FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 6 AM WEDNESDAY
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
WEST TENNESSEE WEATHER ONLINE JACKSON TN
959 PM CST TUE DEC 9 2008
…FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR HENRY, BENTON, CARROLL, DECATUR, CHESTER, HARDIN, AND MCNAIRY COUNTIES UNTIL 6 AM WEDNESDAY…
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS POSTED A FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR THE EASTERN ONE-THIRD OF WEST TENNESSEE. DOPPLAR RADAR ESTIMATES HAVE PLACED AMOUNTS OF OVER SIX INCHES IN PORTIONS OF CARROLL, HENDERSON, NORTHERN CHESTER AND EASTERN MADISON COUNTIES. WIDESPREAD AMOUNTS
ESTIMATED AT 3 TO 6 INCHES HAVE OCCURED IN MUCH OF THE SOUTHEAST HALF OF WEST TENNESSEE.
HERE AT THE NORTH JACKSON CLIMATOLOGICAL STATION, AS OF 9:45 PM CST, 3.82 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN SINCE THE STORM BEGAN. THE BEMIS/SOUTH JACKSON CLIMATOLOGICAL STATION HAD ALSO RECEIVED 3.82 INCHES AS OF 9:45 PM.
THE MCKELLAR-SIPES REGIONAL AIRPORT HAD RECEIVED 3.30 INCHES AS OF 9:25 PM.
THESE AMOUNTS BREAK THE OLD DAILY RAINFALL RECORD OF 2.81 INCHES SET BACK IN 1961.
IT ALSO WILL FALL WITHIN THE TOP FIVE WETTEST DAYS EVER IN DECEMBER FOR JACKSON. THE FOLLOWING ARE THE RANKED WETTEST DAYS:
Rank Value Ending Date
1 4.48 12/3/1978
2 4.12 12/24/1987
3 3.90 12/19/2002
4 3.79 12/11/1949
5 3.66 12/25/1987, 12/3/1964
AS OF 8 PM THIS EVENING, THE WEST TENNESSEE AMATEUR RADIO WEATHER NETWORK HAD REPORTED THE FOLLOWING RAINFALL AMOUNTS:
MEDON 4.14″
MEDINA 3.64″
MILAN 3.10″
HUNTINGDON 2.95″
DYER 1.91″
WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS OVER NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND THE TENNESSEE RIVER VALLEY OF WEST TENNESSEE.
A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.
YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.
HOLMES/NWS
