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River Flood Warning 25, NWS Memphis, TN

April 8, 2014Dyer County, Lauderdale County, Tennessee; Mississippi County, Arkansas

NWS Memphis, TN issued this river flood warning at Apr 8, 2014, 12:25 PM CDT for Dyer County, Lauderdale County, Tennessee; Mississippi County, Arkansas. It took effect at Apr 11, 2014, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 48 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 8, 2014, 12:25 PM CDT (17:25 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 11, 2014, 7:00 AM CDT
Expired: Apr 13, 2014, 7:00 AM CDT
In force: 48 hr
Issued by: NWS Memphis, TN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Mississippi County, AR, Dyer County, TN, Lauderdale County, TN

The radar

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 Caruthersville (CRTM7).

Action stage: 29 ft
Minor stage: 32 ft
Moderate stage: 41 ft
Major stage: 43 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record, 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 Apr 8, 10:39 AM CDT, 1 hour 46 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 8, 10:39 AM CDT, 1 hour 46 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 8, 11:03 AM CDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
1103 AM CDT TUE APR 8 2014

ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115-
MSZ001>017-020>024-TNZ001>004-019>022-048>055-088>092-091815-
ALCORN-BENTON MS-BENTON TN-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-
1103 AM CDT TUE APR 8 2014

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 FEW STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS
AFTERNOON. THE GREATEST POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE STORMS WILL RESIDE
EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER WHERE THE GREATEST INSTABILITY WILL
EXIST. IN THESE AREAS...LARGE HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS WILL BE
POSSIBLE WITH ANY STORM THAT REACHES SEVERE LIMITS. FURTHER
WEST...STRONG STORMS WITH SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS WILL BE
POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TODAY OVER PORTIONS OF THE MID
SOUTH...ESPECIALLY ACROSS WEST TENNESSEE AND NORTH MISSISSIPPI.

JLH

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 8, 12:25 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	MEG	Lauderdale, Tipton	5 days
Apr 8, 1:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Hardeman, Haywood, Madison	52 min
Apr 8, 7:04 AM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	MEG	Alcorn, Itawamba, Lee, Monroe, Prentiss, Tishomingo	2 hr
Apr 8, 2:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Monroe	45 min

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Tennessee, 2014 River Flood Warnings in Arkansas, 2014 Every river flood warning in 2014

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.