A cold front moved through the North Mississippi during the day on February 27th, 2009. Heavy rain associated with the front produced flash flooding over portions of the area.
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A cold front moved through the North Mississippi during the day on February 27th, 2009. Heavy rain associated with the front produced flash flooding over portions of 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 Feb 27, 6:03 AM CST, 57 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 603 AM CST FRI FEB 27 2009 .UPDATE... UPDATED TO ADD 12Z AVIATION DISCUSSION. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 338 AM CST FRI FEB 27 2009/ DISCUSSION... A STRONG COLD FRONT EXTENDS FROM MICHIGAN TO THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL TO NORTH TEXAS. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING ACROSS THE MIDSOUTH THIS MORNING ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT. AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WAS LOCATED IN CENTRAL TEXAS ALONG THE COLD FRONT. AN ACTIVE WEATHER PATTERN IN PROGRESS MAKING THE NEXT THREE DAYS VERY INTERESTING. THE COLD FRONT WILL PROGRESS SOUTHEAST TODAY WITH THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL OCCURRING OVER NORTH MISSISSIPPI AND SOME COUNTIES IN WEST TENNESSEE. THE FRONT WILL STALL OVER N CNTRL MS LATE THIS AFTERNOON. THE AFOREMENTIONED SURFACE LOW OVER TEXAS WILL DEVELOP INTO MS AND AL OVERNIGHT. EXPECT ISENTROPIC LIFT TO PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL OVER N MS OVERNIGHT BEFORE MOVING EAST. FOCUS SHIFTS BACK WEST WHERE A STRONG SHORTWAVE...ACTUALLY A CLOSED LOW...TRANSLATES THROUGH THE CENTRAL PLAINS FRIDAY NIGHT. THIS WILL PRODUCE SOME WINTRY PRECIP FOR MUCH OF THE MIDSOUTH ON SATURDAY. MODELS ARE IN EXCELLENT AGREEMENT AND FORECAST SOUNDINGS SHOW RAIN TRANSITIONING TO SNOW AROUND NOON. THE TRACK OF THE CLOSED UPPER LOW HANDLED BY THE GFS...NAM AND ECMWF WILL BE WELL WEST AND SOUTH OF THE FORECAST AREA. THIS PUTS THE MIDSOUTH IN A PRIME AREA FOR SNOWFALL. AT THIS TIME...BEST GUESS WOULD BE UP TO TWO INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ACROSS PARTS OF THE FORECAST AREA. THIS HINGES ON THE EXACT TRACK OF THE UPPER LOW...SO SOMETHING TO WATCH IN THE NEAR FUTURE. SNOW SHOULD END EARLY SUNDAY OVER N MS. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD INTO THE AREA SUNDAY. MAX TEMPERATURES WILL ONLY REACH THE LOWER TO MID 40S...SO THE COLD AIR WILL BE AROUND THROUGH THE WHOLE WEEKEND REMINDING US THAT IT IS STILL WINTER. HOWEVER TEMPERATURES WILL BEGIN TO MODERATE BACK TO NEAR NORMAL BY TUESDAY. AC && .AVIATION... 12Z TAF CYCLE COLD FRONT AS OF 12Z TAF ISSUANCE WAS LOCATED FROM HUNTINGDON TENNESSEE BACK THROUGH MEMPHIS AND INTO SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS AND WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH SOUTHEAST INTO CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI AND STALL OUT THIS AFTERNOON. KEPT MEM/MKL/JBR DRY BUT STILL HAVE MENTION OF VCSH/VCTS IN FOR TUP NEAR STALLED OUT FRONT. IFR/MVFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED TO RETURN TO MVFR/VFR CONDITIONS BY THIS AFTERNOON. RAIN CHANCES EXPECTED TO RETURN TO ALL TAF SITES MAINLY AFTER 03-06Z AS DEVELOPING SURFACE LOW MOVES INTO MISSISSIPPI TONIGHT AND RESULTING IN A RETURN OF IFR/MVFR CONDITIONS WITH NORTH WINDS AVERAGING AROUND 10-12 KTS. CJC && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... MEM 61 40 41 29 / 80 100 70 60 MKL 61 38 41 27 / 80 100 70 60 JBR 53 35 38 27 / 30 50 80 50 TUP 65 44 48 31 / 100 100 70 70 && .MEG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AR...NONE. MO...NONE. MS...NONE. TN...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 354 AM CST FRI FEB 27 2009 ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115- MSZ001>017-020>024-TNZ001>004-019>021-048>055-088>092-281200- 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- 354 AM CST FRI FEB 27 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST ARKANSAS... THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL...NORTH MISSISSIPPI...AND WEST TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT HEAVY RAIN IS POSSIBLE TODAY AND TONIGHT ESPECIALLY OVER NORTH MISSISSIPPI. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE AND COULD PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY MUCH COLDER AIR WILL MOVE INTO THE MIDSOUTH SATURDAY. RAIN WILL LIKELY CHANGE TO SNOW DURING THE AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY NIGHT. SOME SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 129 AM CST FRI FEB 27 2009 MOZ115-TNZ001-002-270800- PEMISCOT MO-LAKE TN-OBION TN- 129 AM CST FRI FEB 27 2009 ...THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS FOR... LAKE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST TENNESSEE... OBION COUNTY IN NORTHWEST TENNESSEE... NORTHERN PEMISCOT COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI... A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING 40 TO 45 MPH WINDS WAS LOCATED FROM 10 MILES NORTH OF TIPTONVILLE TO 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WARDELL AT 128 AM CST...MOVING EAST AT 42 MPH. VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG WITH CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. THESE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE AND NO WARNINGS ARE ANTICIPATED. PEOPLE IN LAKE...OBION AND PEMISCOT COUNTIES...INCLUDING LOCATIONS NEAR REELFOOT LAKE STATE PARK AND UNION CITY...SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CST. THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT ALSO INCLUDES REELFOOT LAKE. .A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE ALERT AREA.
The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 92 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 12:58 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy rain produced flash flooding outside of Pittsboro. Water covered Highway 9 between Pittsboro and Calhoun City as a result.
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