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River Flood Warning 50, NWS Memphis, TN

April 18, 2015Dyer County, Lake County, Lauderdale County, Tennessee; Mississippi County, Arkansas

NWS Memphis, TN issued this river flood warning at Apr 18, 2015, 11:42 AM CDT for Dyer County, Lake County, Lauderdale County, Tennessee; Mississippi County, Arkansas. It took effect at Apr 20, 2015, 6:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 8 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 18, 2015, 11:42 AM CDT (16:42 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 20, 2015, 6:00 PM CDT
Expired: Apr 28, 2015, 11:07 AM CDT
In force: 8 days
Issued by: NWS Memphis, TN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Mississippi County, AR, Dyer County, TN, Lake County, TN, Lauderdale County, TN

The radar

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Mississippi River at Caruthersville (CRTM7).

Action stage: 29 ft
Minor stage: 32 ft
Moderate stage: 41 ft
Major stage: 43 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 Apr 18, 10:11 AM CDT, 1 hour 31 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 18, 10:11 AM CDT, 1 hour 31 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 17, 9:04 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	MEG	Monroe	49 hr
Apr 18, 11:45 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	MEG	Monroe	38 hr
Apr 18, 11:56 AM CDT	River Flood Advisory	MEG	Lauderdale, Tipton	4 days
Apr 18, 11:56 AM CDT	River Flood Advisory	MEG	Decatur, Hardin	9 days

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Tennessee, 2015 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.