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River Flood Warning 119, NWS Memphis, TN

April 13, 2020Fayette County, Shelby County, Tennessee

NWS Memphis, TN issued this river flood warning at Apr 13, 2020, 8:13 PM CDT for Fayette County, Shelby County, Tennessee. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 13, 2020, 8:13 PM CDT (01:13 UTC)
Expired
Apr 14, 2020, 2:42 AM CDT
In force
6 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 01:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Wolf River at Rossville (ROST1). The gauge peaked at 12.95 ft at Apr 13, 2020, 7:00 PM CDT.

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Action stage
11 ft
Minor stage
13 ft
Moderate stage
14 ft
Major stage
15.5 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07030500, 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 13, 6:39 PM CDT, 1 hour 34 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 13, 6:39 PM CDT, 1 hour 34 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 13, 6:28 PM CDT, 1 hour 45 minutes before
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In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 13, 5:34 PM CDT, 2 hours 39 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
534 PM CDT MON APR 13 2020

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

0935 PM     TSTM WND DMG     CLARKSDALE              34.20N  90.58W
04/12/2020                   COAHOMA            MS   SOCIAL MEDIA

            WIDESPREAD TREE DAMAGE ACROSS THE CITY OF CLARKSDALE.
            SEVERAL HOMES DAMAGED BY FALLEN TREES.

0935 PM     TSTM WND DMG     FRIARS POINT            34.37N  90.64W
04/12/2020                   COAHOMA            MS   SOCIAL MEDIA

            TREES DOWN AT FRIARS POINT.

1010 PM     TSTM WND DMG     SENATOBIA               34.62N  89.97W
04/12/2020                   TATE               MS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            THREE HOMES WERE DAMAGED ACROSS TATE COUNTY.

1020 PM     TSTM WND DMG     2 S EARLE               35.24N  90.47W
04/12/2020                   CRITTENDEN         AR   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

            TREES BLOCKING HIGHWAY 149 SOUTH OF EARLE.

1025 PM     TSTM WND DMG     SABOUGLA                33.77N  89.48W
04/12/2020                   CALHOUN            MS   BROADCAST MEDIA

            LARGE TREE DOWN.

1050 PM     TSTM WND DMG     NEW HOULKA              34.04N  89.02W
04/12/2020                   CHICKASAW          MS   BROADCAST MEDIA

            LARGE TREE DOWN ACROSS HIGHWAY 32. FOUR ROADS CLOSED
            DUE TO DEBRIS ACROSS THE COUNTY.

1125 PM     TSTM WND DMG     7 S HATLEY              33.88N  88.43W
04/12/2020                   MONROE             MS   SOCIAL MEDIA

            NUMEROUS TREES AND LARGE BRANCHES DOWN WEST OF
            GREENWOOD SPRINGS.

&&

SJM
Local storm report, Apr 13, 5:35 PM CDT, 2 hours 38 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
535 PM CDT MON APR 13 2020

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

1200 PM     FLASH FLOOD      COMO                    34.51N  89.94W
04/12/2020                   PANOLA             MS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            APARTMENT COMPLEX IN COMO EXTENSIVELY FLOODED. SANDBAGS
            REQUIRED. DEPTH OF WATER APPROX 6 INCHES.

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

            SCATTERED TREES DOWN IN NEW ALBANY.

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.

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.

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.

0930 PM     TSTM WND DMG     LYON                    34.22N  90.54W
04/12/2020                   COAHOMA            MS   BROADCAST MEDIA

            REPORT OF A LARGE TREE DOWN NEAR KILLEBREW AND BOBO
            STREET IN LYON, MS.

0935 PM     TSTM WND DMG     CLARKSDALE              34.20N  90.58W
04/12/2020                   COAHOMA            MS   TRAINED SPOTTER

            SIGNIFICANT ROOF DAMAGE TO A CARWASH.

0935 PM     TSTM WND DMG     HERNANDO                34.83N  89.99W
04/12/2020                   DESOTO             MS   SOCIAL MEDIA

            TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY
            INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ALONG BRIGHT RD, EAST OF
            JAYBIRD, HWY 305 NEAR HONEY SUCKLE WAY, FOGG RD,
            BENVORLICHS HEAD, HIGH RD S., AND MCCRACKEN RD.

0935 PM     TSTM WND DMG     CLARKSDALE              34.20N  90.58W
04/12/2020                   COAHOMA            MS   SOCIAL MEDIA

            LARGE SECTIONS OF THE ROOF OF A HOTEL WERE RIPPED OFF
            IN CLARKSDALE.

