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River Flood Warning 23, NWS Memphis, TN

January 30, 2013Obion County, Weakley County, Tennessee

NWS Memphis, TN issued this river flood warning at Jan 30, 2013, 6:11 AM CST for Obion County, Weakley County, Tennessee. It took effect at Jan 30, 2013, 6:00 PM CST. It was in force for 116 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 30, 2013, 6:11 AM CST (12:11 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 30, 2013, 6:00 PM CST
Expired: Jan 30, 2013, 7:56 PM CST
In force: 116 min
Issued by: NWS Memphis, TN
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Obion County, TN, Weakley County, TN

The radar

The Paducah radar (KPAH), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Obion River near Martin (NOMT1). The gauge peaked at 18.55 ft at Jan 30, 2013, 8:00 AM CST.

Action stage: 19 ft
Minor stage: 20 ft
Moderate stage: 21 ft
Major stage: 23 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07025400, 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 Jan 30, 3:35 AM CST, 2 hours 36 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 30, 3:35 AM CST, 2 hours 36 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 30, 3:04 AM CST, 3 hours 7 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jan 30, 3:14 AM CST, 2 hours 57 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jan 30, 3:45 AM CST, 2 hours 26 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 29, 9:55 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Dyer, Lake, Obion	65 min
Jan 29, 10:05 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Shelby, Tipton	25 min
Jan 29, 10:22 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Lauderdale	53 min
Jan 29, 10:31 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Lake	3 hr
Jan 29, 10:31 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Crockett, Dyer, Haywood, Lauderdale	59 min
Jan 29, 10:35 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Fayette, Haywood, Lauderdale, Shelby, Tipton	55 min
Jan 29, 10:48 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Crockett, Dyer, Gibson, Obion, Weakley	57 min
Jan 29, 10:48 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Shelby	42 min
Jan 29, 11:28 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Crockett, Fayette, Hardeman, Haywood, Lauderdale, Madison and 2 more	47 min
Jan 29, 11:43 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Crockett, Dyer, Gibson, Lauderdale, Obion, Shelby and 1 more	3 hr
Jan 30, 12:01 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Crockett, Dyer, Gibson, Lauderdale, Obion, Weakley	44 min
Jan 30, 12:13 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Chester, Crockett, Fayette, Hardeman, Haywood, Henderson and 2 more	47 min
Jan 30, 12:21 AM CST	Tornado Warning	MEG	Fayette, Hardeman	39 min
Jan 30, 12:27 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Carroll, Decatur, Gibson, Henderson, Henry, Weakley	48 min
Jan 30, 12:34 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Fayette, Hardeman, Haywood, Tipton	6 hr
Jan 30, 12:56 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Chester, Fayette, Hardeman, Henderson, McNairy, Madison	64 min
Jan 30, 1:00 AM CST	Tornado Warning	MEG	Fayette, Hardeman	30 min
Jan 30, 1:10 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Carroll, Crockett, Gibson, Haywood, Henderson, Madison	6 hr
Jan 30, 1:33 AM CST	Tornado Warning	MEG	Carroll, Chester, Decatur, Henderson	27 min
Jan 30, 1:35 AM CST	Tornado Warning	MEG	Chester, Decatur, Hardin, Henderson, McNairy	25 min
Jan 30, 1:44 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Chester, Decatur, Hardin, Henderson, McNairy	61 min
Jan 30, 2:01 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Hardin, McNairy	44 min
Jan 30, 2:09 AM CST	Tornado Warning	MEG	Hardin, McNairy	51 min
Jan 30, 2:41 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Shelby	3 hr
Jan 30, 3:00 AM CST	Wind Advisory	MEG	Carroll, Chester, Crockett, Decatur, Dyer, Fayette and 14 more	15 hr
Jan 30, 4:50 AM CST	River Flood Warning	MEG	Crockett, Dyer, Lauderdale	15 hr
Jan 30, 4:55 AM CST	River Flood Advisory	MEG	Hardin	50 hr
Jan 29, 7:50 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Tunica	25 min
Jan 29, 8:06 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Quitman, Tallahatchie	24 min
Jan 29, 11:07 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Tate, Tunica	38 min
Jan 29, 11:35 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MEG	Coahoma, Quitman, Tallahatchie	25 min
Jan 29, 11:35 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MEG	Panola, Quitman, Tate	40 min
Jan 29, 11:54 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MEG	Benton, DeSoto, Lafayette, Marshall, Panola, Tate	36 min
Jan 30, 12:23 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Lafayette, Marshall, Panola, Tate	37 min
Jan 30, 12:31 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Lafayette, Marshall, Panola, Quitman, Tate, Yalobusha	6 hr
Jan 30, 12:31 AM CST	Tornado Warning	MEG	Benton, Lafayette, Marshall, Tate, Tippah	29 min
Jan 30, 1:41 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Calhoun, Chickasaw, Lafayette, Marshall, Pontotoc, Union and 1 more	34 min
Jan 30, 2:31 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Chickasaw, Itawamba, Lee, Monroe, Pontotoc, Prentiss and 1 more	44 min
Jan 30, 3:14 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Chickasaw, Monroe	61 min
Jan 30, 4:14 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Itawamba, Monroe	46 min
Jan 30, 10:16 AM CST	River Flood Warning	MEG	Monroe	20 hr
Jan 30, 1:07 PM CST	River Flood Warning	MEG	Monroe	17 hr
Jan 29, 8:09 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Clay, Greene, Lawrence, Randolph	36 min
Jan 29, 8:37 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Clay, Greene, Lawrence, Mississippi, Randolph	38 min
Jan 29, 8:49 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MEG	Greene, Lawrence	26 min
Jan 29, 9:03 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Craighead, Crittenden, Cross, Greene, Mississippi, Poinsett	42 min
Jan 29, 9:09 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MEG	Clay, Greene	36 min
Jan 29, 9:12 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Clay, Craighead, Greene, Mississippi	63 min
Jan 29, 9:17 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Crittenden, Cross, Lee, St. Francis	58 min
Jan 29, 9:44 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Craighead, Crittenden, Cross, Greene, Mississippi, Poinsett	46 min

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Tennessee, 2013 Every river flood warning in 2013

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.