The remnants of Tropical Storm Fay brought heavy rain to much of North Mississippi during the late afternoon of August 25th, 2008. The heavy rain produced flash flooding over the area.
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The remnants of Tropical Storm Fay brought heavy rain to much of North Mississippi during the late afternoon of August 25th, 2008. The heavy rain produced flash flooding over the area.
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 25, 3:03 PM CST, 42 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 403 PM CDT MON AUG 25 2008 .DISCUSSION... LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLASH FLOODING THROUGH THIS LATE AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING MAINLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 40 ARE THE MAIN CONCERNS. LATEST MODELS WERE IN FAIR TO GENERAL GOOD AGREEMENT. THINK THE GFS/ECMWF MODELS ARE BEST ON TRACK AS FAR AS HANDLING DEEP MOISTURE AND THE DEPARTURE OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION FAY...SO LEANED TOWARDS THESE MODELS. MAJOR CHANGES MADE TO THE PREVIOUS FORECAST WERE TO LOWER/REMOVE RAIN CHANCES TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY TO ACCOUNT FOR A QUICKER FAY DEPARTURE AND TO INCREASE TEMPERATURES TOWARDS THE END OF THE WEEK. AT 4 PM CDT ACROSS THE MIDSOUTH AND FORECAST AREA...A BAND OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL STRETCHED FROM NEAR CLARKSDALE MS TO PARSONS TN...MOVING WEST. DRY AND PARTLY SUNNY CONDITIONS WERE OCCURRING NORTH OF INTERSTATE 40. TEMPERATURES RANGED FROM THE 70S ACROSS RAIN COOLED NE MS TO THE MID 80S NORTH OF INTERSTATE 40. TROPICAL DEPRESSION FAY WAS NEAR MERIDIAN MS...SLOWLY MOVING NE. THROUGH 8 PM CDT...THE BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE WEST AND AFFECT AREAS NEAR INTERSTATE 40 INCLUDING MEMPHIS AND JACKSON TN WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OF 1 TO 3 INCHES...LOCAL FLASH FLOODING...AND GUSTY WINDS UP TO 40 MPH. SEVERE DAMAGING WINDS AND TORNADOES ARE NOT EXPECTED. AREAS NORTH OF A WYNNE AR TO PARIS TN WILL REMAIN DRY. REST OF TONIGHT...MOST RAIN WILL DIMINISH AND BE CONFINED TO AREAS SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 40...CLOSER TO FAY. THINK CONTRACTION OF FAY MAY ALLOW FOR HEAVY RAIN TO DEVELOP NEAR THE CENTER WHICH WILL LIKELY TRACK INTO NE MS BY TUESDAY MORNING. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES AND FLOODING MAY OCCUR IN NE MS...BUT DID NOT ISSUE A FLASH FLOOD WATCH AS NOT CERTAIN THAT FLASH FLOOD GUIDANCE WILL BE MET. KEPT HIGHEST RAIN CHANCES SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 40...CLOSER TO FAY...WITH DRIER CONDITIONS NORTH. WITH WINDS STAYING UP AND ABUNDANT CLOUD COVER IN PLACE...PREFERRED THE WARMER MODEL GUIDANCE NUMBERS FOR LOW TEMPERATURES...MAINLY IN THE UPPER 60S AND LOWER 70S. TUESDAY...FAY WILL SLOWLY MOVE NORTHEAST ACROSS NE MS INTO SOUTHERN MIDDLE TN...ALLOWING DRIER AIR TO WORK INTO MUCH OF THE MIDSOUTH AND FORECAST AREA ON THE BACK SIDE. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OCCUR ACROSS NE MS DURING THE MORNING HOURS...BUT THINK RAIN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY DURING THE AFTERNOON WILL BE LESS THAN TODAY. MORNING CLOUDS WILL GIVE AWAY TO SOME AFTERNOON SUN AND HIGHS WILL BE IN THE 80S...WARMEST OVER NE AR AND MO BOOTHEEL AND COOLER FARTHER EAST NEAR FAY. TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY...NOW APPEARS DRY CONDITIONS WILL MAINLY PREVAIL WITH FAY MOVING NORTHEAST OF THE AREA. KEPT SLIGHT RAIN CHANCES NEAR THE TN RIVER AND NE MS WHERE MOISTURE WILL BE DEEPEST. DENSE FOG MAY BE A PROBLEM WEDNESDAY MORNING SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 40...BUT LEFT MENTION OUT OF FORECAST FOR NOW AS CONFIDENCE REMAINS LOW. TEMPERATURES WILL REBOUND TO NEAR NORMAL VALUES ON WEDNESDAY WITH MORE SUN. WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH LABOR DAY...MAINLY DRY AND ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES CAN BE EXPECTED DURING THIS TIME FRAME. HIGHS WILL PROBABLY GET INTO THE 90S BY THURSDAY AND FRIDAY AS UPPER BUILDS IN FROM NORTHWEST. KEPT LOW RAIN CHANCES FRIDAY AS A COLD FRONT MAY MOVE THROUGH...BUT NOT CONFIDENT. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... MEM 72 86 70 92 / 60 30 10 10 MKL 70 84 65 88 / 70 50 20 10 JBR 69 88 66 93 / 20 10 10 10 TUP 71 82 68 90 / 90 80 20 20 && .MEG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AR...NONE. MO...NONE. MS...NONE. TN...NONE. && MBS
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 339 PM CDT MON AUG 25 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>092-262245- 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- 339 PM CDT MON AUG 25 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST ARKANSAS... THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL...NORTH MISSISSIPPI...AND WEST TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL OF 1 TO 3 INCHES...FLASH FLOODING...AND GUSTY WINDS UP TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE ALONG AND SOUTH OF A FORREST CITY ARKANSAS TO HUNTINGDON TENNESSEE LINE THROUGH 8 PM CDT. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES IS POSSIBLE ACROSS NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AFTER 8 PM CDT NEAR THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION FAY... MAINLY ALONG AND EAST OF A HOUSTON TO CORINTH LINE. THIS MAY CAUSE ADDITIONAL LOCALIZED FLOODING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY HEAVY RAIN ALONG WITH POSSIBLE FLOODING MAY OCCUR ACROSS NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI ON TUESDAY...MAINLY DURING THE MORNING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. PLEASE RELAY ANY REPORTS OF FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. MBS
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 42 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:45 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy rain produced flash flooding near Olive Branch. Water covered Highway 178 as a result.
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