Excessive rainfall during the month of March brought rivers to historical levels at the end of the month. Flooding occurred as a result.
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The episode as NWS MEG wrote it up.
Excessive rainfall during the month of March brought rivers to historical levels at the end of the month. 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 Mar 27, 6:17 PM CST, 5 hours 43 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 717 PM CDT THU MAR 27 2008 .UPDATE... WINDS ARE DECREASING BELOW WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA WITH SUNSET AND HAVE LET THE WIND ADVISORY EXPIRE. HOWEVER...SOUTHERLY WINDS ARE STILL EXPECTED TO BE RATHER STRONG AND GUSTY TONIGHT IN ADVANCE OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT. THE FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE MID-SOUTH AFTER MIDNIGHT...THEN SINK SLOWLY SOUTHWARD THROUGH FRIDAY. A LINE OF SCATTERED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRESENTLY EXTENDS FROM EAST-CENTRAL MO TO SOUTHWEST MO INTO EASTERN OK. THINK SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO NORTHEAST AR...THE MO BOOTHEEL...AND NORTHWEST TN LATE THIS EVENING AND AFTER MIDNIGHT AHEAD OF THE FRONT. A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE WITH LARGE HAIL THE GREATEST THREAT. THE ATMOSPHERE WILL BE STABILIZING AFTER SUNSET WITH THE THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER GRADUALLY DIMINISHING OVERNIGHT...BUT WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE STORMS TO OUR WEST. MADE ADJUSTMENTS MAINLY TO THIS EVENINGS FORECAST TO ACCOUNT FOR CURRENT TRENDS. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 405 PM CDT THU MAR 27 2008/ DISCUSSION...CORRECTED TONIGHT CURRENTLY...A FEW SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ALONG THE TENNESSEE/MISSISSIPPI BORDER ATTM OTHERWISE THE CLOUDS HAVE BROKEN UP ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE MID SOUTH AND GUSTY SOUTHERLY WINDS HAVE DEVELOPED. HAVE ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY FOR THE DELTA REGION FOR WINDS OF 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH UNTIL 7 PM. TONIGHT...EXPECT THE SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS OVER EASTERN SECTIONS TO HEAD EAST OUT OF THE AREA SOON WITH A QUIET EVENING ACROSS THE MID SOUTH. SKIES SHOULD BE PARTLY CLOUDY FOR THE MOST PART EXCEPT ALONG THE TENNESSEE/KENTUCKY AND ARKANSAS/MISSOURI BORDERS WHERE CLOUDS MAY HANG TOUGH. TEMPS WILL BE MILD UNDER CONTINUED SOUTHERLY FLOW. THE STATIONARY FRONT ACROSS CENTRAL MISSOURI...SOUTHERN ILLINOIS AND SOUTHERN INDIANA WILL START TO MOVE SOUTH AS AN UPPER TROF MOVES INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS. THE COLD FRONT WILL ENTER NORTHEAST ARKANSAS LATE TONIGHT. THERE WILL BE MARGINAL INSTABILITY IN ADVANCE OF THE FRONT WITH LIFTED INDICES OF -2C AND SBCAPES AROUND 500 J/KG. A FEW STRONG STORMS ARE POSSIBLE AND AN ISOLATED SEVERE STORM WITH LARGE HAIL CANNOT BE RULED OUT AS THE FRONT MOVES INTO THE AREA LATER TONIGHT. FRIDAY...THE WEAKENING FRONT WILL TRACK ACROSS THE MID SOUTH DURING THE DAY AND INTO CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI BY FRIDAY EVENING...BECOMING STATIONARY. INSTABILITY WILL REMAIN MARGINAL IN ADVANCE OF THE FRONT WITH WEAKENING UPPER LEVEL SUPPORT SO NOT EXPECTING ANY SEVERE WEATHER. MUCH COOLER AIR WILL FILTER IN BEHIND THE FRONT KEEPING TEMPS IN THE 50S ACROSS NORTHEAST ARKANSAS AND THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL. THE COOLER AIRMASS WILL WORK SOUTH DURING THE DAY. FRIDAY NIGHT...SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL MOVE INTO THE OHIO VALLEY...NUDGING INTO THE MID SOUTH. WEAK SOUTHERLY LOW LEVEL FLOW OVER THIS COOL DOME COULD RESULT IN LIGHT RAIN/DRIZZLE... ESPECIALLY ACROSS SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF THE MID SOUTH...CLOSER TO THE FRONT. COOLER AIR WILL CONTINUE TO WORK INTO THE MID SOUTH WITH LOWS AROUND 40 ACROSS THE NORTHERN TIER. SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT...THE FRONT WILL MOVE BACK NORTH INTO MISSOURI AS A WARM FRONT WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED ON SATURDAY. BY SATURDAY NIGHT THE MID SOUTH SHOULD BE BACK IN THE WARM SECTOR RESULTING IN LOWER PRECIP CHANCES AND MILD OVERNIGHT LOWS. SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT...MID SOUTH WILL BE ENTRENCHED IN THE WARM SECTOR DURING THIS PERIOD. BEST CHANCES FOR RAIN WILL BE ACROSS NORTHEAST ARKANSAS AND THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL WHICH WILL BE CLOSEST TO THE STALLED FRONT NORTH OF THE MID SOUTH ACROSS MISSOURI. MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...A SIGNIFICANT 500 MB TROF WILL MOVE INTO THE SOUTHERN PLAINS ON MONDAY RESULTING IN SURFACE LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPMENT ALONG THE STALLED FRONT OVER OKLAHOMA AND MISSOURI. THIS LOW WILL STRENGTHEN AND TRACK TO NEAR ST LOUIS BY 00Z TUESDAY WITH THE ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT MOVING ACROSS ARKANSAS AND INTO THE MID SOUTH MONDAY EVENING AND SWEEPING ACROSS THE AREA MONDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. DEEP MOISTURE AND STRONG UPWARD VERTICAL MOTION COULD RESULT IN HEAVY RAIN ACROSS MUCH OF THE MID SOUTH...AGGRAVATING THE FLOODING SITUATION. OF COURSE THIS EVENT IS STILL A WAYS OFF SO THINGS COULD CHANGE. STAY TUNED TO LATER FORECASTS. THINGS START TO DRY OUT ON TUESDAY AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN. WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY...HIGH PRESSURE MOVES EAST ON WEDNESDAY WITH DRY WEATHER CONTINUING. NEXT SYSTEM MAY START TO IMPACT THE REGION ON THURSDAY SO INTRODUCED SMALL POPS. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... MEM 60 62 48 65 / 20 60 50 50 MKL 58 61 44 59 / 30 60 40 50 JBR 53 55 42 56 / 50 60 30 50 TUP 58 73 52 73 / 10 60 50 50 && .MEG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AR...NONE. MO...NONE. MS...NONE. TN...NONE. && JCL/SJM
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
The Mississippi River rose to 10 year historical levels in Tunica County. The high levels brought flood water into a few homes in the Tunica Cut-Off Lake area.
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