0935 PM     TSTM WND DMG     CLARKSDALE              34.20N  90.58W
04/12/2020                   COAHOMA            MS   SOCIAL MEDIA

            WIDESPREAD TREE DAMAGE ACROSS THE CITY OF CLARKSDALE.
            SEVERAL HOMES DAMAGED BY FALLEN TREES.

0935 PM     TSTM WND DMG     FRIARS POINT            34.37N  90.64W
04/12/2020                   COAHOMA            MS   SOCIAL MEDIA

            TREES DOWN AT FRIARS POINT.

0940 PM     TSTM WND DMG     2 W CALDWELL            35.08N  90.85W
04/12/2020                   ST. FRANCIS        AR   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREE DOWN ALONG ARK HWY 261 WEST OF CALDWELL, ARKANSAS.

0940 PM     TSTM WND DMG     HELENA                  34.53N  90.60W
04/12/2020                   PHILLIPS           AR   BROADCAST MEDIA

            POWERPOLES AND TREES DOWN ACROSS HELENA-WEST HELENA.
            MULTIPLE BUILDINGS DOWNTOWN DAMAGED OR DESTROYED
            INCLUDING CENTENNIAL BAPTIST CHURCH THAT SUSTAINED
            SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE.

0959 PM     TSTM WND GST     2 ESE TUNICA            34.68N  90.35W
04/12/2020  M60 MPH          TUNICA             MS   AWOS

            TUNICA AWOS REPORTED 60MPH WINDS AT THE TOP OF THE
            HOUR.

1000 PM     TSTM WND DMG     SARDIS                  34.43N  89.91W
04/12/2020                   PANOLA             MS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            *** 1 FATAL *** 15-20 HOMES DAMAGED OR DESTROYED ACROSS
            THE COUNTY, MANY TREES DOWN. ONE FATALITY FROM TREES
            FALLING ON A MOBILE HOME.

1000 PM     TSTM WND DMG     1 E CHARLESTON          34.01N  90.04W
04/12/2020                   TALLAHATCHIE       MS   SOCIAL MEDIA

            POWER POLE SNAPPED AND A COUPLE OF POWER POLES KNOCKED
            OVER ALONG HIGHWAY 32 EAST OF CHARLESTON.

1005 PM     TSTM WND DMG     BATESVILLE              34.32N  89.94W
04/12/2020                   PANOLA             MS   SOCIAL MEDIA

            TREES WERE KNOCKED OVER DESTROYING A MOBILE HOME IN
            BATESVILLE.

1010 PM     TSTM WND DMG     EUDORA                  34.83N  90.15W
04/12/2020                   DESOTO             MS   TRAINED SPOTTER

            NUMEROUS TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN IN THE EUDORA
            COMMUNITY.

1010 PM     TSTM WND DMG     SENATOBIA               34.62N  89.97W
04/12/2020                   TATE               MS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            THREE HOMES WERE DAMAGED ACROSS TATE COUNTY.

1015 PM     TSTM WND DMG     COFFEEVILLE             33.98N  89.68W
04/12/2020                   YALOBUSHA          MS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            MULTIPLE TREES DOWN ACROSS THE ENTIRE COUNTY. EMA
            DIRECTOR REPORTS TREES DOWN ON HOUSES AND STRUCTURES AS
            WELL.

1020 PM     TSTM WND DMG     2 S EARLE               35.24N  90.47W
04/12/2020                   CRITTENDEN         AR   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

            TREES BLOCKING HIGHWAY 149 SOUTH OF EARLE.

1023 PM     TSTM WND DMG     4 E SENATOBIA           34.62N  89.90W
04/12/2020                   TATE               MS   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

            MULTIPLE POWER OUTAGES REPORTED NEAR LOOXAHOMA
            COMMUNITY DUE TO DOWNED POWERLINES.

1025 PM     TSTM WND DMG     SABOUGLA                33.77N  89.48W
04/12/2020                   CALHOUN            MS   BROADCAST MEDIA

            LARGE TREE DOWN.

1026 PM     TSTM WND DMG     OXFORD                  34.36N  89.53W
04/12/2020                   LAFAYETTE          MS   SOCIAL MEDIA

            TREES DOWN ALL OVER THE CITY OF OXFORD AND ACROSS
            LAFAYETTE COUNTY AS WELL. FIVE HOMES WERE DAMAGED ACROSS
            THE COUNTY.

1033 PM     TSTM WND DMG     OAKLAND                 34.05N  89.91W
04/12/2020                   YALOBUSHA          MS   STORM CHASER

            RELAYED REPORT FROM RED CROSS. A TREE IS DOWN ON A
            HOUSE WITH A PERSON TRAPPED INSIDE.

