A stalled cold front produced heavy rain over portions of North Mississippi during the afternoon of September 9, 2008. Flash flooding occurred in a few locations as a result of the heavy rain.
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A stalled cold front produced heavy rain over portions of North Mississippi during the afternoon of September 9, 2008. Flash flooding occurred in a few locations as a result of the heavy rain.
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 Sep 9, 8:18 AM CST, 2 hours 53 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 918 AM CDT TUE SEP 9 2008 .UPDATE... COLD FRONT STRETCHES FROM NEAR HUNTINGDON TN TO JUST SOUTH OF JONESBORO AR THIS MORNING. THE FRONT IS BECOMING NEARLY PARALLEL TO THE UPPER FLOW...SO ONLY A SLOW SOUTHEASTWARD MOVEMENT IS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON. EMBEDDED WEAK SHORT WAVES IN WESTERLY FLOW ALOFT ALONG WITH DAYTIME HEATING WILL HELP TO ENHANCE THE DEVELOPMENT OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE FRONT. HOWEVER...CLOUD COVER WILL LIMIT THE AVAILABLE INSTABILITY. WILL LEAVE THE MENTION OF POSSIBLE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTH MS THIS AFTERNOON AS PRESENTLY IS IN THE HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK. LINGERING SHOWERS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE BEHIND THE FRONT. NORTHEASTERLY WINDS BEHIND THE FRONT WILL PUSH COOLER AIR INTO THE AREA. ADJUSTED THE QPF GRID FOR THIS AFTERNOON...OTHERWISE CURRENT FORECAST IS ALRIGHT AND NO UPDATES NEEDED AT THIS TIME. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 438 AM CDT TUE SEP 9 2008/ DISCUSSION...08Z SURFACE ANALYSIS PLACES A COLD FRONT FROM WESTERN KENTUCKY BACK THROUGH THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL AND THROUGH CENTRAL/SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS. MEANWHILE...WATER VAPOR SATELLITE/UPPER AIR PROFILER ANALYSIS THIS MORNING INDICATES A MID LEVEL LONGWAVE TROUGH STRETCHING FROM THE OHIO VALLEY TO THE SOUTHERN PLAINS AND A SHORTWAVE LOCATED ACROSS LOUISIANA AND MISSISSIPPI. TEMPERATURES AS OF FORECAST ISSUANCE WERE PRIMARILY IN THE LOWER 70S ACROSS THE MID SOUTH. SHORT TERM...(TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT)...REGIONAL WSR-88D TRENDS THIS MORNING INDICATE SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS LOCATED ACROSS NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI ASSOCIATED WITH THE MID LEVEL SHORTWAVE. OTHERWISE...ISOLATED SHOWERS WERE LOCATED ALONG THE COLD FRONT IN NORTHEAST ARKANSAS. SHORT TERM MODELS INDICATE A COLD FRONT WILL GRADUALLY MOVE SOUTH TO THE I-40 CORRIDOR TODAY. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE STRONG ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE FRONT...ESPECIALLY ACROSS NORTH MISSISSIPPI THIS AFTERNOON WITH MOST UNSTABLE CAPE VALUES AVERAGING AROUND 1400 J/KG...LI/S AROUND -2 AND WINDS ALOFT FAVORABLE FOR SOME MULTICELL CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT. AT THIS POINT THINK ANY POTENTIAL THREAT WOULD BE WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH. THE COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO STALL OUT LATE TODAY INTO TONIGHT SOUTH OF I-40 AND GRADUALLY RETREAT NORTH AS A WARM FRONT THURSDAY AS HURRICANE IKE MOVES INTO THE CENTRAL GULF OF MEXICO. BEST RAIN CHANCES WILL REMAIN ACROSS NORTH MISSISSIPPI THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT WITH LOW END CHANCE POPS ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA THURSDAY. LONG RANGE...(FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY)...NOT MANY CHANGES FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON/S FORECAST PACKAGE AS LONG RANGE MODELS CONTINUE TO SUFFER FROM RUN TO RUN CONTINUITY ISSUES. THE GFS NOW TAKES HURRICANE IKE INTO MEXICO WHILE THE ECMWF INDICATES LANDFALL BETWEEN CORPUS CHRISTI AND GALVESTON...THEN WITH THE REMNANTS BEING PICKED UP BY AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH AND TRANSPORTED INTO THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY BY SUNDAY/MONDAY. AS A RESULT...LONG RANGE FORECAST REFLECTS THE SOLUTION PROVIDED BY THE ECMWF WHICH SEEMS TO BE HANDLING IKE BETTER THAN THE GFS OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF DAYS. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... MEM 82 67 84 71 / 30 30 20 20 MKL 81 62 83 67 / 30 20 20 10 JBR 76 62 82 67 / 20 20 20 10 TUP 84 68 85 70 / 60 30 30 20 && .MEG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AR...NONE. MO...NONE. MS...NONE. TN...NONE. && JCL/CJC
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 445 AM CDT TUE SEP 9 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>092-101100- 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- 445 AM CDT TUE SEP 9 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST ARKANSAS... THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL...NORTH MISSISSIPPI...AND WEST TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE MID SOUTH TODAY AND TONIGHT AS A COLD FRONT MOVES INTO THE AREA. A FEW OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE STRONG ACROSS NORTH MISSISSIPPI THIS AFTERNOON WITH WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.
The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 31 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:12 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy rain fell across portions of Monroe County. Three to four inches were reported. As a result, White Rock Road near Wren was flooded. A few vehicles were partially underwater. A driveway along Highway 45 near Wren was also washed out.
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