Alert archive / Tennessee / River Flood Advisories in 2011
River Flood Advisory 1, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this river flood advisory at Feb 24, 2011, 11:28 AM CST for Dyer County, Lake County, Lauderdale County, Tennessee; Mississippi County, Arkansas. It took effect at Feb 25, 2011, 10:00 PM CST. It was in force for 3 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 24, 2011, 11:28 AM CST (17:28 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 25, 2011, 10:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Feb 25, 2011, 10:03 PM CST
- In force
- 3 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
Counties Mississippi County, AR, Dyer County, TN, Lake County, TN, Lauderdale County, TN
The radar
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:30 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 Mississippi River at Caruthersville (CRTM7).
- Action stage
- 29 ft
- Minor stage
- 32 ft
- Moderate stage
- 41 ft
- Major stage
- 43 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record, 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 Feb 24, 10:33 AM CST, 55 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 24, 10:33 AM CST, 55 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 24, 9:15 AM CST, 2 hours 13 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 915 AM CST THU FEB 24 2011 ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115- MSZ001>017-020>024-TNZ001>004-019>021-048>055-088>092-251115- 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- 915 AM CST THU FEB 24 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST ARKANSAS... THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL...NORTH MISSISSIPPI...AND WEST TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT ACROSS MOST OF THE MID SOUTH. WARM AND MOIST AIR WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE REGION TODAY AHEAD OF A POWERFUL COLD FRONT. TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG AND AHEAD OF THIS FRONT. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT ACROSS NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE MID SOUTH THROUGH TONIGHT AND ACROSS THE REST OF THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG A WARM FRONT TODAY NEAR THE MISSOURI AND KENTUCKY BORDERS AND WITH THE COLD FRONT ACROSS THE ENTIRE REGION THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. RAINFALL TOTALS OF THREE TO SIX INCHES WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS NORTHEAST ARKANSAS...THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL...AND NORTHWEST TENNESSEE. THE REST OF THE MIDSOUTH CAN EXPECT RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY ANOTHER POWERFUL STORM SYSTEM IS FORECAST TO MOVE THROUGH THE MID SOUTH SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY. THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BRING MORE SEVERE WEATHER TO THE REGION. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT AND MAY BE NEEDED ONCE AGAIN SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY. KRM
In the hours before
Local storm report, Feb 24, 7:12 AM CST, 4 hours 16 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
712 AM CST THU FEB 24 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0700 AM FLASH FLOOD BLACK ROCK 36.11N 91.11W
02/24/2011 LAWRENCE AR CO-OP OBSERVER
3.61 INCHES OF RAIN.
0700 AM FLASH FLOOD CARUTHERSVILLE 36.18N 89.67W
02/24/2011 PEMISCOT MO CO-OP OBSERVER
2.5 INCHES OF RAIN
0700 AM FLASH FLOOD WALNUT RIDGE 36.07N 90.96W
02/24/2011 LAWRENCE AR CO-OP OBSERVER
2.53 INCHES OF RAIN.
&&
CCDLocal storm report, Feb 24, 9:35 AM CST, 1 hour 53 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
935 AM CST THU FEB 24 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0700 AM FLASH FLOOD BLACK ROCK 36.11N 91.11W
02/24/2011 LAWRENCE AR CO-OP OBSERVER
3.61 INCHES OF RAIN.
0700 AM FLASH FLOOD CARUTHERSVILLE 36.18N 89.67W
02/24/2011 PEMISCOT MO CO-OP OBSERVER
2.5 INCHES OF RAIN
0700 AM FLASH FLOOD WALNUT RIDGE 36.07N 90.96W
02/24/2011 LAWRENCE AR CO-OP OBSERVER
2.53 INCHES OF RAIN.
0730 AM FLASH FLOOD KENNETT 36.24N 90.05W
02/24/2011 DUNKLIN MO LAW ENFORCEMENT
HIGHWAY Y BETWEEN KENNETT AND CARUTH IS FLOODED ALONG
WITH HIGHWAY 164 IN HORNERSVILLE AND HIGHWAY P IN SENATH.
&&
CCDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 3:04 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Dyer, Gibson, Henry, Lake, Obion, Weakley | 3 hr |
| Feb 24, 5:45 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Dyer, Gibson, Henry, Lake, Obion, Weakley | 3 hr |
| Feb 24, 8:35 AM CST | River Flood Warning | MEG | Obion, Weakley | 33 hr |
| Feb 24, 8:35 AM CST | River Flood Warning | MEG | Dyer, Gibson, Obion | 33 hr |
| Feb 24, 8:47 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Dyer, Gibson, Henry, Lake, Obion, Weakley | 3 hr |
| Feb 24, 1:08 PM CST | River Flood Warning | MEG | Dyer | 28 hr |
| Feb 24, 2:55 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Chester, Hardeman, Henderson, Madison | 50 min |
| Feb 24, 3:42 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Carroll, Chester, Decatur, Henderson, Madison | 24 min |
| Feb 24, 5:11 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Lake, Obion | 49 min |
| Feb 24, 5:17 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Crockett, Dyer, Gibson, Lake, Lauderdale, Obion and 1 more | 5 hr |
| Feb 24, 2:48 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Clay, Greene, Lawrence, Randolph | 3 hr |
| Feb 24, 11:45 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Clay, Greene, Lawrence, Randolph | 3 hr |
| Feb 24, 1:08 PM CST | River Flood Warning | MEG | Mississippi, Poinsett | 54 hr |
| Feb 24, 2:44 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Clay, Craighead, Greene, Lawrence, Mississippi, Randolph | 6 hr |
| Feb 24, 4:59 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Clay, Greene | 46 min |
| Feb 24, 5:04 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Craighead, Mississippi, Poinsett | 4 hr |
| Feb 24, 5:40 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Clay, Craighead, Cross, Greene, Lawrence, Poinsett | 50 min |
| Feb 24, 5:43 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crittenden, Cross, Lee, Poinsett, St. Francis | 47 min |
| Feb 24, 5:47 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Crittenden, Cross, Lee, 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.