NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WARNINGS/WATCHES ARE NOT TO BE DISSEMINATED TO THE PUBLIC AFTER EXPIRATION TIME. WFUS1 KMEM 221739 TORMEM TNC077-113-221830- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 1140 AM CST FRI JAN 22 1999 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... HENDERSON COUNTY IN WESTERN TENNESSEE SOUTHEASTERN MADISON COUNTY IN WESTERN TENNESSEE * UNTIL 1230 PM CST * AT 1138 AM CST... DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO OVER CENTRAL CHESTER COUNTY NEAR THE CITY OF HENDERSON. MOVING NORTH-NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH TO 50 MPH .. THE TORNADO WILL PASS ALONG THE EXTREME SOUTHEAST CORNER OF MADISON COUNTY NEAR PINSON AND INTO HENDERSON COUNTY BY 1150 AM. THE TORNADO WILL THEN TRACK BETWEEN THE BLUE GOOSE COMMUNITY IN WESTERN HENDERSON COUNTY AND LEXINGTON IN CENTRAL HENDERSON COUNTY. .THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY... PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. & RWUS42 KMEM 221735 FLSMEM RIVER FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 1134 AM CST FRI JAN 22 1999 ...RIVERS ACROSS NORTH MISSISSIPPI HIGH... DUE TO THE HEAVY RAINS THURSDAY AND CONTINUING FRIDAY MANY RIVERS WILL REACH BANKFULL AND OR FLOOD STAGE IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS. AT 700 AM...THE STAGE ON THE LITTLE TALLAHATCHIE AT ETTA MISSISSIPPI WAS 10.9 FEET. IT IS EXPECTED TO RISE RAPIDLY AND RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE ON THE 23RD AND CREST AT 27 FEET ON THE 24TH. AT 7AM..THE STAGE ON THE TALLAHATCHIE RIVER NEAR SWAN LAKE WAS 20.6 FEET. FLOOD STAGE IS 26 FEET. IT IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE ON THE 23RD AND CREST AT 27.5 FEET ON THE 24TH. AGRICULTRUAL LAND WILL BE AFFECTED WITH MINOR FLOODING AND MANY SECONDARY ROADS WILL BE FLOODED. > < FURTHER STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED AS INFORMATION IS OBTAINED. WWUS34 KMEM 221734 SVSMEM MSZ003-004-TNZ090-221750- SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 1135 AM CST FRI JAN 22 1999 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR BENTON AND TIPPAH COUNTIES UNTIL 1155 AM... DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG TORNADO ALONG THE TIPPAH .. BENTON COUNTY LINE BETWEEN BLUE MOUNTAIN AND GRAVESTOWN AT 1124 AM. CONTINUING TO MOVE TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH TO 50 MPH .. THE TORNADO WILL PASS NEAR GRAVESTOWN AND BE NEAR FALKER AROUND 1145 AM. WWUS34 KMEM 221728 SVSMEM TNZ053-221750- SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 1129 AM CST FRI JAN 22 1999 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CHESTER COUNTY UNTIL 1150 AM... AT 1125 AM THE CHESTER COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO ON THE GROUND ALONG FRIENDSHIP ROAD TO THE SOUTH OF HENDERSON. MOVING NORTH-NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH .. THIS TORNADO WILL PASS NEAR HENDERSON BETWEEN 1130 AM AND 1140 AM. & RWUS42 KMEM 221723 FLSMEM RIVER FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 1115 AM CST FRI JAN 22 1999 ...RIVERS ACROSS ARKANSAS ARE HIGH... AT 700 AM...THE STAGE ON THE ST FRANCIS RIVER NEAR ST FRANCIS ARKANSAS WAS 21.4 FEET. FLOOD STAGE IS 18 FEET. THREE TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN SINCE THURSDAY MORNING OVER THE UPPER PORTION OF THE BASIN AND UP TO 6 INCHES IN THE AREA AROUND LAKE CITY AND RIVERVALE AND EXTENDING INTO THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL. IT IS EXPECTED TO CREST AT 24 FEET EARLY ON THE 24TH. AT 7AM..THE STAGE ON THE ST FRANCIS AT LAKE CITY ARKANSAS WAS 5.9 FEET. FLOOD