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River Flood Advisory 39, NWS Memphis, TN

May 28, 2019DeSoto County, Mississippi; Shelby County, Tennessee; Crittenden County, Arkansas

NWS Memphis, TN issued this river flood advisory at May 28, 2019, 10:56 AM CDT for DeSoto County, Mississippi; Shelby County, Tennessee; Crittenden County, Arkansas. It was in force for 13 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 28, 2019, 10:56 AM CDT (15:56 UTC)
Expired: Jun 10, 2019, 1:00 PM CDT
In force: 13 days
Issued by: NWS Memphis, TN
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Crittenden County, AR, DeSoto County, MS, Shelby County, TN

The radar

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 33 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:58 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 Mississippi River at Memphis (MEMT1).

Action stage: 28 ft
Minor stage: 34 ft
Moderate stage: 40 ft
Major stage: 46 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07032000, 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 May 28, 10:44 AM CDT, 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 28, 10:44 AM CDT, 12 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 28, 4:45 AM CDT, 6 hours 11 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
May 28, 10:45 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	MEG	Lauderdale, Tipton	45 days
May 28, 10:56 AM CDT	River Flood Advisory	MEG	Lake	32 hr

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.