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River Flood Warning 115, NWS Memphis, TN

April 12, 2020Crockett County, Dyer County, Lauderdale County, Tennessee

NWS Memphis, TN issued this river flood warning at Apr 12, 2020, 7:06 PM CDT for Crockett County, Dyer County, Lauderdale County, Tennessee. It was in force for 9 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 12, 2020, 7:06 PM CDT (00:06 UTC)
Expired: Apr 21, 2020, 11:47 AM CDT
In force: 9 days
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 00:08 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 Apr 12, 6:38 PM CDT, 28 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 12, 6:38 PM CDT, 28 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 12, 3:28 PM CDT, 3 hours 38 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 12, 3:42 PM CDT, 3 hours 24 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 12, 4:42 PM CDT, 2 hours 24 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
442 PM CDT SUN APR 12 2020

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0330 PM     TSTM WND DMG     BOONEVILLE              34.66N  88.57W
04/12/2020                   PRENTISS           MS   SOCIAL MEDIA

            A PORCH WAS DAMAGED AND A METAL ROOF PULLED OFF OF
            GARAGE.

&&

MJ

Local storm report, Apr 12, 4:45 PM CDT, 2 hours 21 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
445 PM CDT SUN APR 12 2020

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0345 PM     FUNNEL CLOUD     2 E SAVANNAH            35.22N  88.20W
04/12/2020                   HARDIN             TN   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

            FUNNEL CLOUD SPOTTED 7900 BLOCK OF HIGHWAY 203 AT BURNT
            CHURCH.

&&

Local storm report, Apr 12, 4:47 PM CDT, 2 hours 19 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
447 PM CDT SUN APR 12 2020

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0345 PM     TSTM WND DMG     2 SE SAVANNAH           35.20N  88.21W
04/12/2020                   HARDIN             TN   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

            NUMEROUS TREES DOWN FROM BURNT CHURCH THROUGH PYBURN,
            COUNCE AND OLIVET COMMUNITIES.

&&

Local storm report, Apr 12, 5:30 PM CDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
530 PM CDT SUN APR 12 2020

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0305 PM     TSTM WND DMG     NEW ALBANY              34.49N  89.02W
04/12/2020                   UNION              MS   BROADCAST MEDIA

            SCATTERED TREES DOWN IN NEW ALBANY.

&&

Special weather statement, Apr 12, 6:14 PM CDT, 52 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Memphis TN
614 PM CDT Sun Apr 12 2020

MSZ016-017-023-024-122345-
Itawamba MS-Monroe MS-Lee MS-Chickasaw MS-
614 PM CDT Sun Apr 12 2020

...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED UNTIL 645 PM CDT
FOR...

Southern Itawamba County in northeastern Mississippi...
Northern Monroe County in northeastern Mississippi...
Southeastern Lee County in northeastern Mississippi...
East central Chickasaw County in northeastern Mississippi...

At 614 PM CDT...a strong thunderstorm producing pea size hail or
larger and winds at least 40 mph was located over New Wren, or near
Okolona, moving northeast at 55 mph.

Very heavy rain is also possible with this thunderstorm.

People in southern Itawamba...northern Monroe...southeastern Lee and
east central Chickasaw Counties should monitor this storm closely.

LAT...LON 3402 8821 3385 8868 3401 8878 3435 8827
      3425 8818
TIME...MOT...LOC 2314Z 241DEG 57KT 3398 8865

SGW

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 12, 8:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Coahoma	54 min
Apr 12, 9:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Coahoma, Panola, Quitman, Tallahatchie, Tate, Tunica	43 min
Apr 12, 9:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	DeSoto, Lafayette, Marshall, Panola, Quitman, Tallahatchie and 3 more	55 min
Apr 12, 10:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Benton, Calhoun, Chickasaw, DeSoto, Lafayette, Marshall and 5 more	47 min
Apr 12, 10:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Alcorn, Benton, Chickasaw, Itawamba, Lee, Marshall and 5 more	53 min
Apr 12, 10:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Alcorn, Itawamba, Monroe, Prentiss, Tishomingo	50 min
Apr 13, 12:12 PM CDT	River Flood Advisory	MEG	DeSoto	8 hr
Apr 13, 12:12 PM CDT	River Flood Advisory	MEG	Coahoma, Tunica	8 hr
Apr 13, 6:06 PM CDT	Frost Advisory	MEG	Alcorn, Benton, Calhoun, Chickasaw, Coahoma, DeSoto and 16 more	39 hr
Apr 12, 9:21 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	MEG	Madison	3 days
Apr 12, 9:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Shelby	40 min
Apr 12, 10:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Fayette, Lauderdale, Shelby, Tipton	44 min
Apr 12, 10:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Fayette, Hardeman, Haywood, Madison, Tipton	51 min
Apr 12, 11:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Chester, Decatur, Hardeman, Hardin, Henderson, McNairy and 1 more	66 min
Apr 12, 11:36 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Carroll, Dyer, Gibson	24 min
Apr 13, 12:05 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Benton, Carroll, Henry, Lake, Obion, Weakley	40 min
Apr 13, 1:43 AM CDT	High Wind Warning	MEG	Benton, Carroll, Chester, Crockett, Decatur, Dyer and 15 more	4 hr
Apr 13, 4:22 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	MEG	Decatur, Perry	21 days
Apr 13, 4:22 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	MEG	Benton, Henry, Houston, Humphreys, Stewart	4 days
Apr 13, 6:06 PM CDT	Freeze Watch	MEG	Benton, Carroll, Chester, Crockett, Decatur, Dyer and 14 more	24 hr
Apr 12, 9:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Cross	32 min
Apr 12, 9:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Cross, Poinsett, St. Francis	50 min

Nearby

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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.