STAGE IS 10 FEET. IT IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO NEAR FLOOD STAGE..9.3 FEET ON THE 25TH. AT 7AM...THE STAGE ON THE RT CHUTE LITTLE RIVER AT RIVEVALE ARKANSAS WAS 4.1 FEET. FLOOD STAGE IS 14 FEET. IT IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE ON THE 24TH AND CREST AT 14.5 FEET ON THE 24TH. > < AT 7 AM..THE STAGE ON THE ST FRANCIS RIVER AT MADISON ARKANSAS WAS 10.3 FEET. FLOOD STAGE IS 32 FEET. IT IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO RISE AND CREST AT 32.0 FEET ON THE 26TH. AT 7 AM..THE STAGE ON THE LANGUILLE RIVER AT PALESTINE WAS 21.1 FEET. FLOOD STAGE IS 25 FEET. IT IS EXPECTED TO CREST AT 24.5 FEET ON THE 23RD. NUMEROUS SECONDARY ROADS ARE FLOODING AND THIS WILL CAUSE ACCESS PROBLEMS FOR MANY LOW LYING AREAS ACROSS NORTHEAST ARKANSAS. OF COURSE AGRICULTRUAL LOWLANDS WILL SEE SOME FLOODING. FURTHER STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED AS INFORMATION IS OBTAINED. WFUS1 KMEM 221722 TORMEM MSC009-139-221755- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 1123 AM CST FRI JAN 22 1999 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN BENTON COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI TIPPAH COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI * UNTIL 1155 AM CST * AT 1121 AM CST... DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED TWO TORNADOES ...ONE WAS NORTH OF HICKORY FLAT IN SOUTHERN BENTON COUNTY .. MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH .. THAT TORNADO WILL PASS BETWEEN ASHALND AND GRAVESTOWN BETWEEN 1125 AM AND 1135 AM. THE OTHER TORNADO WAS ALONG THE UNION .. TIPPAH COUNTY LINE BETWEEN DUMAS AND BLUE MOUNTAIN. MOVING NORTH-NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH THAT TORNADO WILL PASS NEAR RIPLEY AROUND 1130 AM AND TO THE EAST OF FALKNER AROUND 1140 AM. .THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY... PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. WFUS1 KMEM 221715 TORMEM TNC023-221750- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 1116 AM CST FRI JAN 22 1999 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CHESTER COUNTY IN WESTERN TENNESSEE * UNTIL 1150 AM CST * AT 1115 AM CST... DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO ALONG THE SOUTHWEST CHESTER COUNTY LINE SOUTH OF SILERTON. MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH .. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR HENDERSON AROUND 1130 AM. .THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY... PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. RWUS32 KMEM 221707 FFSMEM MSZ002-003-008-011>013-020-021-TNZ021-052>054-089-090-222010- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 1108 AM CST FRI JAN 22 1999 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 210 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN MISSISSIPPI ...BENTON... LAFAYETTE... MARSHALL... PANOLA... QUITMAN ...TALLAHATCHIE... TATE... YALOBUSHA IN TENNESSEE ...CARROLL... CHESTER... FAYETTE... HARDEMAN... HENDERSON ...MADISON THREE OR MORE INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ON THE WARNED AREA OVERNIGHT AND THIS MORNING. MORE RAIN WILL FALL THROUGH AT LEAST MID AFTERNOON FRIDAY. SOME OF THE ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL FALL HEAVILY AND CAUSE SMALL STREAMS TO FILL RAPIDLY AND OVERFLOW THEIR BANKS. DITCHES AND LOW AREAS WILL FLOOD AS WELL AND SOME GRAVEL OR DIRT ROADS MAY WASH OUT IN DEEPLY DRAINED AREAS. .DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD! WUUS1 KMEM 221653 SVRMEM TNC023-069-109-221745- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 1054 AM CST FRI