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River Flood Warning 34, NWS Memphis, TN

March 30, 2008Crockett County, Dyer County, Lauderdale County, Tennessee

NWS Memphis, TN issued this river flood warning at Mar 30, 2008, 2:12 PM CDT for Crockett County, Dyer County, Lauderdale County, Tennessee. It was in force for 19 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 30, 2008, 2:12 PM CDT (19:12 UTC)
Expired
Mar 31, 2008, 9:15 AM CDT
In force
19 hr
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 19:14 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 30, 10:54 AM CDT, 3 hours 18 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 30, 10:54 AM CDT, 3 hours 18 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 30, 4:33 AM CDT, 9 hours 39 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
433 AM CDT SUN MAR 30 2008

ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115-
MSZ001>017-020>024-TNZ001>004-019>021-048>055-088>092-311145-
ALCORN-BENTON MS-CALHOUN-CARROLL-CHESTER-CHICKASAW-CLAY-COAHOMA-
CRAIGHEAD-CRITTENDEN-CROCKETT-CROSS-DESOTO-DECATUR-DUNKLIN-DYER-
FAYETTE-GIBSON-GREENE-HARDEMAN-HARDIN-HAYWOOD-HENDERSON-HENRY-
ITAWAMBA-LAFAYETTE-LAKE-LAUDERDALE-LAWRENCE-LEE AR-LEE MS-MADISON-
MARSHALL-MCNAIRY-MISSISSIPPI-MONROE-OBION-PANOLA-PEMISCOT-
PHILLIPS-POINSETT-PONTOTOC-PRENTISS-QUITMAN-RANDOLPH-SHELBY-
ST. FRANCIS-TALLAHATCHIE-TATE-TIPPAH-TIPTON-TISHOMINGO-TUNICA-
UNION-WEAKLEY-YALOBUSHA-
433 AM CDT SUN MAR 30 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST ARKANSAS...
THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL...NORTH MISSISSIPPI...AND WEST TENNESSEE.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

HEAVY RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES THROUGH 10 PM CDT MAY ENHANCE
FLOODING ACROSS NORTHEAST ARKANSAS AND THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL.

A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND SMALL HAIL MAY
OCCUR ACROSS THE ENTIRE MIDSOUTH THROUGH 10 PM CDT. GUSTY WINDS UP
TO 50 MPH MAY OCCUR WITH WITH A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER
NORTH MISSISSIPPI BETWEEN 2 AND 10 PM CDT.

MANY RIVERS OVER NORTHEAST ARKANSAS AND THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL REMAIN
ABOVE FLOOD STAGE. SOME RIVERS HAVE CRESTED...BUT FLOODING WILL
STILL OCCUR IN AGRICULTURAL AREAS ADJACENT TO RIVERS. CONSULT THE
LATEST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVER FORECASTS AND RIVER FLOOD
WARNINGS FOR DETAILED INFORMATION.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

HEAVY RAIN IS POSSIBLE OVER MUCH OF THE MIDSOUTH MONDAY NIGHT INTO
TUESDAY MORNING ALONG AND AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT. WIDESPREAD 1 TO 3
INCHES OF RAINFALL MAY OCCUR. THIS MAY RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING
AND ALSO AGGRAVATE ONGOING RIVER FLOODING. FLASH FLOOD WATCHES
MAY BE REQUIRED FOR PARTS OF THE MIDSOUTH MONDAY NIGHT INTO
TUESDAY MORNING.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH MIDDAY
TUESDAY AS WELL. THE PRIMARY HAZARDS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL.

STRONG WINDS WITH GUSTS OF 40 MPH OR GREATER ARE POSSIBLE MONDAY AND
MONDAY NIGHT ACROSS THE MIDSOUTH. WIND ADVISORIES MAY BE NEEDED.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

THE ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT...AND LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS MAY BE REQUIRED MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY IN
SUPPORT OF SEVERE WEATHER OPERATIONS. SPOTTERS ARE ALSO ENCOURAGED
TO REPORT ANY FLASH FLOODING OR ANY NEW FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN MEMPHIS TENNESSEE.

MBS

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Mar 30, 9:06 AM CDT, 5 hours 6 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
906 AM CDT SUN MAR 30 2008

MSZ011-012-020-021-301445-
PANOLA MS-QUITMAN MS-YALOBUSHA MS-TALLAHATCHIE MS-
906 AM CDT SUN MAR 30 2008

...THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS FOR...

  SOUTHERN PANOLA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...
  SOUTHERN QUITMAN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...
  NORTHERN TALLAHATCHIE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...
  WESTERN YALOBUSHA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING PEA TO DIME SIZE HAIL WAS LOCATED 5
MILES EAST OF BRAZIL AT 906 AM CDT...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS ALSO PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN.

PEOPLE IN PANOLA...QUITMAN...TALLAHATCHIE AND YALOBUSHA COUNTIES...
INCLUDING THE CITY OF CHARLESTON...SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY.
THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 AM CDT.
Special weather statement, Mar 30, 10:15 AM CDT, 3 hours 57 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 30, 9:13 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGPanola, Quitman, Tallahatchie, Yalobusha62 min
Mar 30, 9:42 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGQuitman, Tallahatchie3 hr
Mar 30, 2:34 PM CDTFlash Flood WatchMEGDeSoto, Tunica36 hr
Mar 30, 8:51 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningMEGCraighead15 days
Mar 30, 8:53 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningMEGMississippi, Poinsett16 days

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Tennessee, 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.