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Flash Flood — Hardeman, TN

Mar 17, 2021

A slow-moving warm front lifted north into the Mid-South during the morning hours of March 17th with numerous showers and thunderstorms. Heavy rain produced some flash flooding and there were a couple of severe weather reports along with a couple of damaging lightning strikes. The front stalled across the area during the day with southern parts of the Mid-South, especially northeast Mississippi, becoming quite unstable during the afternoon hours. Additional storms developed during the late after

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 948230). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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