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River Flood Advisory 11, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this river flood advisory at Mar 29, 2011, 3:57 PM CDT for Hardin County, Tennessee. It was in force for 4 days.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 29, 2011, 3:57 PM CDT (20:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 2, 2011, 5:03 PM CDT
- In force
- 4 days
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
County Hardin County, TN
The radar
The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 145 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:58 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 Tennessee River at Savannah (SAVT1).
- Action stage
- 365 ft
- Minor stage
- 370 ft
- Moderate stage
- 375 ft
- Major stage
- 388 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03593500, 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 Mar 29, 3:23 PM CDT, 34 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 29, 3:23 PM CDT, 34 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 29, 3:14 AM CDT, 12 hours 43 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 314 AM CDT TUE MAR 29 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>092-301015- 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- 314 AM CDT TUE MAR 29 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST ARKANSAS... THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL...NORTH MISSISSIPPI...AND WEST TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT ACROSS AREAS MAINLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF I-40. LARGE HAIL IS THE MAIN THREAT...WITH A SECONDARY THREAT OF DAMAGING WINDS CONFINED TO NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI. A FEW STRONG STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT NORTH OF I-40. SMALL HAIL WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT. RIVER FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY A WEAK DISTURBANCE WILL BRING THE THREAT OF A FEW STRONG STORMS TO THE MIDSOUTH LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON...THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. A POTENT COLD FRONT WILL BRING A THREAT FOR STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS SUNDAY NIGHT AND INTO MONDAY. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE THE MAIN THREATS. RIVER FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED ACROSS AREAS SOUTH OF I-40 LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND TUESDAY NIGHT. JAB
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Mar 29, 3:43 PM CDT, 14 minutes before
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 344 PM CDT TUE MAR 29 2011 ARZ018-026-028-MOZ113-292115- CRAIGHEAD AR-MISSISSIPPI AR-GREENE AR-DUNKLIN MO- 344 PM CDT TUE MAR 29 2011 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 415 PM CDT FOR... CRAIGHEAD COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS... SOUTH CENTRAL GREENE COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS... NORTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS... SOUTHWESTERN DUNKLIN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI... A STRONG THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING PEA SIZE HAIL OR LARGER WAS LOCATED 5 MILES WEST OF JONESBORO AT 345 PM CDT...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH. DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. PEOPLE IN CRAIGHEAD...DUNKLIN...GREENE AND MISSISSIPPI COUNTIES... INCLUDING LOCATIONS NEAR BONO...BROOKLAND...JONESBORO...LAKE CITY... LEACHVILLE...MANILA AND MONETTE...SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY. THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT ALSO INCLUDES BIG LAKE. && LAT...LON 3612 9015 3590 9006 3573 9077 3590 9085 TIME...MOT...LOC 2045Z 251DEG 48KT 3585 9070
The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 29, 5:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Henry | 30 min |
| Mar 29, 3:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Craighead | 32 min |
| Mar 29, 3:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Craighead | 31 min |
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.