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River Flood Warning 166, NWS Memphis, TN

October 26, 2019Crockett County, Dyer County, Lauderdale County, Tennessee

NWS Memphis, TN issued this river flood warning at Oct 26, 2019, 10:24 AM CDT for Crockett County, Dyer County, Lauderdale County, Tennessee. It took effect at Oct 26, 2019, 10:52 AM CDT. It was in force for 31 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Oct 26, 2019, 10:24 AM CDT (15:24 UTC)
In effect from: Oct 26, 2019, 10:52 AM CDT
Expired: Oct 27, 2019, 6:12 PM CDT
In force: 31 hr
Issued by: NWS Memphis, TN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Crockett County, TN, Dyer County, TN, Lauderdale County, TN

The radar

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point South Fork Forked Deer River near Halls (HLST1).

Action stage: 8.5 ft
Minor stage: 9 ft
Moderate stage: 13.5 ft
Major stage: 16 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record, 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 Oct 26, 6:31 AM CDT, 3 hours 53 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 26, 6:31 AM CDT, 3 hours 53 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
Oct 26, 6:03 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	MEG	Alcorn, Benton, Calhoun, Chickasaw, Itawamba, Lafayette and 11 more	9 hr
Oct 26, 9:54 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Calhoun, Chickasaw, Lafayette, Lee, Pontotoc, Yalobusha	51 min
Oct 26, 10:04 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MEG	DeSoto, Marshall, Tate, Tunica	3 hr
Oct 26, 10:35 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Calhoun, Chickasaw, Lafayette, Lee, Pontotoc, Union and 1 more	40 min
Oct 26, 11:04 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Benton, Calhoun, Chickasaw, Lafayette, Lee, Pontotoc and 3 more	41 min
Oct 26, 11:45 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Alcorn, Benton, Lee, Pontotoc, Prentiss, Tippah and 2 more	45 min
Oct 26, 12:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Alcorn, Benton, Prentiss, Tippah	47 min
Oct 26, 12:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Alcorn, Itawamba, Prentiss, Tishomingo	26 min
Oct 26, 12:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Alcorn, Prentiss, Tippah	50 min
Oct 26, 12:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Alcorn, Prentiss, Tishomingo	47 min
Oct 26, 10:24 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	MEG	Fayette, Shelby	22 hr
Oct 26, 1:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Benton, Carroll, Chester, Decatur, Hardin, Henderson and 2 more	48 min
Oct 26, 9:22 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MEG	Mississippi	6 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.