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River Flood Warning 61, NWS Memphis, TN

May 20, 2008Dyer County, Lake County, Lauderdale County, Tennessee; Mississippi County, Arkansas

NWS Memphis, TN issued this river flood warning at May 20, 2008, 11:45 AM CDT for Dyer County, Lake County, Lauderdale County, Tennessee; Mississippi County, Arkansas. It took effect at May 23, 2008, 1:00 AM CDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 20, 2008, 11:45 AM CDT (16:45 UTC)
In effect from: May 23, 2008, 1:00 AM CDT
Expired: May 21, 2008, 10:19 AM CDT
In force
Issued by: NWS Memphis, TN
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Mississippi County, AR, Dyer County, TN, Lake County, TN, Lauderdale County, TN

The river

Written for the forecast point Mississippi River at Caruthersville (CRTM7).

Action stage: 29 ft
Minor stage: 32 ft
Moderate stage: 41 ft
Major stage: 43 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 May 19, 3:28 PM CDT, 20 hours 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 19, 3:28 PM CDT, 20 hours 17 minutes before

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Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Tennessee, 2008 River Flood Warnings in Arkansas, 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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.