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River Flood Advisory 49, NWS Memphis, TN

May 20, 2020Dyer County, Lake County, Lauderdale County, Tennessee; Mississippi County, Arkansas

NWS Memphis, TN issued this river flood advisory at May 20, 2020, 11:41 AM CDT for Dyer County, Lake County, Lauderdale County, Tennessee; Mississippi County, Arkansas. It was in force for 22 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 20, 2020, 11:41 AM CDT (16:41 UTC)
Expired
Jun 11, 2020, 10:56 AM CDT
In force
22 days
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Mississippi County, AR, Dyer County, TN, Lake County, TN, Lauderdale County, TN

The radar

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:39 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 Mississippi River at Caruthersville (CRTM7).

Action stage
29 ft
Minor stage
32 ft
Moderate stage
41 ft
Major stage
43 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.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 20, 4:35 AM CDTDense Fog AdvisoryMEGBenton, Carroll, Decatur, Hardin, Henderson, Henry4 hr
May 20, 11:41 AM CDTRiver Flood AdvisoryMEGLauderdale, Tipton4 days

Nearby

River Flood Advisories in Tennessee, 2020River Flood Advisories in Arkansas, 2020Every river flood advisory in 2020

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.