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River Flood Advisory 30, NWS Memphis, TN

May 15, 2011Dyer County, Gibson County, Obion County, Tennessee

NWS Memphis, TN issued this river flood advisory at May 15, 2011, 10:06 PM CDT for Dyer County, Gibson County, Obion County, Tennessee. It was in force for 66 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 15, 2011, 10:06 PM CDT (03:06 UTC)
Expired
May 18, 2011, 4:35 PM CDT
In force
66 hr
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN

Counties Dyer County, TN, Gibson County, TN, Obion County, TN

The radar

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:10 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 Obion River near Obion (OBNT1). The gauge peaked at 31.68 ft at May 14, 2011, 11:00 PM CDT.

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Action stage
29 ft
Minor stage
34 ft
Moderate stage
38.5 ft
Major stage
43 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07026040, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 15, 10:13 PM CDTRiver Flood AdvisoryMEGQuitman66 hr
May 15, 10:06 PM CDTRiver Flood AdvisoryMEGDyer66 hr
May 15, 10:06 PM CDTRiver Flood AdvisoryMEGDyer66 hr
May 15, 10:06 PM CDTRiver Flood AdvisoryMEGHardeman66 hr
May 15, 10:06 PM CDTRiver Flood AdvisoryMEGLauderdale, Tipton66 hr

Nearby

River Flood Advisories in Tennessee, 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.