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River Flood Advisory 40, NWS Memphis, TN

September 26, 2018Decatur County, Hardin County, Tennessee

NWS Memphis, TN issued this river flood advisory at Sep 26, 2018, 9:39 PM CDT for Decatur County, Hardin County, Tennessee. It was in force for 7 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 26, 2018, 9:39 PM CDT (02:39 UTC)
Expired
Oct 4, 2018, 9:32 AM CDT
In force
7 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 02:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 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 Sep 26, 8:08 PM CDT, 1 hour 31 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 26, 8:08 PM CDT, 1 hour 31 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 26, 10:24 AM CDT, 11 hours 15 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook...UPDATED
National Weather Service Memphis TN
1024 AM CDT Wed Sep 26 2018

ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115-
MSZ001>017-020>024-TNZ001>004-019>022-048>055-088>092-271730-
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-
1024 AM CDT Wed Sep 26 2018

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

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight

Residual areal flooding will occur through this afternoon over
portions of northeast Mississippi near and to the southeast of New
Albany. This flooding is a result of heavy rainfall from earlier
this morning.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday

The threat for widespread hazardous weather is low.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not anticipated at this time.

PWB

In the hours before

Local storm report, Sep 26, 9:33 PM CDT, 6 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 27, 12:04 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningMEGCrockett, Dyer, Lauderdale4 days
Sep 26, 7:35 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMEGCalhoun, Pontotoc115 min
Sep 26, 9:11 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGCalhoun, Chickasaw, Pontotoc3 hr

Nearby

River Flood Advisories in Tennessee, 2018Every river flood advisory in 2018

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.