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River Flood Warning 104, NWS Memphis, TN

April 24, 2018Lauderdale County, Tipton County, Tennessee; Mississippi County, Arkansas

NWS Memphis, TN issued this river flood warning at Apr 24, 2018, 11:06 AM CDT for Lauderdale County, Tipton County, Tennessee; Mississippi County, Arkansas. It took effect at Apr 28, 2018, 7:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 16 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 24, 2018, 11:06 AM CDT (16:06 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 28, 2018, 7:00 PM CDT
Expired: Apr 29, 2018, 10:53 AM CDT
In force: 16 hr
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 16:05 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 24, 6:45 AM CDT, 4 hours 21 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 24, 6:45 AM CDT, 4 hours 21 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 23, 8:39 PM CDT	River Flood Advisory	MEG	Decatur, Perry	8 days
Apr 23, 9:26 PM CDT	River Flood Advisory	MEG	Lake	4 days
Apr 23, 9:26 PM CDT	River Flood Advisory	MEG	Shelby	4 days
Apr 24, 3:53 AM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	MEG	Benton, Carroll, Gibson, Henry, Lake, Obion and 1 more	5 hr
Apr 24, 11:06 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	MEG	Dyer, Lake, Lauderdale	3 days
Apr 24, 2:40 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	MEG	Decatur, Hardin	7 days
Apr 23, 9:49 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	MEG	Lowndes, Monroe	13 hr
Apr 23, 9:37 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	MEG	Clay, Greene	22 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Tennessee, 2018 River Flood Warnings in Arkansas, 2018 Every river flood warning 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.