JAN 22 1999 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... CHESTER COUNTY IN WESTERN TENNESSEE HARDEMAN COUNTY IN WESTERN TENNESSEE MCNAIRY COUNTY IN WESTERN TENNESSEE * UNTIL 1145 AM CST * AT 1052 AM CST... DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH DAMAGING WINDS OVER NORTHERN TIPPAH COUNTY MISSISSIPPI. MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH .. THIS STORM WILL BRING DAMAGING WIND AND HAIL TO THE POCAHONTAS AND HORNSBY AREAS OF HARDEMAN COUNTY BY 11 AM .. TO THE SILERTON AND HENDERSON AREAS OF CHESTER COUNTY BY 1120 AM .. AND TO THE SELMER ADAMSVILLE AND RAMER AREAS OF MCNAIRY COUNTY BETWEEN 1120 AM AND 1140 AM. .THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY... PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. WUUS1 KMEM 221649 SVRMEM MSC161-221710- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 1050 AM CST FRI JAN 22 1999 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... YALOBUSHA COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI * UNTIL 1110 AM CST * AT 1047 AM CST... DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES SOUTH OF WATER VALLEY... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... WATER VALLEY BY 1050 AM CST .A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. WWUS34 KMEM 221639 SVSMEM MSZ013-221700- SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 1040 AM CST FRI JAN 22 1999 AT 1035 AM DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO WITH THE THUNDERSTORM OVER LAFAYETTE COUNTY MISSISSIPPI. AT THAT TIME THE TORNADO WAS INDICATED JUST SOUTH OF TAYLOR AND WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. OXFORD IS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM. WFUS1 KMEM 221635 TORMEM MSC139-221710- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 1035 AM CST FRI JAN 22 1999 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... TIPPAH COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI * UNTIL 1110 AM CST * AT 1035 AM CST... DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO ABOUT FIVE MILES WEST OF FALKNER OR 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WALNUT. MOVING TOWARD NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH..THE STORM WILL PASS NEAR WALNUT BY 1045 AM. .THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY... PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. WFUS1 KMEM 221628 TORMEM MSC071-221720- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 1029 AM CST FRI JAN 22 1999 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... LAFAYETTE COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI * UNTIL 1120 AM CST * AT 1028 AM CST... DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO 12 MILES SOUTH OF OXFORD... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... OXFORD BY 1040 AM CST DENMARK BY 1045 AM CST CAMBRIDGE BY 1050 AM CST .A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. WFUS1 KMEM 221617 TORMEM MSC009-221650- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 1018 AM CST FRI JAN 22 1999 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... BENTON COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI * UNTIL 1050 AM CST * AT 1017 AM CST... DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO 5 MILES SOUTH OF ASHLAND... