.
Daytime heating produced scattered showers and thunderstorms over East Arkansas during the afternoon and evening hours of October 8th, 2007. Some of the thunderstorms produced flash flooding.
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 Oct 8, 9:40 AM CST, 4 hours 45 minutes earlier.
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</html>HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 1249 PM CDT MON OCT 8 2007 ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115- MSZ001>017-020>024-TNZ001>004-019>021-048>055-088>092-092000- ALCORN-BENTON MS-CALHOUN-CARROLL-CHESTER-CHICKASAW-CLAY-COAHOMA- CRAIGHEAD-CRITTENDEN-CROCKETT-CROSS-DESOTO-DECATUR-DUNKLIN-DYER- FAYETTE-GIBSON-GREENE-HARDEMAN-HARDIN-HAYWOOD-HENDERSON-HENRY- ITAWAMBA-LAFAYETTE-LAKE-LAUDERDALE-LAWRENCE-LEE AR-LEE MS-MADISON- MARSHALL-MCNAIRY-MISSISSIPPI-MONROE-OBION-PANOLA-PEMISCOT- PHILLIPS-POINSETT-PONTOTOC-PRENTISS-QUITMAN-RANDOLPH-SHELBY- ST. FRANCIS-TALLAHATCHIE-TATE-TIPPAH-TIPTON-TISHOMINGO-TUNICA- UNION-WEAKLEY-YALOBUSHA- 1249 PM CDT MON OCT 8 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST ARKANSAS... THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL...NORTH MISSISSIPPI...AND WEST TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL...GUSTY WINDS UP TO 45 MPH...AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES ARE POSSIBLE WEST OF A PARIS TENNESSEE TO NEW ALBANY MISSISSIPPI TO CHARLESTON MISSISSIPPI LINE THROUGH 7 PM CDT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED BRIEFLY THIS AFTERNOON IN THE AREAS MENTIONED ABOVE IF A STORM OR TWO BECOMES SEVERE OR PRODUCES LOCALIZED FLOODING. MBS
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</html>SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 148 PM CDT MON OCT 8 2007 ARZ009-018-MOZ113-081915- CLAY AR-GREENE AR-DUNKLIN MO- 148 PM CDT MON OCT 8 2007 THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS FOR... EASTERN CLAY COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS... EASTERN GREENE COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS... NORTH CENTRAL DUNKLIN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI... A STRONG THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN WAS LOCATED OVER LAFE AT 148 PM CDT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG WITH CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF OF OVER 1 INCH ARE POSSIBLE. PEOPLE IN CLAY...DUNKLIN AND GREENE COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF CAMPBELL...MARMADUKE...PIGGOTT AND RECTOR...SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY. TLSJR
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 83 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:24 UTC.
2 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy rain produced flash flooding in Greenfield. Water came into a building at the Delta and Pineland Company. In addition, Highway 1 was flooded with water.
Heavy rain produced flash flooding on some roads on the south end of Jonesboro. A few cars were stalled due to the flood waters. In addition, flooding was reported near South Ridge Fire Department on Highway 158 east of Highway 163, 6 miles southeast of Jonesboro.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Arkansas in 2007Every state in 2007This day in weather historyWarnings in Arkansas, October 2007
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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 58610, 58613.