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River Flood Warning 97, NWS Memphis, TN

December 23, 2009Clay County, Greene County, Arkansas

NWS Memphis, TN issued this river flood warning at Dec 23, 2009, 9:24 AM CST for Clay County, Greene County, Arkansas. It took effect at Dec 24, 2009, 11:17 AM CST. It was in force for 6 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 23, 2009, 9:24 AM CST (15:24 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 24, 2009, 11:17 AM CST
Expired: Dec 30, 2009, 9:08 AM CST
In force: 6 days
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 15:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 24.30 ft at Dec 26, 2009, 12:00 AM CST.

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 Dec 23, 5:22 AM CST, 4 hours 2 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 23, 5:22 AM CST, 4 hours 2 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Dec 23, 9:03 AM CST	River Flood Warning	MEG	Tallahatchie	13 days
Dec 23, 3:32 PM CST	High Wind Watch	MEG	Alcorn, Benton, Calhoun, Chickasaw, Coahoma, DeSoto and 16 more	24 hr
Dec 23, 3:32 PM CST	Wind Advisory	MEG	Alcorn, Benton, Calhoun, Chickasaw, Coahoma, DeSoto and 16 more	44 hr
Dec 23, 2:23 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	MEG	Lee, Phillips, St. Francis	3 hr

Nearby

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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.