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... ASHLAND BY 1020 AM CST CANAAN BY 1030 AM CST .A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. WWUS34 KMEM 221614 SVSMEM MSZ003-221650- SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 1015 AM CST FRI JAN 22 1999 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR BENTON COUNTY... AT 1011 AM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 2 MILES NORTH OF HICKORY FLAT MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR. THE STORM WILL MOVE NEAR ASHLAND BY 1025 AM. IF THE STORM MAINTAINS IT PRESENT STRENGTH THE TORNADO WARNING WILL BE EXTENDED. WFUS1 KMEM 221604 TORMEM MSC093-221640- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 1005 AM CST FRI JAN 22 1999 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHEAST MARSHALL COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI * UNTIL 1040 AM CST * AT 1003 AM CST... DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A DEVELOPING TORNADO 5 MILES SOUTH OF POTTS CAMP MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... BETHLEHEM BY 1010 AM CST POTTS CAMP BY 1015 AM CST .A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. WRUS2 KMEM 221557 FLWMEM BULLETIN FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 950 AM CST FRI JAN 22 1999 ...FORKED DEER RIVER FLOODING... RECENT HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE JACKSON TENNESSEE AREA HAS BROUGHT THE SOUTH FORK FORKED DEER RIVER OVER ITS BANKS. APPROXIMATELY 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS OCCURRED IN THE AREA OVERNIGHT. THE MADISON COUNTY EMA OFFICE HAS REPORTED WIDESPREAD STREET FLOODING IN THE JACKSON AREA. RESIDENTS AND MOTORISTS IN THE AREA SHOULD USE CAUTION. THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED WHEN ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS OBTAINED. RWUS42 KMEM 221546 FLSMEM RIVER FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 940 AM CST FRI JAN 22 1999 ...FLOODING EXPECTED ON THE TOMBIGBEE RIVER IN NE MISSISSIPPI... DUE TO THE EXPECTED 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL OVER THE UPPER TOMBIGBEE RIVER TODAY AND SATURDAY MORNING...MINOR OVER BANK FLOODING WILL BE OCCURRING ALONG THE TOMBIGBEE RIVER AND ITS TRIBUTARIES IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. FLOODING WILL BE MAINLY IN LOW LYING AREAS BUT ISOLATED SECONDARY ROAD FLOODING IS POSSIBLE. RESIDENTS AND FARMERS ALONG THE RIVER SHOULD MAKE NECESSARY FLOOD PRECAUTIONS. THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS OBTAINED. WFUS1 KMEM 221543 TORMEM MSC009-221620- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 943 AM CST FRI JAN 22 1999 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... BENTON COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI * UNTIL 1020 AM CST * AT 943 AM CST... DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A DEVELOPING TORNADO ABOUT 5 MILES SOUTH OF ASHLAND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... CANAAN BY 1000 AM CST HOPEWELL BY 1005 AM CST .A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. WWUS45 KMEM 221511 NPWMEM URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 910 AM CST FRI JAN 22 1999 .A STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENT BETWEEN A HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE ATLANTIC OCEAN AND LOW PRESSURE OVER TEXAS WILL PRODUCE STRONG WINDS OVER THE MOUNTAINS OF EAST TENNESSEE AND THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN VALLEYS. TNZ018-036-041-043-045-047-067>074-083>087-099>102-230000- JOHNSON-ANDERSON-COCKE/SMOKY MOUNTAINS-SOUTHEAST GREENE-UNICOI- SOUTHEAST CARTER-ROANE-LOUDON-KNOX-JEFFERSON-NORTHWEST BLOUNT- BLOUNT/SMOKY MOUNTAINS-NORTH SEVIER-SEVIER/SMOKY MOUNTAINS-RHEA- MEIGS-MCMINN-NORTHWEST MONROE-SOUTHEAST MONROE-HAMILTON-BRADLEY- WEST POLK-EAST POLK- INCLUDING OAK RIDGE...KNOXVILLE...GATLINBURG...ATHENS... CHATTANOOGA...CLEVELAND ...WIND ADVISORY TODAY... A WIND ADVISORY WILL BE IN EFFECT FOR THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN VALLEYS AS WELL AS THE EAST TENNESSEE MOUNTAINS. WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE VALLEYS..AND 25 TO 35 MPH IN THE MOUNTAINS. GUSTS IN THE MOUNTAINS COULD BE NEAR 50 MPH ABOVE 4000 FEET ELEVATION. $$ SECURE LAWN FURNITURE...GARBAGE CANS...OR OTHER OBJECTS WHICH COULD BE BLOWN ABOUT BY THE WIND. