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River Flood Warning 55, NWS Memphis, TN

May 16, 2015Crockett County, Dyer County, Lauderdale County, Tennessee

NWS Memphis, TN issued this river flood warning at May 16, 2015, 9:02 PM CDT for Crockett County, Dyer County, Lauderdale County, Tennessee. It took effect at May 16, 2015, 10:42 PM CDT. It was in force for 29 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 16, 2015, 9:02 PM CDT (02:02 UTC)
In effect from: May 16, 2015, 10:42 PM CDT
Expired: May 18, 2015, 3:46 AM CDT
In force: 29 hr
Issued by: NWS Memphis, TN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Crockett County, TN, Dyer County, TN, Lauderdale County, TN

The river

Written for the forecast point South Fork Forked Deer River near Halls (HLST1).

Action stage: 8.5 ft
Minor stage: 9 ft
Moderate stage: 13.5 ft
Major stage: 16 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 May 16, 9:00 PM CDT, 2 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 16, 9:00 PM CDT, 2 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 16, 3:42 AM CDT, 17 hours 20 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
342 AM CDT SAT MAY 16 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>092-171045-
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-
342 AM CDT SAT MAY 16 2015

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR TODAY WITH LOCALLY
HEAVY RAINFALL THAT MAY LEAD TO FLOODING IN SOME LOCATIONS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

A FEW STRONG TO POSSIBLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED SUNDAY
AND MONDAY. DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL ARE THE MAIN SEVERE
WEATHER THREATS. IN ADDITION...HEAVY RAINFALL MAY RESULT IN FLOODING
IN SOME LOCATIONS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.

JCL

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 16, 7:33 PM CDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 16, 8:45 PM CDT, 17 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
May 17, 3:47 AM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	MEG	Alcorn, Benton, Calhoun, Chickasaw, Coahoma, DeSoto and 16 more	31 hr
May 17, 4:07 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Union	38 min
May 17, 4:49 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MEG	Lafayette, Panola, Quitman, Tallahatchie, Yalobusha	116 min
May 17, 5:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Chickasaw	34 min
May 17, 5:42 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Itawamba	33 min
May 17, 6:58 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Calhoun, Chickasaw, Lafayette, Pontotoc, Union	3 hr
May 16, 7:25 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Carroll, Gibson, Madison	6 hr
May 17, 1:09 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Hardeman	3 hr
May 17, 5:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Lee, St. Francis	33 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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.