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River Flood Warning 41, NWS Memphis, TN

February 9, 2019Fayette County, Shelby County, Tennessee

NWS Memphis, TN issued this river flood warning at Feb 9, 2019, 10:33 AM CST for Fayette County, Shelby County, Tennessee. It took effect at Feb 11, 2019, 11:01 PM CST. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 9, 2019, 10:33 AM CST (16:33 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 11, 2019, 11:01 PM CST
Expired: Feb 12, 2019, 6:16 AM CST
In force: 7 hr
Issued by: NWS Memphis, TN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Fayette County, TN, Shelby County, TN

The radar

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 26 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Loosahatchie River at Arlington (ARLT1).

Action stage: 19 ft
Minor stage: 20 ft
Moderate stage: 22 ft
Major stage: 24 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07030240, 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 Feb 9, 5:39 AM CST, 4 hours 54 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 9, 5:39 AM CST, 4 hours 54 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
Feb 8, 7:34 PM CST	River Flood Advisory	MEG	DeSoto	15 hr
Feb 9, 6:00 AM CST	River Flood Advisory	MEG	DeSoto	5 days
Feb 9, 10:47 AM CST	River Flood Advisory	MEG	Coahoma, Tunica	4 days
Feb 8, 7:58 PM CST	River Flood Warning	MEG	Obion, Weakley	5 days
Feb 8, 7:58 PM CST	River Flood Warning	MEG	Dyer	23 days
Feb 8, 8:03 PM CST	River Flood Warning	MEG	Decatur, Hardin	17 hr
Feb 9, 3:08 AM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	MEG	Lake	28 hr
Feb 9, 1:13 PM CST	River Flood Advisory	MEG	Decatur, Hardin	5 days
Feb 9, 3:28 PM CST	Flood Watch	MEG	Benton, Carroll, Crockett, Dyer, Gibson, Henry and 4 more	60 hr
Feb 8, 7:52 PM CST	River Flood Warning	MEG	Craighead	18 days
Feb 8, 7:52 PM CST	River Flood Warning	MEG	Mississippi, Poinsett	21 days

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.