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River Flood Warning 69, NWS Memphis, TN

October 29, 2009Lee County, St. Francis County, Arkansas

NWS Memphis, TN issued this river flood warning at Oct 29, 2009, 9:42 PM CDT for Lee County, St. Francis County, Arkansas. It took effect at Oct 30, 2009, 4:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 7 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 29, 2009, 9:42 PM CDT (02:42 UTC)
In effect from
Oct 30, 2009, 4:00 PM CDT
Expired
Nov 6, 2009, 6:00 PM CST
In force
7 days
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Lee County, AR, St. Francis County, AR

The radar

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:46 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 L'Anguille River at Palestine (PLGA4). The gauge peaked at 26.76 ft at Nov 1, 2009, 5:00 AM CST.

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Action stage
22 ft
Minor stage
25 ft
Moderate stage
29 ft
Major stage
31 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07047950, 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 Oct 29, 8:41 PM CDT, 1 hour 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 29, 8:41 PM CDT, 1 hour 1 minute before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 29, 10:16 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningMEGQuitman37 hr
Oct 29, 10:16 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningMEGTallahatchie61 hr
Oct 29, 10:16 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningMEGTallahatchie61 hr
Oct 30, 2:19 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGCoahoma, DeSoto, Tunica12 hr
Oct 30, 11:04 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningMEGLafayette, Marshall, Union24 hr
Oct 30, 11:04 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningMEGLowndes, Monroe5 days
Oct 30, 12:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGBenton, Tippah, Union35 min
Oct 30, 1:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGPontotoc, Tippah, Union30 min
Oct 30, 1:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGChickasaw, Lee, Pontotoc, Union27 min
Oct 30, 2:26 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGMonroe39 min
Oct 30, 2:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGItawamba, Lee, Prentiss, Tishomingo43 min
Oct 30, 2:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGItawamba, Lee, Monroe39 min
Oct 29, 10:16 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningMEGCrockett, Dyer, Lauderdale36 hr
Oct 30, 2:36 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGDyer, Lake, Lauderdale, Tipton12 hr
Oct 30, 3:36 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGLake, Obion37 min
Oct 30, 11:01 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningMEGDyer, Lake, Lauderdale5 days
Oct 30, 12:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGHenry, Weakley29 min
Oct 30, 2:15 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGDecatur2 hr
Oct 29, 8:53 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGClay, Craighead, Greene, Lawrence, Randolph4 hr
Oct 29, 9:42 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningMEGClay, Greene3 days
Oct 29, 9:42 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningMEGMississippi, Poinsett38 hr
Oct 29, 10:28 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningMEGCraighead60 hr
Oct 30, 1:04 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGClay, Craighead, Cross, Greene, Lawrence, Lee and 3 more11 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.