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River Flood Warning 92, NWS Memphis, TN

March 12, 2019Madison County, Tennessee

NWS Memphis, TN issued this river flood warning at Mar 12, 2019, 11:01 AM CDT for Madison County, Tennessee. It took effect at Mar 14, 2019, 7:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 12, 2019, 11:01 AM CDT (16:01 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 14, 2019, 7:00 PM CDT
Expired: Mar 15, 2019, 1:00 AM CDT
In force: 6 hr
Issued by: NWS Memphis, TN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Madison County, TN

The radar

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:59 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 at Jackson (JKNT1).

Action stage: 32 ft
Minor stage: 34 ft
Moderate stage: 37.5 ft
Major stage: 39 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 Mar 12, 6:46 AM CDT, 4 hours 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 12, 6:46 AM CDT, 4 hours 15 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 12, 3:06 AM CDT, 7 hours 55 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Memphis TN
306 AM CDT Tue Mar 12 2019

ARZ009-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115-MSZ001>017-
020>024-TNZ001>004-019>022-048>055-088>092-131015-
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-
306 AM CDT Tue Mar 12 2019

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

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday

A few strong to severe storms are possible late Wednesday into
midday Thursday. Damaging winds will be the primary threat.

A Wind Advisory is likely Wednesday and may be needed Thursday.

Locally heavy rainfall is possible late Wednesday afternoon into
Thursday which could aggravate ongoing river flooding. Localized
flooding of low-lying areas is possible as well.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation may be needed late Wednesday into midday
Thursday.

JAB

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 12, 11:02 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	MEG	Monroe	3 days
Mar 12, 1:05 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	MEG	Tate, Tunica	56 hr
Mar 12, 1:05 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	MEG	Quitman	3 days
Mar 12, 1:05 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	MEG	Quitman	5 days
Mar 12, 1:05 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	MEG	Tallahatchie	21 days
Mar 12, 3:10 PM CDT	Wind Advisory	MEG	Alcorn, Benton, Calhoun, Chickasaw, Coahoma, DeSoto and 16 more	52 hr
Mar 12, 11:01 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	MEG	Crockett, Dyer, Lauderdale	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.