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River Flood Advisory 1, NWS Memphis, TN

February 24, 2011Dyer County, Lake County, Lauderdale County, Tennessee; Mississippi County, Arkansas

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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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.

&&

CCD
Local 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.

&&

CCD

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 24, 3:04 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningMEGDyer, Gibson, Henry, Lake, Obion, Weakley3 hr
Feb 24, 5:45 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningMEGDyer, Gibson, Henry, Lake, Obion, Weakley3 hr
Feb 24, 8:35 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningMEGObion, Weakley33 hr
Feb 24, 8:35 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningMEGDyer, Gibson, Obion33 hr
Feb 24, 8:47 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningMEGDyer, Gibson, Henry, Lake, Obion, Weakley3 hr
Feb 24, 1:08 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningMEGDyer28 hr
Feb 24, 2:55 PM CSTTornado WarningMEGChester, Hardeman, Henderson, Madison50 min
Feb 24, 3:42 PM CSTTornado WarningMEGCarroll, Chester, Decatur, Henderson, Madison24 min
Feb 24, 5:11 PM CSTTornado WarningMEGLake, Obion49 min
Feb 24, 5:17 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningMEGCrockett, Dyer, Gibson, Lake, Lauderdale, Obion and 1 more5 hr
Feb 24, 2:48 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningMEGClay, Greene, Lawrence, Randolph3 hr
Feb 24, 11:45 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningMEGClay, Greene, Lawrence, Randolph3 hr
Feb 24, 1:08 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningMEGMississippi, Poinsett54 hr
Feb 24, 2:44 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningMEGClay, Craighead, Greene, Lawrence, Mississippi, Randolph6 hr
Feb 24, 4:59 PM CSTTornado WarningMEGClay, Greene46 min
Feb 24, 5:04 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningMEGCraighead, Mississippi, Poinsett4 hr
Feb 24, 5:40 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGClay, Craighead, Cross, Greene, Lawrence, Poinsett50 min
Feb 24, 5:43 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCrittenden, Cross, Lee, Poinsett, St. Francis47 min
Feb 24, 5:47 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningMEGCrittenden, Cross, Lee, St. Francis3 hr

Nearby

River Flood Advisories in Tennessee, 2011River Flood Advisories in Arkansas, 2011Every river flood advisory in 2011

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.