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River Flood Warning 46, NWS Memphis, TN

May 8, 2009Clay County, Greene County, Arkansas

NWS Memphis, TN issued this river flood warning at May 8, 2009, 9:16 AM CDT for Clay County, Greene County, Arkansas. It took effect at May 10, 2009, 1:00 AM CDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 8, 2009, 9:16 AM CDT (14:16 UTC)
In effect from
May 10, 2009, 1:00 AM CDT
Expired
May 9, 2009, 8:58 PM CDT
In force
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Clay County, AR, Greene County, AR

The radar

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:17 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 St. Francis River at St. Francis (SFRA4). The gauge peaked at 21.21 ft at May 9, 2009, 5:00 PM CDT.

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Action stage
19 ft
Minor stage
22 ft
Moderate stage
27 ft
Major stage
31 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07040100, 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 8, 7:02 AM CDT, 2 hours 14 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 8, 7:02 AM CDT, 2 hours 14 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 8, 8:35 AM CDT, 41 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
835 AM CDT FRI MAY 8 2009

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835 AM CDT FRI MAY 8 2009

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER ALL OF THE
MIDSOUTH TODAY. THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREATS WILL BE
DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. AN ISOLATED TORNADO OR TWO WILL
ALSO BE POSSIBLE.

A COLD FRONT OVER THE MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY WILL MOVE
INTO THE MIDSOUTH TONIGHT...SERVING AS A FOCUS FOR CONTINUED
THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. SOME THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT MAY REACH
SEVERE LIMITS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

SATURDAY WILL SEE A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...MAINLY
SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 40.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED OVER ANY PART OF THE MIDSOUTH
TODAY AND TONIGHT.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 8, 11:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGLake31 min
May 8, 5:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGDyer, Lauderdale27 min
May 8, 5:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGDyer, Haywood, Lauderdale46 min
May 8, 9:46 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGClay, Craighead, Greene, Lawrence, Randolph44 min
May 8, 11:01 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGClay29 min
May 8, 11:12 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGClay, Greene, Mississippi33 min
May 8, 2:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGClay, Randolph27 min
May 8, 3:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGClay, Greene, Randolph33 min
May 8, 3:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGClay, Craighead, Greene, Mississippi47 min
May 8, 4:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCraighead, Greene, Mississippi46 min
May 8, 4:55 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGClay, Greene2 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Arkansas, 2009Every river flood warning in 2009

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.