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River Flood Warning 38, NWS Memphis, TN

May 4, 2014Mississippi County, Poinsett County, Arkansas

NWS Memphis, TN issued this river flood warning at May 4, 2014, 7:59 AM CDT for Mississippi County, Poinsett County, Arkansas. It took effect at May 4, 2014, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 52 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 4, 2014, 7:59 AM CDT (12:59 UTC)
In effect from
May 4, 2014, 1:00 PM CDT
Expired
May 6, 2014, 4:34 PM CDT
In force
52 hr
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Mississippi County, AR, Poinsett County, AR

The radar

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:02 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 Right Hand Chute Little River at Rivervale (RIGA4).

Action stage
8 ft
Minor stage
11 ft
Moderate stage
14 ft
Major stage
15 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07046600, 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 May 4, 6:16 AM CDT, 1 hour 43 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 4, 6:16 AM CDT, 1 hour 43 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 4, 4:29 AM CDTRed Flag WarningMEGClay, Craighead, Crittenden, Cross, Greene, Lawrence and 6 more15 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Arkansas, 2014Every 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.