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River Flood Warning 98, NWS Memphis, TN

December 20, 2013Dyer County, Gibson County, Obion County, Tennessee

NWS Memphis, TN issued this river flood warning at Dec 20, 2013, 9:01 PM CST for Dyer County, Gibson County, Obion County, Tennessee. It took effect at Dec 22, 2013, 12:00 AM CST. It was in force for 6 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 20, 2013, 9:01 PM CST (03:01 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 22, 2013, 12:00 AM CST
Expired: Dec 27, 2013, 8:46 PM CST
In force: 6 days
Issued by: NWS Memphis, TN
Flood severity: Minor

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 03:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Obion River near Obion (OBNT1). The gauge peaked at 35.96 ft at Dec 25, 2013, 4:00 AM CST.

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.

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 20, 6:08 PM CST, 2 hours 53 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 20, 6:08 PM CST, 2 hours 53 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
Dec 20, 9:01 PM CST	River Flood Warning	MEG	Obion, Weakley	3 days
Dec 20, 9:01 PM CST	River Flood Warning	MEG	Dyer	38 hr
Dec 21, 11:32 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Dyer, Lauderdale	28 min
Dec 21, 3:08 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Dyer, Gibson, Lake, Lauderdale, Obion, Tipton and 1 more	6 hr
Dec 21, 3:18 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Shelby, Tipton	42 min
Dec 21, 4:00 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Crockett, Fayette, Haywood, Lauderdale, Shelby, Tipton	45 min
Dec 21, 4:12 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Lauderdale, Tipton	48 min
Dec 21, 4:15 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Shelby, Tipton	3 hr
Dec 21, 4:30 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Dyer, Lake	4 hr
Dec 21, 4:31 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Shelby	44 min
Dec 21, 4:31 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Crockett, Dyer, Gibson, Lake, Obion, Weakley	44 min
Dec 21, 5:08 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Shelby	52 min
Dec 21, 5:12 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Henry, Weakley	48 min
Dec 21, 2:59 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Tunica	46 min
Dec 21, 4:10 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	DeSoto, Tunica	35 min
Dec 21, 4:39 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	DeSoto, Tunica	51 min
Dec 21, 5:00 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Coahoma, Tunica	45 min
Dec 21, 5:22 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MEG	Coahoma, Quitman	23 min
Dec 21, 5:25 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Coahoma, DeSoto, Quitman, Tate, Tunica	35 min
Dec 21, 5:38 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MEG	Coahoma, Panola, Quitman, Tate, Tunica	52 min
Dec 21, 5:45 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Coahoma, Panola, Quitman, Tallahatchie	30 min
Dec 21, 5:50 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Coahoma, DeSoto, Marshall, Panola, Quitman, Tate and 1 more	40 min
Dec 21, 5:52 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MEG	DeSoto, Tate, Tunica	38 min
Dec 21, 5:55 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MEG	Panola, Quitman, Tate, Tunica	35 min
Dec 20, 8:56 PM CST	River Flood Warning	MEG	Clay, Greene	9 days
Dec 20, 8:56 PM CST	River Flood Warning	MEG	Craighead	3 days
Dec 20, 8:56 PM CST	River Flood Warning	MEG	Mississippi, Poinsett	12 days
Dec 20, 8:58 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Cross	3 hr
Dec 21, 8:24 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Craighead, Cross, Mississippi, Poinsett	7 hr
Dec 21, 8:33 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Mississippi	7 hr
Dec 21, 9:35 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Clay, Craighead, Greene, Lawrence, Poinsett, Randolph	6 hr
Dec 21, 2:11 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Crittenden, Cross, Lee, Mississippi, Poinsett, St. Francis	3 hr
Dec 21, 3:21 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MEG	Crittenden, St. Francis	24 min
Dec 21, 3:29 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Lee, Phillips	6 hr
Dec 21, 5:21 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Crittenden, Cross, Lee, Mississippi, Phillips, Poinsett and 1 more	5 hr

Nearby

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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.