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Heavy Rain in Shelby County, Tennessee

Heavy Rain October 21, 2019 · Shelby County, Tennessee

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What the National Weather Service wrote

Heavy rain resulted in water on area roadways. A young motorist died as a result of hydroplaning.

The wider storm

A cold front moved through during the early morning of October 21st and interacted with an unstable airmass in place over the Delta region. A line of showers and thunderstorms developed along the front. Several of the storms were severe with damaging winds and a few weak tornadoes.

Began near Cordova (35.1299, -89.7826).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

3 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 862107. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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