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River Flood Warning 27, NWS Memphis, TN

March 19, 2008DeSoto County, Tunica County, Mississippi; Shelby County, Tipton County, Tennessee; Crittenden County, Mississippi County, Arkansas

NWS Memphis, TN issued this river flood warning at Mar 19, 2008, 10:44 AM CDT for DeSoto County, Tunica County, Mississippi; Shelby County, Tipton County, Tennessee; Crittenden County, Mississippi County, Arkansas. It took effect at Mar 25, 2008, 10:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 30 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 19, 2008, 10:44 AM CDT (15:44 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 25, 2008, 10:00 AM CDT
Expired
Apr 24, 2008, 10:28 AM CDT
In force
30 days
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Crittenden County, AR, Mississippi County, AR, DeSoto County, MS, Tunica County, MS, Shelby County, TN, Tipton County, TN

The radar

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 24 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The river

Written for the forecast point Mississippi River at Memphis (MEMT1).

Action stage
28 ft
Minor stage
34 ft
Moderate stage
40 ft
Major stage
46 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07032000, 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 19, 7:17 AM CDT, 3 hours 27 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 19, 7:17 AM CDT, 3 hours 27 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 18, 11:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGTunica46 min
Mar 19, 12:08 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCoahoma, Quitman, Tunica52 min
Mar 19, 12:16 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGDeSoto44 min
Mar 19, 12:28 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGTunica32 min
Mar 19, 12:57 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGDeSoto, Marshall, Tate, Tunica63 min
Mar 19, 1:47 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGBenton, Lafayette, Marshall, Panola, Tate58 min
Mar 19, 2:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGBenton, Marshall, Tippah45 min
Mar 18, 7:58 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGDyer, Lake47 min
Mar 18, 8:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCrockett, Dyer, Lauderdale45 min
Mar 19, 12:05 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGLauderdale, Tipton55 min
Mar 19, 12:43 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGDyer, Lake, Obion6 hr
Mar 19, 12:55 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCrockett, Dyer, Gibson, Haywood, Lauderdale, Tipton65 min
Mar 19, 1:26 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGHenry, Obion, Weakley64 min
Mar 19, 1:35 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCarroll, Crockett, Gibson, Henderson, Madison, Weakley55 min
Mar 19, 2:01 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGChester, Fayette, Hardeman, Haywood, Henderson, Madison44 min
Mar 19, 8:12 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGLake4 hr
Mar 19, 10:36 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGDecatur3 hr
Mar 19, 10:44 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningMEGDyer, Lake34 days
Mar 18, 7:19 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGCraighead, Mississippi41 min
Mar 18, 8:24 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGCraighead, Mississippi51 min
Mar 18, 10:17 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGCrittenden, Cross, Lee, Mississippi, Poinsett, St. Francis9 hr
Mar 18, 10:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCross, Lee, Phillips, St. Francis51 min
Mar 19, 12:44 PM CDTWind AdvisoryMEGClay, Craighead, Greene, Lawrence, Mississippi, Poinsett and 1 more6 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Mississippi, 2008River Flood Warnings in Tennessee, 2008River Flood Warnings in Arkansas, 2008Every 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.