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River Flood Warning 59, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this river flood warning at Mar 5, 2018, 9:36 AM CST for Craighead County, Arkansas. It took effect at Mar 5, 2018, 9:18 PM CST. It was in force for 45 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 5, 2018, 9:36 AM CST (15:36 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 5, 2018, 9:18 PM CST
- Expired
- Mar 7, 2018, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 45 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- Minor
County Craighead County, AR
The radar
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:37 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 St. Francis River at Lake City (LCRA4).
- Action stage
- 8 ft
- Minor stage
- 10 ft
- Moderate stage
- 12 ft
- Major stage
- 15 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07040450, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 5, 4:40 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Tallahatchie | 50 min |
| Mar 5, 5:23 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Tallahatchie | 52 min |
Nearby
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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.