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River Flood Warning 151, NWS Memphis, TN

June 7, 2019Shelby County, Tennessee

NWS Memphis, TN issued this river flood warning at Jun 7, 2019, 5:04 AM CDT for Shelby County, Tennessee. It took effect at Jun 7, 2019, 5:28 AM CDT. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 7, 2019, 5:04 AM CDT (10:04 UTC)
In effect from: Jun 7, 2019, 5:28 AM CDT
Expired: Jun 7, 2019, 10:54 AM CDT
In force: 5 hr
Issued by: NWS Memphis, TN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Shelby County, TN

The radar

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 18 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Wolf River at Germantown (GERT1).

Action stage: 15 ft
Minor stage: 20.5 ft
Moderate stage: 25 ft
Major stage: 28 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07031650, 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 Jun 7, 4:12 AM CDT, 52 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 7, 4:12 AM CDT, 52 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 7, 3:11 AM CDT, 1 hour 53 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Memphis TN
311 AM CDT Fri Jun 7 2019

ARZ009-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115-MSZ001>017-
020>024-TNZ001>004-019>022-048>055-088>092-081015-
Alcorn-Benton MS-Benton TN-Calhoun-Carroll-Chester-Chickasaw-Clay-
Coahoma-Craighead-Crittenden-Crockett-Cross-DeSoto-Decatur-
Dunklin-Dyer-Fayette-Gibson-Greene-Hardeman-Hardin-Haywood-
Henderson-Henry-Itawamba-Lafayette-Lake-Lauderdale-Lee AR-Lee MS-
Madison-Marshall-McNairy-Mississippi-Monroe-Obion-Panola-Pemiscot-
Phillips-Poinsett-Pontotoc-Prentiss-Quitman-Shelby-St. Francis-
Tallahatchie-Tate-Tippah-Tipton-Tishomingo-Tunica-Union-Weakley-
Yalobusha-
311 AM CDT Fri Jun 7 2019

This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of East Arkansas...
the Missouri Bootheel...North Mississippi...and West Tennessee.

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight

Heavy rainfall sufficient to produce localized areas of flash
flooding will be possible today.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday

Locally heavy rainfall will be possible Saturday.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not anticipated at this time.

PWB

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 7, 3:26 AM CDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 7, 3:55 AM CDT, 1 hour 9 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
Jun 7, 2:15 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MEG	DeSoto, Marshall, Tate	4 hr
Jun 7, 3:58 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	MEG	DeSoto, Marshall	3 hr
Jun 7, 11:53 AM CDT	River Flood Advisory	MEG	Coahoma, Tunica	17 days
Jun 7, 12:05 PM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	MEG	Alcorn, Benton, Chickasaw, DeSoto, Itawamba, Lafayette and 10 more	15 hr
Jun 7, 3:19 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Shelby	3 hr
Jun 7, 10:43 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MEG	Tipton	3 hr
Jun 7, 4:26 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MEG	Tipton	3 hr
Jun 7, 2:42 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MEG	Cross, Poinsett	4 hr
Jun 7, 11:32 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MEG	Clay, Greene	3 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Tennessee, 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.