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River Flood Warning 78, NWS Memphis, TN

December 24, 2008Crockett County, Dyer County, Lauderdale County, Tennessee

NWS Memphis, TN issued this river flood warning at Dec 24, 2008, 8:56 AM CST for Crockett County, Dyer County, Lauderdale County, Tennessee. It took effect at Dec 24, 2008, 11:49 AM CST. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 24, 2008, 8:56 AM CST (14:56 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 24, 2008, 11:49 AM CST
Expired: Dec 24, 2008, 7:14 PM CST
In force: 7 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 14:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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 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 Dec 24, 6:10 AM CST, 2 hours 46 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 24, 6:10 AM CST, 2 hours 46 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 24, 5:08 AM CST, 3 hours 48 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
508 AM CST WED DEC 24 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>092-251200-
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-
508 AM CST WED DEC 24 2008

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A THUNDERSTORM OR TWO MAY BECOME STRONG ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTH
MISSISSIPPI THIS AFTERNOON WITH STRONG WINDS AND POSSIBLY SMALL
HAIL AS THE THREATS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ON SATURDAY AS A COLD FRONT
MOVES THROUGH THE MID SOUTH. LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND
TORNADOES MAY BE POSSIBLE SATURDAY WITH ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT
BECOME SEVERE. STAY TUNED TO LATER FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS AS THIS
POTENTIAL EVENT DRAWS CLOSER.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

STORM SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BECOME NECESSARY IN SUPPORT OF SEVERE
WEATHER OPERATIONS ON SATURDAY.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Dec 24, 7:29 AM CST, 1 hour 27 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
729 AM CST WED DEC 24 2008

ARZ027-241345-
POINSETT AR-
729 AM CST WED DEC 24 2008

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

  EASTERN POINSETT COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING 40 TO 50 MPH WINDS WAS LOCATED 10
MILES WEST OF MARKED TREE AT 729 AM CST...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55
MPH. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS SHOWING WEAK ROTATION AND IS BEING
MONITORED.

PEOPLE IN POINSETT COUNTY...INCLUDING LOCATIONS NEAR LEPANTO...MARKED
TREE AND TYRONZA...SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY THIS SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ALERT IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 AM CST.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Dec 24, 2:45 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	MEG	DeSoto	3 hr
Dec 24, 5:45 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	MEG	DeSoto	3 hr
Dec 24, 9:06 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	MEG	DeSoto	3 hr
Dec 24, 2:48 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	MEG	Decatur, Henderson	3 hr
Dec 24, 10:16 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	MEG	Madison	3 hr
Dec 24, 10:54 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	MEG	Carroll, Chester, Decatur, Henderson, Henry	3 hr
Dec 24, 11:38 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Decatur, Henderson	2 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.