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River Flood Warning 10, NWS Memphis, TN

March 3, 2008Crockett County, Dyer County, Lauderdale County, Tennessee

NWS Memphis, TN issued this river flood warning at Mar 3, 2008, 10:26 PM CST for Crockett County, Dyer County, Lauderdale County, Tennessee. It was in force for 9 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 3, 2008, 10:26 PM CST (04:26 UTC)
Expired: Mar 13, 2008, 9:40 AM CDT
In force: 9 days
Issued by: NWS Memphis, TN
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Crockett County, TN, Dyer County, TN, Lauderdale County, TN

The radar

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point South Fork Forked Deer River near Halls (HLST1).

Action stage: 8.5 ft
Minor stage: 9 ft
Moderate stage: 13.5 ft
Major stage: 16 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this river flood warning went out, 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 this river flood warning went out at Mar 3, 10:00 PM CST, 26 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 3, 10:00 PM CST, 26 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 3, 6:45 PM CST, 3 hours 41 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
645 PM CST MON MAR 03 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0500 PM     FLASH FLOOD      JONESBORO               35.82N 90.69W
03/03/2008                   CRAIGHEAD          AR   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            COUNTY ROADS BEGINNING TO FLOOD IN CRAIGHEAD COUNTY.

0505 PM     FLASH FLOOD      PARAGOULD               36.06N 90.51W
03/03/2008                   GREENE             AR   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            ROADS BECOMING FLOODED AND IMPASSABLE COUNTYWIDE DUE TO
            FLOODING.

0525 PM     FLASH FLOOD      2 S HARRISBURG          35.53N 90.72W
03/03/2008                   POINSETT           AR   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            HIGHWAY 1 SOUTH OF HARRISBURG IS FLOODED.

0630 PM     FLASH FLOOD      4 E DOWNTOWN MEMPHIS    35.13N 89.98W
03/03/2008                   SHELBY             TN   EMERGENCY MNGR

            FLOODING REPORTED AT THE INTERSECTION OF MADISON AND
            BELVEDERE IN MIDTOWN MEMPHIS.

0630 PM     FLASH FLOOD      2 NW SOUTHEAST MEMPHIS  35.09N 89.91W
03/03/2008                   SHELBY             TN   EMERGENCY MNGR

            FLOODING IN THE 1100 BLOCK OF WHITE STATION IN EAST
            MEMPHIS.

&&

JKT

Local storm report, Mar 3, 7:00 PM CST, 3 hours 26 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
700 PM CST MON MAR 03 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0500 PM     FLASH FLOOD      JONESBORO               35.82N 90.69W
03/03/2008                   CRAIGHEAD          AR   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            COUNTY ROADS BEGINNING TO FLOOD IN CRAIGHEAD COUNTY.

0505 PM     FLASH FLOOD      PARAGOULD               36.06N 90.51W
03/03/2008                   GREENE             AR   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            ROADS BECOMING FLOODED AND IMPASSABLE COUNTYWIDE DUE TO
            FLOODING.

0525 PM     FLASH FLOOD      2 S HARRISBURG          35.53N 90.72W
03/03/2008                   POINSETT           AR   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            HIGHWAY 1 SOUTH OF HARRISBURG IS FLOODED.

0622 PM     TSTM WND DMG     BATESVILLE              34.32N 89.94W
03/03/2008                   PANOLA             MS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            ONE TRAILER BLOWN OVER...SIGNS KNOCKED DOWN...AND ONE
            CARPORT BLOWN OVER IN BATESVILLE.

0630 PM     FLASH FLOOD      4 E DOWNTOWN MEMPHIS    35.13N 89.98W
03/03/2008                   SHELBY             TN   EMERGENCY MNGR

            FLOODING REPORTED AT THE INTERSECTION OF MADISON AND
            BELVEDERE IN MIDTOWN MEMPHIS.

0630 PM     FLASH FLOOD      2 NW SOUTHEAST MEMPHIS  35.09N 89.91W
03/03/2008                   SHELBY             TN   EMERGENCY MNGR

            FLOODING IN THE 1100 BLOCK OF WHITE STATION IN EAST
            MEMPHIS.

0655 PM     FLASH FLOOD      BATESVILLE              34.32N 89.94W
03/03/2008                   PANOLA             MS   TRAINED SPOTTER

            FLOODING IN DOWNTOWN BATESVILLE...BEGINNING TO COME INTO
            HOMES.

&&

JKT

Special weather statement, Mar 3, 7:52 PM CST, 2 hours 34 minutes before

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Local storm report, Mar 3, 9:34 PM CST, 52 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 3, 6:08 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Panola, Quitman	38 min
Mar 3, 6:31 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Benton	44 min
Mar 3, 7:03 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Benton, Lafayette, Marshall, Panola	117 min
Mar 3, 7:15 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Benton, Lafayette, Marshall, Union	45 min
Mar 3, 10:20 PM CST	River Flood Warning	MEG	Obion, Weakley	14 hr
Mar 3, 10:20 PM CST	River Flood Warning	MEG	Dyer, Gibson, Obion	7 days
Mar 3, 10:23 PM CST	River Flood Warning	MEG	Dyer	14 hr
Mar 4, 12:42 PM CST	River Flood Warning	MEG	Madison	4 days
Mar 3, 9:11 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	MEG	Clay, Craighead, Greene, Lawrence, Mississippi, Poinsett and 1 more	7 hr
Mar 3, 10:11 PM CST	River Flood Warning	MEG	Craighead	14 hr
Mar 4, 4:18 AM CST	Snow Advisory	MEG	Clay, Craighead, Crittenden, Cross, Greene, Lawrence and 5 more	10 hr
Mar 4, 10:43 AM CST	Heavy Snow Warning	MEG	Lawrence, Randolph	3 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Tennessee, 2008 Every river flood warning in 2008

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.