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River Flood Warning 103, NWS Memphis, TN

December 23, 2013Lee County, St. Francis County, Arkansas

NWS Memphis, TN issued this river flood warning at Dec 23, 2013, 2:32 PM CST for Lee County, St. Francis County, Arkansas. It took effect at Dec 24, 2013, 6:00 AM CST. It was in force for 5 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 23, 2013, 2:32 PM CST (20:32 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 24, 2013, 6:00 AM CST
Expired
Dec 29, 2013, 2:13 PM CST
In force
5 days
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Lee County, AR, St. Francis County, AR

The radar

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:38 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 L'Anguille River at Palestine (PLGA4). The gauge peaked at 25.96 ft at Dec 25, 2013, 11:00 AM CST.

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Action stage
22 ft
Minor stage
25 ft
Moderate stage
29 ft
Major stage
31 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07047950, 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 warning 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 warning went out at Dec 22, 5:50 PM CST, 20 hours 42 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 22, 5:50 PM CST, 20 hours 42 minutes before
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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.