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River Flood Advisory 4, NWS Memphis, TN

March 3, 2011DeSoto County, Tunica County, Mississippi; Shelby County, Tennessee; Crittenden County, Lee County, Arkansas

NWS Memphis, TN issued this river flood advisory at Mar 3, 2011, 1:58 PM CST for DeSoto County, Tunica County, Mississippi; Shelby County, Tennessee; Crittenden County, Lee County, Arkansas. It was in force for 7 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 3, 2011, 1:58 PM CST (19:58 UTC)
Expired: Mar 10, 2011, 9:47 AM CST
In force: 7 days
Issued by: NWS Memphis, TN

Counties Crittenden County, AR, Lee County, AR, DeSoto County, MS, Tunica County, MS, Shelby County, TN

The radar

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:59 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 Memphis (MEMT1).

Action stage: 28 ft
Minor stage: 34 ft
Moderate stage: 40 ft
Major stage: 46 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07032000, 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 3, 11:43 AM CST, 2 hours 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 3, 11:43 AM CST, 2 hours 15 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 3, 4:36 AM CST, 9 hours 22 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
436 AM CST THU MAR 3 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>092-041245-
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-
436 AM CST THU MAR 3 2011

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST ARKANSAS...
THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL...NORTH MISSISSIPPI...AND WEST TENNESSEE.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

A SERIES OF LOW PRESSURE SYSTEMS WILL TRACK NEAR THE MIDSOUTH
FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE
EXPECTED WITH THE THREAT OF HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLOODING...
ESPECIALLY FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING. CONSULT THE
HYDROLOGIC OUTLOOK FOR MORE INFORMATION.

A SEVERE STORM OR TWO IS ALSO POSSIBLE FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
SATURDAY MORNING...BUT AN ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER EVENT IS NOT
EXPECTED.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.

BORGHOFF

Nearby

River Flood Advisories in Mississippi, 2011 River Flood Advisories in Arkansas, 2011 River Flood Advisories in Tennessee, 2011 Every 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.