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River Flood Advisory 11, NWS Memphis, TN

March 29, 2011Hardin County, Tennessee

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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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, Mar 29, 3:44 PM CDT, 13 minutes before
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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 29, 5:45 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGHenry30 min
Mar 29, 3:43 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGCraighead32 min
Mar 29, 3:44 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGCraighead31 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.