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. WUUS1 KMEM 221429 SVRMEM MSC071-221520- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 830 AM CST FRI JAN 22 1999 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... LAFAYETTE COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI * UNTIL 920 AM CST * AT 829 AM CST... DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS FROM COMO TO OAKLAND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... HARMONTOWN BY 845 AM CST OXFORD BY 845 AM CST PARIS BY 845 AM CST .A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. WUUS1 KMEM 221425 SVRMEM MSC107-221500- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 826 AM CST FRI JAN 22 1999 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... PANOLA COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI * UNTIL 900 AM CST * AT 825 AM CST... DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS FROM BATESVILLE TO POPE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... EUREKA SPRINGS BY 840 AM CST .A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. WUUS1 KMEM 221416 SVRMEM TNC023-221450- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 817 AM CST FRI JAN 22 1999 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... CHESTER COUNTY IN WESTERN TENNESSEE * UNTIL 850 AM CST * AT 817 AM CST... DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH LARGE HAIL NEAR MONTEZUMA MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... HENDERSON BY 825 AM CST .A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. RWUS42 KMEM 221411 FLSMEM RIVER FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 755 AM CST FRI JAN 22 1999 ...ST FRANCIS RIVER IS RISING... AT 700 AM...THE STAGE ON THE ST FRANCIS RIVER NEAR ST FRANCIS ARKANSAS WAS 21.4 FEET. FLOOD STAGE IS 18 FEET. THREE TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN SINCE THURSDAY MORNING OVER THE UPPER PORTION OF THE BASIN AND UP TO 6 INCHES IN THE AREA AROUND LAKE CITY AND RIVERVALE AND EXTENDING INTO THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL. NUMEROUS SECONDARY ROADS ARE FLOODING AND THIS WILL CAUSE ACCESS PROBLEMS FOR MANY LOW LYING AREAS NEAR THE ST FRANCIS RIVER IN NORTHEAST ARKANSAS. THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS OBTAINED. WUUS1 KMEM 221334 SVRMEM TNC069-221415- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 735 AM CST FRI JAN 22 1999 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... HARDEMAN COUNTY IN WESTERN TENNESSEE * UNTIL 815 AM CST * AT 734 AM CST... DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS NEAR ROGER SPRINGS. THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... HEBRON BY 745 AM CST .A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. WWUS35 KMEM 221324 SPSMEM ARZ027-028-035-036-048-049-MOZ113-115-221400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 717 AM CST FRI JAN 22 1999 ...THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER ENDING OVER PARTS OF EASTERN ARKANSAS AND THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL... THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS ENDED ACROSS SECTIONS OF NORTHEAST ARKANSAS AND THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL. TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 