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River Flood Warning 121, NWS Memphis, TN

November 1, 2018Obion County, Weakley County, Tennessee

NWS Memphis, TN issued this river flood warning at Nov 1, 2018, 10:14 AM CDT for Obion County, Weakley County, Tennessee. It took effect at Nov 1, 2018, 11:57 AM CDT. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Nov 1, 2018, 10:14 AM CDT (15:14 UTC)
In effect from: Nov 1, 2018, 11:57 AM CDT
Expired: Nov 1, 2018, 8:08 PM CDT
In force: 8 hr
Issued by: NWS Memphis, TN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Obion County, TN, Weakley County, TN

The radar

The Paducah radar (KPAH), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Obion River near Martin (NOMT1).

Action stage: 19 ft
Minor stage: 20 ft
Moderate stage: 21 ft
Major stage: 23 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07025400, 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 Nov 1, 6:28 AM CDT, 3 hours 46 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 1, 6:28 AM CDT, 3 hours 46 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 1, 6:47 AM CDT, 3 hours 27 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Nov 1, 7:01 AM CDT, 3 hours 13 minutes before

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Local storm report, Nov 1, 7:04 AM CDT, 3 hours 10 minutes before

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Local storm report, Nov 1, 7:14 AM CDT, 3 hours before

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Local storm report, Nov 1, 7:15 AM CDT, 2 hours 59 minutes before

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Local storm report, Nov 1, 7:19 AM CDT, 2 hours 55 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
Nov 1, 2:59 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Shelby	31 min
Nov 1, 10:14 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	MEG	Dyer, Gibson, Obion	25 hr
Nov 1, 10:14 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	MEG	Crockett, Dyer, Lauderdale	5 hr
Nov 1, 10:47 AM CDT	River Flood Advisory	MEG	Dyer, Lake, Lauderdale	3 days
Nov 1, 10:47 AM CDT	River Flood Advisory	MEG	Lauderdale, Tipton	3 days
Nov 1, 3:05 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Tallahatchie, Yalobusha	40 min
Nov 1, 3:16 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Lafayette, Marshall	44 min
Nov 1, 3:42 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Calhoun, Yalobusha	48 min
Nov 1, 3:57 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Benton, Lafayette, Pontotoc, Tippah, Union	48 min
Nov 1, 4:24 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Calhoun, Chickasaw	51 min
Nov 1, 4:43 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Alcorn, Lee, Pontotoc, Prentiss, Tippah, Union	47 min
Nov 1, 4:50 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Chickasaw, Lee, Pontotoc	25 min
Nov 1, 4:55 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Chickasaw, Pontotoc	7 min
Nov 1, 5:17 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Itawamba, Monroe	43 min
Nov 1, 5:27 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Prentiss, Tishomingo	48 min
Nov 1, 5:50 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Itawamba, Prentiss, Tishomingo	25 min
Nov 1, 5:53 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Monroe	22 min
Nov 1, 12:19 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Craighead	26 min
Nov 1, 12:34 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Craighead, Mississippi	26 min
Nov 1, 12:57 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Lee	33 min
Nov 1, 1:19 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Cross, St. Francis	26 min
Nov 1, 1:40 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Cross, Lee, St. Francis	35 min
Nov 1, 2:01 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Crittenden, Poinsett	29 min
Nov 1, 2:28 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Mississippi	47 min

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Tennessee, 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.