Alert archive / Arkansas / River Flood Warnings in 2009
River Flood Warning 74, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this river flood warning at Oct 29, 2009, 10:28 PM CDT for Craighead County, Arkansas. It took effect at Oct 31, 2009, 8:12 AM CDT. It was in force for 26 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 29, 2009, 10:28 PM CDT (03:28 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 31, 2009, 8:12 AM CDT
- Expired
- Nov 1, 2009, 9:35 AM CST
- In force
- 26 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Flood severity
- Minor
County Craighead County, AR
The radar
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:31 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 Lake City (LCRA4). The gauge peaked at 9.98 ft at Nov 1, 2009, 1:00 AM CST.
- Action stage
- 8 ft
- Minor stage
- 10 ft
- Moderate stage
- 12 ft
- Major stage
- 15 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07040450, 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 47 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Oct 29, 8:41 PM CDT, 1 hour 47 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 29, 10:26 PM CDT, 2 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 1026 PM CDT THU OCT 29 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>092-302215- 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- 1026 PM CDT THU OCT 29 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST ARKANSAS... THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL...NORTH MISSISSIPPI...AND WEST TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR AREAS WEST OF A LINE FROM UNION CITY TENNESSEE...TO GERMANTOWN TENNESSEE...TO DUBLIN MISSISSIPPI. A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE MIDSOUTH THEN STALL LATE TONIGHT. ROUNDS OF HEAVY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED... WITH THE HEAVIEST RAIN LIKELY WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. THE COLD FRONT WILL BEGIN TO LIFT EAST INTO WEST TENNESSEE AND NORTH MISSISSIPPI ON FRIDAY. NEAR CONTINUOUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR ALONG AND BEHIND THE FRONT...PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN AND INCREASING THE THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING. SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY OCCUR OVER NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI ON FRIDAY...IN ADVANCE OF THE COLD FRONT. AN ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OR TWO WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE...WITH DAMAGING WINDS THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREAT. AN ISOLATED TORNADO CANNOT BE RULED OUT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED TONIGHT FOR FLOODING REPORTS... MAINLY WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED ON FRIDAY... FOR FLOODING REPORTS AND IN SUPPORT OF SEVERE WEATHER OPERATIONS OVER NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. PWB
The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 29, 10:16 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MEG | Quitman | 37 hr |
| Oct 29, 10:16 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MEG | Tallahatchie | 61 hr |
| Oct 29, 10:16 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MEG | Tallahatchie | 61 hr |
| Oct 30, 2:19 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Coahoma, DeSoto, Tunica | 12 hr |
| Oct 30, 11:04 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MEG | Lafayette, Marshall, Union | 24 hr |
| Oct 30, 11:04 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MEG | Lowndes, Monroe | 5 days |
| Oct 30, 12:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Benton, Tippah, Union | 35 min |
| Oct 30, 1:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Pontotoc, Tippah, Union | 30 min |
| Oct 30, 1:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Chickasaw, Lee, Pontotoc, Union | 27 min |
| Oct 30, 2:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Monroe | 39 min |
| Oct 30, 2:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Itawamba, Lee, Prentiss, Tishomingo | 43 min |
| Oct 30, 2:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Itawamba, Lee, Monroe | 39 min |
| Oct 29, 10:16 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MEG | Crockett, Dyer, Lauderdale | 36 hr |
| Oct 30, 2:36 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Dyer, Lake, Lauderdale, Tipton | 12 hr |
| Oct 30, 3:36 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lake, Obion | 37 min |
| Oct 30, 11:01 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MEG | Dyer, Lake, Lauderdale | 5 days |
| Oct 30, 12:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Henry, Weakley | 29 min |
| Oct 30, 2:15 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Decatur | 2 hr |
| Oct 29, 8:53 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Clay, Craighead, Greene, Lawrence, Randolph | 4 hr |
| Oct 29, 9:42 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MEG | Clay, Greene | 3 days |
| Oct 29, 9:42 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MEG | Mississippi, Poinsett | 38 hr |
| Oct 29, 9:42 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MEG | Lee, St. Francis | 8 days |
| Oct 30, 1:04 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Clay, Craighead, Cross, Greene, Lawrence, Lee and 3 more | 11 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.