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River Flood Warning 30, NWS Memphis, TN

April 14, 2014Crockett County, Dyer County, Lauderdale County, Tennessee

NWS Memphis, TN issued this river flood warning at Apr 14, 2014, 6:45 AM CDT for Crockett County, Dyer County, Lauderdale County, Tennessee. It was in force for 20 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 14, 2014, 6:45 AM CDT (11:45 UTC)
Expired: Apr 15, 2014, 3:00 AM CDT
In force: 20 hr
Issued by: NWS Memphis, TN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Crockett County, TN, Dyer County, TN, Lauderdale County, TN

The radar

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point South Fork Forked Deer River near Halls (HLST1).

Action stage: 8.5 ft
Minor stage: 9 ft
Moderate stage: 13.5 ft
Major stage: 16 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 14, 6:27 AM CDT, 18 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 14, 6:27 AM CDT, 18 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 14, 3:35 AM CDT, 3 hours 10 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 14, 1:45 AM CDT, 5 hours before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
145 AM CDT MON APR 14 2014

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1235 AM     TSTM WND GST     TUNICA                  34.69N 90.38W
04/14/2014  M58 MPH          TUNICA             MS   AWOS

            A 58 MPH WIND GUSTS WAS RECORDED BY THE TUNICA AWOS AT
            1235 AM.

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JLH

Local storm report, Apr 14, 2:47 AM CDT, 3 hours 58 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
247 AM CDT MON APR 14 2014

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0125 AM     TSTM WND DMG     TUNICA                  34.69N 90.38W
04/14/2014                   TUNICA             MS   TRAINED SPOTTER

            LARGE FALLING TREE LIMB SHATTERED WINDOW TO A RESIDENCE
            IN TUNICA

&&

JPM

Local storm report, Apr 14, 2:59 AM CDT, 3 hours 46 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
259 AM CDT MON APR 14 2014

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0130 AM     TSTM WND DMG     TUNICA                  34.69N 90.38W
04/14/2014                   TUNICA             MS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREES DOWN THROUGHOUT TUNICA... ONE TREE LANDED ON THREE
            CARS. 3 LARGE METAL SHEDS WERE BLOWN OVER AND MORE
            STRUCTUAL DAMAGE HAS BEEN REPORTED BUT NOT VERIFIED.

&&

JPM

Local storm report, Apr 14, 6:37 AM CDT, 8 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
Apr 13, 9:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Lauderdale, Shelby, Tipton	63 min
Apr 13, 9:57 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Lauderdale, Tipton	33 min
Apr 13, 10:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Lauderdale, Tipton	29 min
Apr 13, 10:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Crockett, Dyer, Gibson, Haywood, Lauderdale, Tipton	54 min
Apr 13, 10:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Carroll, Crockett, Gibson, Obion, Weakley	52 min
Apr 13, 11:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Benton, Carroll, Henry, Weakley	58 min
Apr 14, 3:21 AM CDT	Frost Advisory	MEG	Benton, Carroll, Chester, Crockett, Dyer, Fayette and 12 more	19 hr
Apr 14, 3:21 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	MEG	Benton, Carroll, Chester, Crockett, Decatur, Dyer and 15 more	13 hr
Apr 13, 8:40 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	MEG	Monroe	62 hr
Apr 13, 8:40 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	MEG	Monroe	60 hr
Apr 13, 8:40 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	MEG	Lowndes, Monroe	5 days
Apr 14, 1:04 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Coahoma, Tunica	41 min
Apr 14, 1:30 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	DeSoto, Tate, Tunica	30 min
Apr 14, 1:47 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Panola, Quitman, Tate	28 min
Apr 14, 1:52 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	DeSoto, Marshall, Tate	53 min
Apr 13, 8:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Cross, Poinsett, St. Francis	30 min
Apr 13, 8:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Crittenden, Cross, Poinsett	51 min
Apr 13, 9:08 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Crittenden, Cross, Poinsett	37 min
Apr 13, 9:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Crittenden, Cross, St. Francis	41 min
Apr 14, 12:01 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Cross, Lee, Poinsett, St. Francis	59 min

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Tennessee, 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.