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River Flood Warning 134, NWS Memphis, TN

May 2, 2019Clay County, Greene County, Arkansas

NWS Memphis, TN issued this river flood warning at May 2, 2019, 10:11 AM CDT for Clay County, Greene County, Arkansas. It took effect at May 2, 2019, 8:51 PM CDT. It was in force for 3 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 2, 2019, 10:11 AM CDT (15:11 UTC)
In effect from: May 2, 2019, 8:51 PM CDT
Expired: May 6, 2019, 6:42 AM CDT
In force: 3 days
Issued by: NWS Memphis, TN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Clay County, AR, Greene County, AR

The radar

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point St. Francis River at St. Francis (SFRA4).

Action stage: 19 ft
Minor stage: 22 ft
Moderate stage: 27 ft
Major stage: 31 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07040100, 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 May 2, 6:52 AM CDT, 3 hours 19 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 2, 6:52 AM CDT, 3 hours 19 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 2, 4:57 AM CDT, 5 hours 14 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 2, 4:34 AM CDT, 5 hours 37 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 2, 6:30 AM CDT, 3 hours 41 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 2, 5:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Lake	49 min
May 2, 6:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Dyer, Lake, Obion	43 min
May 2, 6:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Lake	15 min
May 2, 6:26 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	MEG	Lake, Obion	34 min
May 2, 6:46 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MEG	Dyer, Lake, Obion	119 min
May 2, 6:56 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Lake, Obion	49 min
May 2, 4:34 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Clay	26 min
May 2, 6:30 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Clay	15 min
May 2, 4:11 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Clay, Greene	34 min
May 2, 4:59 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MEG	Clay, Greene	2 hr
May 2, 5:06 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Mississippi	24 min
May 2, 5:45 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MEG	Craighead, Greene, Mississippi	2 hr
May 2, 5:54 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Clay, Greene	36 min
May 2, 6:45 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MEG	Clay	2 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Arkansas, 2019 Every river flood warning in 2019

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.