27 IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES. IN EASTERN ARKANSAS... CRITTENDEN...CROSS...LEE...MISSISSIPPI... POINSETT...ST. FRANCIS IN THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL... DUNKLIN AND PEMISCOT TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 27 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WESTERN HALF OF TENNESSEE AND PARTS OF NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 9 AM THIS MORNING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION OR YOUR LOCAL CABLE TELEVISION PROVIDER FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION REGARDING THIS SEVERE WEATHER EVENT. WWUS30 KMEM 221310 LSRMEM PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TENNESSEE 705 AM CST FRI JAN 22 1999 TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS... ....COUNTY LOCATION.... 0345 PM WALNUT RIDGE AR .75 INCH HAIL 01/21/99 LAWRENCE DIME SIZE HAIL REPORT FROM WALNUT RIDGE P.D. 0430 PM DELAPLAINE AR TORNADO 01/21/99 GREENE TORNADO ON GROUND REPORTED BY GREENE COUNTY S.O. BETWEEN EVENING STAR AND DELAPLAINE. 0433 PM HICKORY RIDGE AR TORNADO 01/21/99 CROSS REPORT OF TORNADO ON GROUND NEAR HICKORY RIDGE FROM FORREST CITY A.S.P. POST. 0500 PM MC DOUGAL AR TORNADO 01/21/99 CLAY TORNADO ON GROUND SOUTH OF MC DOUGAL REPORTED BY SHERIFF'S OFFICE. 0504 PM AR TORNADO 01/21/99 CLAY 2 HOUSES DESTROYED BY TORNADO ON COUNTY ROAD 238. 2 TRAILER TRUCKS ALSO ROLLED OVER. REPORT FROM CLAY COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE. 0515 PM JONESBORO AR 1 INCH HAIL 01/21/99 CRAIGHEAD REPORT OF QUARTER SIZE HAIL SOUTH OF JONESBORO FROM OES COORDINATOR. 0525 PM AR TORNADO 01/21/99 LEE TORNADO ON GROUND REPORTED NEAR GARRETT GROVE BY LEE COUNTY S.O. 0525 PM GOODWIN AR TORNADO 01/21/99 ST FRANCIS TORNADO WITH DAMAGE AT GOODWIN REPORTED BY AMATEUR RADIO OPERATOR. 0600 PM WALNUT RIDGE AR TORNADO 01/21/99 LAWRENCE FIRE DEPARTMENT REPORTED TORNADO ON GROUND JUST WEST OF HOXIE AND WALNUT RIDGE. 0605 PM CARDWELL MO TORNADO 01/21/99 DUNKLIN BRIEF TORNADO TOUCHDOWN 2 TO 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF CARDWELL REPORTED BY COUNTY SHERIFF. 0615 PM AR 1.75 INCH HAIL 01/21/99 CROSS GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL REPORTED AT CHERRY VALLEY BY CROSS COUNTY S.O. LSRMEM 0615 PM COLT AR TORNADO 01/21/99 ST FRANCIS STORM SPOTTERS REPORTED TORNADO ON THE GROUND JUST WEST OF COLT. 0628 PM TYRONZA AR .75 INCH HAIL 01/21/99 POINSETT SPOTTER REPORTED DIME SIZE HAIL AT TYRONZA. 0630 PM WHEATLEY AR TORNADO 01/21/99 ST FRANCIS 10 HOUSES DESTROYED BY TORNADO AT WHEATLEY. AMATEUR VIDEO SHOWS TORNADO IN WHEATLEY AREA. 0655 PM KENNETT MO 1.75 INCH HAIL 01/21/99 DUNKLIN REPORT OF GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL NORTH OF KENNETT. REPORT RELAYED BY WFO PAH. 0705 PM GILMORE AR .88 INCH HAIL 01/21/99 CRITTENDEN AMATEUR RADIO OPERATOR REPORTED NICKEL SIZE HAIL COVERING THE GROUND. 0705 PM WALNUT RIDGE AR TORNADO 01/21/99 LAWRENCE SPOTTERS REPORTED TORNADO ON GROUND JUST NORTHWEST OF WALNUT RIDGE. 0730 PM SENATH MO 1 INCH HAIL 01/21/99 DUNKLIN QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED AT SENATH BY KENNETT P.D. 0738 PM STEELE MO .75 INCH HAIL 01/21/99 PEMISCOT DIME SIZE HAIL WEST OF STEELE. REPORTED BY MISSOURI STATE POLICE POST AT KENNETT. 0838 PM FORREST CITY AR 1 INCH HAIL 01/21/99 ST FRANCIS QUARTER SIZE HAIL AT ARKANSAS STATE POLICE POST AT FORREST CITY. 0850 PM MARMADUKE AR TORNADO 01/21/99 GREENE ARKANSAS STATE POLICE REPORTED TORNADO ON THE GROUND BETWEEN MARMADUKE AND RECTOR. 