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River Flood Warning 46, NWS Memphis, TN
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.
- 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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</html>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 ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115- MSZ001>017-020>024-TNZ001>004-019>021-048>055-088>092-091100- 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- 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 8, 11:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lake | 31 min |
| May 8, 5:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Dyer, Lauderdale | 27 min |
| May 8, 5:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Dyer, Haywood, Lauderdale | 46 min |
| May 8, 9:46 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Clay, Craighead, Greene, Lawrence, Randolph | 44 min |
| May 8, 11:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Clay | 29 min |
| May 8, 11:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Clay, Greene, Mississippi | 33 min |
| May 8, 2:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Clay, Randolph | 27 min |
| May 8, 3:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Clay, Greene, Randolph | 33 min |
| May 8, 3:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Clay, Craighead, Greene, Mississippi | 47 min |
| May 8, 4:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Craighead, Greene, Mississippi | 46 min |
| May 8, 4:55 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Clay, Greene | 2 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.