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River Flood Warning 52, NWS Memphis, TN

April 20, 2015Lauderdale County, Tipton County, Tennessee; Mississippi County, Arkansas

NWS Memphis, TN issued this river flood warning at Apr 20, 2015, 12:19 PM CDT for Lauderdale County, Tipton County, Tennessee; Mississippi County, Arkansas. It took effect at Apr 22, 2015, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 7 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 20, 2015, 12:19 PM CDT (17:19 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 22, 2015, 7:00 AM CDT
Expired: Apr 29, 2015, 7:00 AM CDT
In force: 7 days
Issued by: NWS Memphis, TN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Mississippi County, AR, Lauderdale County, TN, Tipton County, TN

The radar

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 37 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Mississippi River at Osceola (OSGA4).

Action stage: 24 ft
Minor stage: 28 ft
Moderate stage: 31 ft
Major stage: 35 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 20, 12:12 PM CDT, 7 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 20, 12:12 PM CDT, 7 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 20, 3:35 AM CDT, 8 hours 44 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 20, 8:59 AM CDT, 3 hours 20 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 19, 9:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Coahoma, Quitman, Tunica	42 min
Apr 19, 9:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Coahoma	51 min
Apr 19, 9:36 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Panola, Quitman	39 min
Apr 19, 9:47 PM CDT	River Flood Advisory	MEG	DeSoto	10 days
Apr 19, 10:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Panola	52 min
Apr 19, 10:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Lafayette, Panola	50 min
Apr 19, 10:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Benton, Marshall, Tippah, Union	32 min
Apr 19, 11:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Benton, Lafayette, Marshall, Tippah, Union	41 min
Apr 20, 12:21 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Monroe	24 min
Apr 19, 8:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Lauderdale, Tipton	52 min
Apr 19, 9:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Dyer, Lake, Obion	50 min
Apr 19, 7:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Lawrence, Randolph	42 min
Apr 19, 7:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Craighead, Cross, Poinsett	39 min
Apr 19, 7:47 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Clay, Greene, Randolph	18 min
Apr 19, 7:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Clay	41 min
Apr 19, 8:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Craighead, Cross, Mississippi, Poinsett	47 min
Apr 19, 8:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Cross, St. Francis	42 min
Apr 19, 8:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Phillips	51 min
Apr 19, 8:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Clay, Greene	43 min
Apr 19, 8:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Lee	34 min

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.