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River Flood Warning 119, NWS Memphis, TN

December 28, 2015Obion County, Weakley County, Tennessee

NWS Memphis, TN issued this river flood warning at Dec 28, 2015, 3:13 PM CST for Obion County, Weakley County, Tennessee. It took effect at Dec 28, 2015, 9:59 PM CST. It was in force for 14 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 28, 2015, 3:13 PM CST (21:13 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 28, 2015, 9:59 PM CST
Expired: Dec 29, 2015, 12:00 PM CST
In force: 14 hr
Issued by: NWS Memphis, TN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Obion County, TN, Weakley County, TN

The radar

The Paducah radar (KPAH), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Obion River near Martin (NOMT1). The gauge peaked at 19.26 ft at Dec 28, 2015, 2:00 PM CST.

Action stage: 19 ft
Minor stage: 20 ft
Moderate stage: 21 ft
Major stage: 23 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07025400, 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 28, 3:09 PM CST, 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 28, 3:09 PM CST, 4 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 28, 11:46 AM CST, 3 hours 27 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Dec 28, 9:23 AM CST, 5 hours 50 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Dec 28, 9:25 AM CST, 5 hours 48 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Dec 28, 10:09 AM CST, 5 hours 4 minutes before

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Local storm report, Dec 28, 1:38 PM CST, 1 hour 35 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 28, 4:09 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Coahoma	51 min
Dec 28, 4:59 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Coahoma, Tunica	46 min
Dec 28, 5:41 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Tunica	49 min
Dec 28, 5:51 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	DeSoto, Panola, Quitman, Tallahatchie, Tate, Tunica and 1 more	39 min
Dec 28, 6:23 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	DeSoto, Panola, Tate, Tunica	67 min
Dec 28, 7:30 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Benton, Marshall	45 min
Dec 28, 7:37 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Benton, Lafayette, Marshall	25 min
Dec 28, 7:56 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Calhoun, Chickasaw, Lafayette, Lee, Pontotoc, Union	49 min
Dec 28, 8:11 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Benton, Tippah	49 min
Dec 28, 8:33 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Alcorn, Itawamba, Lee, Prentiss, Tippah	42 min
Dec 28, 8:34 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Monroe	41 min
Dec 28, 9:08 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Alcorn, Itawamba, Lee, Monroe, Prentiss, Tishomingo	52 min
Dec 28, 8:06 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Fayette, Haywood, Lauderdale	39 min
Dec 28, 8:37 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Chester, Crockett, Hardeman, McNairy, Madison	53 min
Dec 28, 8:46 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Dyer, Gibson, Lake, Obion	44 min
Dec 28, 9:23 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Chester, Hardin, Henderson, McNairy, Madison	52 min
Dec 28, 9:25 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Carroll, Gibson, Obion, Weakley	50 min
Dec 28, 10:09 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Benton, Carroll, Decatur, Hardin, Henderson, Henry and 1 more	66 min
Dec 28, 3:13 PM CST	River Flood Warning	MEG	Madison	45 hr
Dec 28, 4:03 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Lee, Phillips	42 min
Dec 28, 4:35 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Lee, Phillips, St. Francis	40 min
Dec 28, 4:39 AM CST	Tornado Warning	MEG	Lee, Phillips	36 min
Dec 28, 5:14 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Cross, Lee, Poinsett, St. Francis	46 min
Dec 28, 7:10 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Craighead, Crittenden, Cross, Mississippi, Poinsett, St. Francis	3 hr
Dec 28, 7:21 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Craighead, Mississippi	3 hr
Dec 28, 7:26 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Mississippi	49 min

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.