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River Flood Advisory 47, NWS Memphis, TN

September 6, 2011Hardin County, Tennessee

NWS Memphis, TN issued this river flood advisory at Sep 6, 2011, 2:22 PM CDT for Hardin County, Tennessee. It was in force for 54 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Sep 6, 2011, 2:22 PM CDT (19:22 UTC)
Expired: Sep 8, 2011, 8:29 PM CDT
In force: 54 hr
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 19:23 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 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 Sep 5, 6:34 PM CDT, 19 hours 48 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 5, 6:34 PM CDT, 19 hours 48 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 5, 3:54 PM CDT, 22 hours 28 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
354 PM CDT MON SEP 5 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>092-062300-
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-
354 PM CDT MON SEP 5 2011

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT THIS EVENING FOR THE ENTIRE
MIDSOUTH. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 40 MPH
ARE POSSIBLE. OTHERWISE...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT
FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND WEST TENNESSEE UNTIL 1 AM.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

A WIND ADVISORY WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI AND AREAS OF WEST TENNESSEE NEAR THE TENNESSEE RIVER
THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS
NEAR 35 MPH ARE POSSIBLE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS SHOULD REPORT
RAINFALL TOTALS AND ANY FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
OFFICE IN MEMPHIS TENNESSEE.

CDG

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Sep 6, 3:27 PM CDT	Red Flag Warning	MEG	Clay, Craighead, Greene, Lawrence, Randolph	4 hr

Nearby

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.