1035 PM     TSTM WND DMG     BANNER                  34.10N  89.40W
04/12/2020                   CALHOUN            MS   SOCIAL MEDIA

            TREES AND POWER LINES KNOCKED DOWN IN BANNER. POWER
            METER KNOCKED OFF A HOUSE.

1039 PM     TSTM WND DMG     2 E MIDTOWN MEMPHIS     35.13N  89.95W
04/12/2020                   SHELBY             TN   BROADCAST MEDIA

            LARGE TREE DOWN AT INTERSECTION OF WALNUT GROVE AND
            HIGHLAND.

1050 PM     TSTM WND DMG     PONTOTOC                34.25N  89.01W
04/12/2020                   PONTOTOC           MS   BROADCAST MEDIA

            MULTIPLE TREES DOWN ON 336W IN PONTOTOC

1050 PM     TSTM WND DMG     NEW HOULKA              34.04N  89.02W
04/12/2020                   CHICKASAW          MS   BROADCAST MEDIA

            LARGE TREE DOWN ACROSS HIGHWAY 32. FOUR ROADS CLOSED
            DUE TO DEBRIS ACROSS THE COUNTY.

1051 PM     TSTM WND DMG     BRUCE                   33.99N  89.34W
04/12/2020                   CALHOUN            MS   BROADCAST MEDIA

            MULTIPLE TREES DOWN IN BRUNCE. ALSO, WIDESPREAD POWER
            OUTAGES THROUGHOUT CALHOUN COUNTY.

1054 PM     TSTM WND DMG     12 E NEW ALBANY         34.49N  88.81W
04/12/2020                   UNION              MS   PUBLIC

            MULTIPLE TREES DOWN IN THE COMMUNITY OF NEW ALPINE.

1055 PM     TSTM WND DMG     SOMERVILLE              35.24N  89.35W
04/12/2020                   FAYETTE            TN   EMERGENCY MNGR

            MULTIPLE TREES DOWN ACROSS THE COUNTY.

1106 PM     TSTM WND DMG     GUNTOWN                 34.44N  88.66W
04/12/2020                   LEE                MS   SOCIAL MEDIA

            TREES DOWN ON POWERLINES IN GUNTOWN.

1115 PM     TSTM WND DMG     PLANTERSVILLE           34.21N  88.67W
04/12/2020                   LEE                MS   BROADCAST MEDIA

            TREE DOWN ON ROAD 814 IN PLANTERSVILLE.

1125 PM     TSTM WND DMG     7 S HATLEY              33.88N  88.43W
04/12/2020                   MONROE             MS   SOCIAL MEDIA

            NUMEROUS TREES AND LARGE BRANCHES DOWN WEST OF
            GREENWOOD SPRINGS.

1140 PM     TSTM WND DMG     2 NNE SHILOH            35.14N  88.36W
04/12/2020                   HARDIN             TN   AMATEUR RADIO

            LARGE TREE DOWN ON HIGHWAY 22 NEAR HAMBURG ROAD.

&&

SJM
Local storm report, Apr 13, 5:37 PM CDT, 2 hours 36 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
537 PM CDT MON APR 13 2020

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

1020 PM     TSTM WND DMG     HERNANDO                34.83N  89.99W
04/12/2020                   DESOTO             MS   SOCIAL MEDIA

            TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY
            INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ALONG BRIGHT RD, EAST OF
            JAYBIRD, HWY 305 NEAR HONEY SUCKLE WAY, FOGG RD,
            BENVORLICHS HEAD, HIGH RD S., AND MCCRACKEN RD.

&&

CORRECTED EVENT TIME

SJM
Local storm report, Apr 13, 5:47 PM CDT, 2 hours 26 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
547 PM CDT MON APR 13 2020

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

1055 PM     TSTM WND DMG     SOMERVILLE              35.24N  89.35W
04/12/2020                   FAYETTE            TN   EMERGENCY MNGR

            MULTIPLE TREES DOWN ACROSS THE COUNTY. NUMEROUS TREES
            AND BRANCHES DOWN EAST AND SOUTHEAST OF SOMERVILLE
            INCLUDING COUNTRY CLUB AND JERNIGAN DRIVE. A HOUSE LOST
            SOME SHINGLES ON COUNTRY CLUB COVE. NUMEROUS TREES WERE
            KNOCKED DOWN ON LAGRANGE ROAD.

&&

CORRECTED REMARKS

SJM
Local storm report, Apr 13, 5:51 PM CDT, 2 hours 22 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 14, 2:06 PM CDTFreeze WarningMEGBenton, Carroll, Chester, Crockett, Decatur, Dyer and 14 more19 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Tennessee, 2020Every river flood warning in 2020

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