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River Flood Warning 43, NWS Memphis, TN

April 2, 2015Clay County, Greene County, Arkansas

NWS Memphis, TN issued this river flood warning at Apr 2, 2015, 11:04 AM CDT for Clay County, Greene County, Arkansas. It took effect at Apr 3, 2015, 4:59 PM CDT. It was in force for 61 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 2, 2015, 11:04 AM CDT (16:04 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 3, 2015, 4:59 PM CDT
Expired: Apr 6, 2015, 6:08 AM CDT
In force: 61 hr
Issued by: NWS Memphis, TN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Clay County, AR, Greene County, AR

The radar

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:05 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 St. Francis River at St. Francis (SFRA4).

Action stage: 19 ft
Minor stage: 22 ft
Moderate stage: 27 ft
Major stage: 31 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07040100, 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 2, 7:25 AM CDT, 3 hours 39 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 2, 7:25 AM CDT, 3 hours 39 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 1, 9:05 PM CDT	River Flood Advisory	MEG	Tunica	4 days
Apr 2, 2:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Hardin	47 min
Apr 2, 11:27 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Randolph	48 min

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Arkansas, 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.