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River Flood Warning 74, NWS Memphis, TN

October 29, 2009Craighead County, Arkansas

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.

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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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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

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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.

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, 9:42 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningMEGLee, St. Francis8 days
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.