0900 PM CASH AR TORNADO 01/21/99 CRAIGHEAD AMATEUR RADIO OPERATOR REPORTED TORNADO ON GROUND 10 MILES SOUTH OF CASH. 0903 PM EGYPT AR TORNADO 01/21/99 CRAIGHEAD AMATEUR RADIO OPERATOR REPORTED TORNADO ON GROUND AT EGYPT. 0910 PM MARMADUKE AR TORNADO 01/21/99 GREENE AMATEUR RADIO OPERATOR REPORTED A BRIEF TORNADO TOUCHDOWN AT MARMADUKE. LSRMEM 0915 PM KENNETT MO TORNADO 01/21/99 DUNKLIN TORNADO ON GROUND NORTHWEST OF KENNETT. REPORTED BY KENNETT P.D. 0920 PM EGYPT AR TORNADO 01/21/99 CRAIGHEAD AMATEUR RADIO OPERATOR REPORTED TORNADO ON GROUND AT EGYPT. 0940 PM SEDGWICK AR TORNADO 01/21/99 LAWRENCE TORNADO ON GOURND REPORTED NEAR SEDGWICK. 0945 PM SEDGWICK AR TORNADO 01/21/99 LAWRENCE TORNADO ON GROUND NEAR SEDGWICK. ONE HOUSE DAMAGED. REPORT FROM CRAIGHEAD EOC. 0955 PM WILSON AR TORNADO 01/21/99 MISSISSIPPI AMATEUR RADIO OPERATOR REPORTED TORNADO ON GROUND JUST WEST OF WILSON. 0959 PM WILSON AR TORNADO 01/21/99 MISSISSIPPI AMATEUR RADIO OPERATOR REPORTED TORNADO ON GROUND JUST NORTHWEST OF WILSON. 1020 PM STEELE MO TORNADO 01/21/99 PEMISCOT EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED TORNADO ON GROUND NEAR HIGHWAY 154. 1045 PM CURTIS STATION MS TORNADO 01/21/99 PANOLA TORNADO ON GROUND REPORTED BY FIRE DEPARTMENT. 1055 PM PLEASANT GROVE MS TORNADO 01/21/99 PANOLA TORNADO ON GROUND REPORTED BY BATESVILLE P.D. 1059 PM SENATOBIA MS TORNADO 01/21/99 TATE SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED TWO TORNADOES IN THE AREA OF SENATOBIA HIGH SCHOOL. 1059 PM SENATOBIA MS .75 INCH HAIL 01/21/99 TATE SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED DIME SIZE HAIL. 1114 PM MS TORNADO 01/21/99 TATE SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED A TORNADO BETWEEN GREENLEAF WUUS1 KMEM 221235 SVRMEM TNC069-221315- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 636 AM CST FRI JAN 22 1999 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... HARDEMAN COUNTY IN WESTERN TENNESSEE * UNTIL 715 AM CST * AT 634 AM CST... DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS EXTENDING FROM FAYETTE CORNERS TO LAGRANGE. THE LINE WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... HICKORY VALLEY BY 645 AM CST BOLIVAR BY 655 AM CST .A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. WUUS1 KMEM 221204 SVRMEM TNC047-221255- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 605 AM CST FRI JAN 22 1999 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... FAYETTE COUNTY IN WESTERN TENNESSEE * UNTIL 655 AM CST * AT 603 AM CST... DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS EXTENDED FROM GALLOWAY TO PIPERTON. THIS LINE WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. DIME SIZE HAIL HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS LINE BY STORM SPOTTERS. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... OAKLAND BY 605 AM CST SOMERVILLE BY 615 AM CST .A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. & WUUS1 KMEM 221122 SVRMEM ARC035-TNC157-221210- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 523 AM CST FRI JAN 22 1999 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... CRITTENDEN COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN ARKANSAS SHELBY COUNTY IN WESTERN TENNESSEE * UNTIL 610 AM CST * AT 520 AM CST... DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS FROM TURRELL ARKANSAS THROUGH WEST MEMPHIS TO GOODMAN TENNESSEE. THIS LINE OF STORMS IS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... DOWNTOWN MEMPHIS BY 530 AM CST GERMANTOWN BY 545 AM CST ARLINGTON BY 555 AM CST .A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WARNINGS/WATCHES ARE NOT TO BE DISSEMINATED TO THE PUBLIC AFTER EXPIRATION TIME. *** NO WARNINGS/WATCHES DURING THE LAST 6 HOURS ***