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River Flood Advisory 22, NWS Memphis, TN

July 6, 2017Decatur County, Hardin County, Tennessee

NWS Memphis, TN issued this river flood advisory at Jul 6, 2017, 1:47 PM CDT for Decatur County, Hardin County, Tennessee. It was in force for 4 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 6, 2017, 1:47 PM CDT (18:47 UTC)
Expired: Jul 10, 2017, 4:46 PM CDT
In force: 4 days
Issued by: NWS Memphis, TN
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Decatur County, TN, Hardin County, TN

The radar

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 157 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Tennessee River at Savannah (SAVT1).

Action stage: 365 ft
Minor stage: 370 ft
Moderate stage: 375 ft
Major stage: 388 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03593500, 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 Jul 6, 12:34 PM CDT, 1 hour 13 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 6, 12:34 PM CDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 6, 4:39 AM CDT, 9 hours 8 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
Jul 5, 7:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Benton, Carroll, Decatur, Henderson, Henry	43 min
Jul 5, 8:40 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	MEG	Crockett, Dyer, Lauderdale	19 hr
Jul 6, 5:39 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Shelby	51 min
Jul 6, 4:07 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Tallahatchie	38 min

Nearby

River Flood Advisories in Tennessee, 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.