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River Flood Warning 99, NWS Memphis, TN

December 24, 2009Mississippi County, Poinsett County, Arkansas

NWS Memphis, TN issued this river flood warning at Dec 24, 2009, 8:18 AM CST for Mississippi County, Poinsett County, Arkansas. It took effect at Dec 27, 2009, 6:00 PM CST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 24, 2009, 8:18 AM CST (14:18 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 27, 2009, 6:00 PM CST
Expired: Dec 25, 2009, 9:41 AM CST
In force
Issued by: NWS Memphis, TN
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Mississippi County, AR, Poinsett County, AR

The radar

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Right Hand Chute Little River at Rivervale (RIGA4).

Action stage: 8 ft
Minor stage: 11 ft
Moderate stage: 14 ft
Major stage: 15 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07046600, 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 24, 4:51 AM CST, 3 hours 27 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 24, 4:51 AM CST, 3 hours 27 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 24, 3:20 AM CST, 4 hours 58 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Dec 24, 7:10 AM CST, 1 hour 8 minutes before

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Local storm report, Dec 24, 7:11 AM CST, 1 hour 7 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 24, 12:24 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Coahoma, Tunica	4 hr
Dec 24, 4:19 PM CST	Areal Flood Warning	MEG	Coahoma, Tunica	13 hr
Dec 23, 8:28 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	MEG	Clay, Craighead, Cross, Greene, Lawrence, Poinsett and 1 more	3 hr
Dec 23, 8:30 PM CST	Flash Flood Watch	MEG	Clay, Craighead, Crittenden, Cross, Greene, Lawrence and 6 more	22 hr
Dec 23, 11:30 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Clay, Craighead, Cross, Greene, Lawrence, Mississippi and 3 more	13 hr
Dec 24, 8:18 AM CST	River Flood Warning	MEG	Lee, St. Francis	8 days
Dec 24, 8:18 AM CST	River Flood Warning	MEG	Craighead	8 days

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Arkansas, 2009 Every 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.