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River Flood Warning 115, NWS Memphis, TN

December 25, 2015Decatur County, Perry County, Tennessee

NWS Memphis, TN issued this river flood warning at Dec 25, 2015, 8:02 PM CST for Decatur County, Perry County, Tennessee. It took effect at Dec 27, 2015, 10:30 AM CST. It was in force for 17 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 25, 2015, 8:02 PM CST (02:02 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 27, 2015, 10:30 AM CST
Expired: Jan 13, 2016, 12:49 PM CST
In force: 17 days
Issued by: NWS Memphis, TN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Moderate

Counties Decatur County, TN, Perry County, TN

The radar

The Ft Campbell radar (KHPX), 139 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Tennessee River at Perryville (PRVT1).

Action stage: 362 ft
Minor stage: 365 ft
Moderate stage: 368 ft
Major stage: 375 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 Dec 25, 6:40 PM CST, 1 hour 22 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 25, 6:40 PM CST, 1 hour 22 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 25, 4:09 PM CST, 3 hours 53 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Dec 25, 3:34 PM CST, 4 hours 28 minutes before

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Local storm report, Dec 25, 3:36 PM CST, 4 hours 26 minutes before

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Local storm report, Dec 25, 7:20 PM CST, 42 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 25, 9:35 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	MEG	Alcorn, Benton, Coahoma, DeSoto, Lafayette, Marshall and 10 more	7 hr
Dec 25, 8:02 PM CST	River Flood Warning	MEG	Decatur, Hardin	19 days
Dec 26, 8:22 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Dyer, Lauderdale	38 min
Dec 26, 8:54 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Crockett, Dyer, Lauderdale	51 min
Dec 26, 9:05 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Obion	40 min
Dec 26, 9:38 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Crockett, Dyer, Gibson	32 min
Dec 26, 9:39 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Obion, Weakley	51 min
Dec 26, 10:11 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Gibson, Weakley	49 min
Dec 26, 11:14 AM CST	River Flood Warning	MEG	Crockett, Dyer, Lauderdale	11 days
Dec 26, 8:02 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Mississippi	28 min
Dec 26, 8:08 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Craighead, Mississippi, Poinsett	2 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Tennessee, 2015 Every river flood warning in 2015

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.