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River Flood Warning 174, NWS Memphis, TN

November 30, 2019Crockett County, Dyer County, Lauderdale County, Tennessee

NWS Memphis, TN issued this river flood warning at Nov 30, 2019, 9:52 AM CST for Crockett County, Dyer County, Lauderdale County, Tennessee. It took effect at Dec 1, 2019, 6:00 AM CST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 30, 2019, 9:52 AM CST (15:52 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 1, 2019, 6:00 AM CST
Expired
Nov 30, 2019, 6:25 PM CST
In force
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 15:53 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 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 Nov 30, 5:29 AM CST, 4 hours 23 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 30, 5:29 AM CST, 4 hours 23 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 30, 4:02 AM CST, 5 hours 50 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Memphis TN
402 AM CST Sat Nov 30 2019

ARZ009-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115-MSZ001>017-
020>024-TNZ001>004-019>022-048>055-088>092-011215-
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-
402 AM CST Sat Nov 30 2019

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

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight

There is a Slight Risk for severe thunderstorms from mid-afternoon
through mid-evening south and east of a Jonesboro, Arkansas to
Dyersburg, Tennessee line. There is a Marginal Risk for severe
thunderstorms over far northeast Arkansas, the Missouri bootheel,
and far northwest Tennessee.

The primary severe weather risks include damaging winds and large
hail, mainly over the Slight Risk area. There is a secondary
risk of short-lived tornadoes, mainly over north Mississippi.

Given saturated soils from recent rainfall, sub-severe
thunderstorm winds will be capable of downing trees.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday

The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation may be needed this afternoon and early evening.

PWB

The office that day

Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 30, 1:31 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementMEGTunica44 min
Nov 30, 1:58 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementMEGPanola, Quitman47 min
Nov 30, 2:00 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGMarshall, Panola, Quitman, Tate45 min
Nov 30, 2:15 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGLafayette, Marshall, Panola45 min
Nov 30, 2:28 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCalhoun, Lafayette, Lee, Pontotoc, Union47 min
Nov 30, 3:06 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGItawamba, Lee, Prentiss, Tishomingo, Union39 min
Nov 30, 3:38 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGTishomingo22 min
Nov 30, 4:13 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementMEGLafayette, Panola, Quitman47 min
Nov 30, 4:53 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementMEGAlcorn, Benton, Tippah52 min
Nov 30, 5:28 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementMEGPrentiss, Tishomingo47 min
Nov 30, 1:34 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementMEGBenton26 min
Nov 30, 2:52 PM CSTWind AdvisoryMEGBenton, Carroll, Crockett, Decatur, Dyer, Fayette and 11 more24 hr
Nov 30, 11:18 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementMEGGreene42 min

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Tennessee, 2019Every 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.