An upper level low brought heavy rain to portions of East Arkansas during the evening of August 22nd, 2008. Flash flooding occurred as a result.
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An upper level low brought heavy rain to portions of East Arkansas during the evening of August 22nd, 2008. Flash flooding occurred as a result.
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 Aug 22, 2:30 PM CST, 4 hours 30 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 330 PM CDT FRI AUG 22 2008 .DISCUSSION...WATER VAPOR SATELLITE/UPPER AIR PROFILER TRENDS THIS AFTERNOON CONTINUE TO INDICATE A PERSISTENT UPPER LEVEL TROUGH AXIS LOCATED FROM THE UPPER MIDWEST BACK THROUGH THE CENTRAL/SOUTHERN PLAINS. SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY HAS DECREASED ACROSS MUCH OF THE MID SOUTH WITH THE EXCEPTION OF AREAS ALONG AND WEST OF THE RIVER WHERE CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY HAS BEEN MOST PERSISTENT IN PROXIMITY OF THE TROUGH AXIS. TEMPERATURES HAVE WARMED INTO THE 80S AT MOST LOCATIONS. MAIN FORECAST CHALLENGE CONTINUES TO BE THE RAIN CHANCES ASSOCIATED WITH THE TRACK OF TROPICAL STORM FAY WHICH HAS GRADUALLY MOVED WEST TODAY NEAR TALLAHASSEE FLORIDA. MAIN ADJUSTMENT IN THIS FORECAST PACKAGE IS ADJUSTMENT TO POPS WITH THE FORECAST TRACK OF TROPICAL STORM FAY. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL GRADUALLY COME TO AN END THIS EVENING WITH THE LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING. EXPECTING ADDITIONAL CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT TO DEVELOP SATURDAY BUT THINK COVERAGE WILL REMAIN ISOLATED AT BEST. A COLD FRONT WILL BEGIN TO DROP INTO THE MID SOUTH SUNDAY WHILE TROPICAL STORM FAY MOVES INTO SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI. THE COLD FRONT WILL THEN STALL OUT AS IT ENCOUNTERS THE TROPICAL SYSTEM. THE 00Z ECMWF AND 12Z GFS HAVE THE BEST MODEL CONSISTENCY AT THIS TIME AND LEANED FORECAST TOWARDS THE SOLUTION. THE 12Z ECMWF TAKES THE TROPICAL STORM REMNANTS A BIT FURTHER EAST THAN MODEL CONSENSUS. NONETHELESS...THE BEST RAIN CHANCES WILL REMAIN SOUTH OF I-40 ESPECIALLY ACROSS NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. LONG RANGE MODELS THEN GRADUALLY TAKE THE TROPICAL SYSTEM OUT OF THE MID SOUTH BY THE END OF THE LONG RANGE FORECAST. && .MEG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AR...NONE. MO...NONE. MS...NONE. TN...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 351 AM CDT FRI AUG 22 2008 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- 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- 351 AM CDT FRI AUG 22 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST ARKANSAS... THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL...NORTH MISSISSIPPI...AND WEST TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE MID SOUTH TODAY INTO THIS EVENING. A FEW STORMS MAY BE STRONG WITH SMALL HAIL...WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. SJM
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 645 PM CDT FRI AUG 22 2008 ARZ035-230015- CROSS AR- 645 PM CDT FRI AUG 22 2008 ...THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS FOR... NORTHERN CROSS COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING PEA SIZE HAIL AND WINDS TO 45 MPH WINDS WERE LOCATED OVER NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL CROSS COUNTY. THESE STORMS WERE NEAR STATIONARY. THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM CDT.
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 83 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:59 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy rain produced flash flooding in Wynne. Water covered Killough Road as a result.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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