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River Flood Advisory 13, NWS Memphis, TN

May 13, 2010Shelby County, Tennessee; DeSoto County, Tunica County, Mississippi; Crittenden County, Lee County, Arkansas

NWS Memphis, TN issued this river flood advisory at May 13, 2010, 8:15 PM CDT for Shelby County, Tennessee; DeSoto County, Tunica County, Mississippi; Crittenden County, Lee County, Arkansas. It was in force for 4 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 13, 2010, 8:15 PM CDT (01:15 UTC)
Expired: May 17, 2010, 11:13 PM CDT
In force: 4 days
Issued by: NWS Memphis, TN

Counties Crittenden County, AR, Lee County, AR, DeSoto County, MS, Tunica County, MS, Shelby County, TN

The radar

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:15 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 Mississippi River at Memphis (MEMT1).

Action stage: 28 ft
Minor stage: 34 ft
Moderate stage: 40 ft
Major stage: 46 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07032000, 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 advisory 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 advisory went out at May 13, 6:39 PM CDT, 1 hour 36 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 13, 6:39 PM CDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 13, 3:48 PM CDT, 4 hours 27 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
May 13, 8:43 PM CDT	River Flood Advisory	MEG	Hardin	13 hr
May 14, 12:28 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Decatur	8 hr
May 14, 12:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Henry	47 min
May 14, 12:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Henry, Weakley	31 min
May 14, 12:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Lauderdale	27 min
May 14, 12:53 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Carroll, Gibson, Henry, Weakley	4 hr
May 14, 1:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Carroll, Henry, Weakley	42 min
May 14, 2:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Carroll	16 min
May 14, 2:10 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Carroll, Gibson, Henderson, Madison	3 hr
May 14, 2:46 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Chester, Decatur, Hardin, Henderson	6 hr
May 14, 2:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Decatur	26 min
May 14, 3:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Decatur	25 min
May 14, 4:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Decatur	28 min
May 14, 4:38 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Tipton	2 hr
May 14, 4:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Shelby	41 min
May 14, 4:55 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Shelby	3 hr
May 14, 4:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Decatur	34 min
May 14, 5:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Shelby	52 min
May 14, 5:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Chester, Henderson, McNairy, Madison	34 min
May 14, 5:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Chester, Fayette, Hardeman, Madison	52 min
May 14, 5:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Fayette, Shelby, Tipton	44 min
May 14, 6:00 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Chester, Hardeman, Haywood, McNairy, Madison	3 hr
May 14, 6:18 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Fayette, Hardeman, Haywood, Shelby, Tipton	101 min
May 14, 6:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Shelby	40 min
May 14, 6:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Fayette, Haywood, Tipton	44 min
May 14, 5:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Tunica	35 min
May 14, 11:33 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Craighead, Mississippi, Poinsett	42 min
May 14, 4:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Cross, Lee, St. Francis	30 min
May 14, 4:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Cross, St. Francis	47 min
May 14, 5:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Cross, Poinsett	14 min

Nearby

River Flood Advisories in Mississippi, 2010 River Flood Advisories in Arkansas, 2010 River Flood Advisories in Tennessee, 2010 Every river flood advisory in 2010

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.