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River Flood Warning 118, NWS Memphis, TN

December 27, 2015Dyer County, Tennessee

NWS Memphis, TN issued this river flood warning at Dec 27, 2015, 1:02 PM CST for Dyer County, Tennessee. It took effect at Dec 29, 2015, 12:00 AM CST. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 27, 2015, 1:02 PM CST (19:02 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 29, 2015, 12:00 AM CST
Expired: Dec 29, 2015, 12:28 PM CST
In force: 12 hr
Issued by: NWS Memphis, TN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Dyer County, TN

The radar

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point North Fork Forked Deer River at Dyersburg (DYET1).

Action stage: 14 ft
Minor stage: 22 ft
Moderate stage: 26.5 ft
Major stage: 29 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 27, 11:34 AM CST, 1 hour 28 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 27, 11:34 AM CST, 1 hour 28 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 27, 3:58 AM CST, 9 hours 4 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
358 AM CST SUN DEC 27 2015

ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115-
MSZ001>017-020>024-TNZ001>004-019>022-048>055-088>092-281200-
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-
358 AM CST SUN DEC 27 2015

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST ARKANSAS...
THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL...NORTH MISSISSIPPI...AND WEST TENNESSEE.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH LATE TONIGHT OVER THE
MIDSOUTH. FLASH FLOODING WILL BE MOST LIKELY TO OCCUR OVER EASTERN
ARKANSAS...THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL AND NORTHWEST TENNESSEE.

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT OVER EAST
CENTRAL ARKANSAS AND NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI TONIGHT. DAMAGING WINDS
AND A BRIEF TORNADO OR TWO WILL BE POSSIBLE.

THERE IS A MARGINAL RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE REMAINDER
OF THE MIDSOUTH TONIGHT...WITH AN ISOLATED RISK OF DAMAGING WINDS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI MONDAY MORNING. DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE PRIMARY
SEVERE WEATHER RISK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TONIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY MORNING...
ESPECIALLY OVER EAST CENTRAL ARKANSAS AND NORTH MISSISSIPPI.

PWB

In the hours before

Local storm report, Dec 27, 9:56 AM CST, 3 hours 6 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 27, 12:54 PM CST	Wind Advisory	MEG	Alcorn, Benton, Calhoun, Coahoma, DeSoto, Lafayette and 12 more	29 hr
Dec 27, 1:10 PM CST	River Flood Advisory	MEG	Itawamba	4 days
Dec 27, 1:10 PM CST	River Flood Advisory	MEG	Quitman	4 days
Dec 27, 1:10 PM CST	River Flood Advisory	MEG	Lafayette, Marshall, Union	4 days
Dec 27, 1:10 PM CST	River Flood Advisory	MEG	Hardeman	4 days
Dec 27, 1:10 PM CST	River Flood Advisory	MEG	Lauderdale, Tipton	4 days
Dec 26, 7:49 PM CST	River Flood Warning	MEG	Lee, St. Francis	7 days
Dec 27, 8:19 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Clay, Greene, Lawrence, Randolph	7 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.