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River Flood Advisory 16, NWS Memphis, TN

May 24, 2017Dyer County, Lake County, Lauderdale County, Tennessee; Mississippi County, Arkansas

NWS Memphis, TN issued this river flood advisory at May 24, 2017, 11:53 AM CDT for Dyer County, Lake County, Lauderdale County, Tennessee; Mississippi County, Arkansas. It was in force for 9 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 24, 2017, 11:53 AM CDT (16:53 UTC)
Expired: Jun 2, 2017, 7:00 AM CDT
In force: 9 days
Issued by: NWS Memphis, TN
Area: Storm-based polygon

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 16:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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 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 advisory 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 advisory went out at May 24, 7:18 AM CDT, 4 hours 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 24, 7:18 AM CDT, 4 hours 35 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 24, 3:13 AM CDT, 8 hours 40 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Memphis TN
313 AM CDT Wed May 24 2017

ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115-
MSZ001>017-020>024-TNZ001>004-019>022-048>055-088>092-251015-
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-
313 AM CDT Wed May 24 2017

This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of East Arkansas...
the Missouri Bootheel...North Mississippi...and West Tennessee.

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday

A few strong to severe thunderstorms will be possible late
Saturday and into Sunday.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not anticipated at this time.

ZDM

The office that day

Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 24, 6:21 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	McNairy	39 min
May 24, 4:53 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Quitman	37 min
May 23, 7:08 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Poinsett	22 min

Nearby

River Flood Advisories in Tennessee, 2017 River Flood Advisories in Arkansas, 2017 Every river flood advisory in 2017

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.