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River Flood Warning 126, NWS Memphis, TN

April 27, 2020Dyer County, Lake County, Lauderdale County, Tennessee; Mississippi County, Arkansas

NWS Memphis, TN issued this river flood warning at Apr 27, 2020, 8:45 PM CDT for Dyer County, Lake County, Lauderdale County, Tennessee; Mississippi County, Arkansas. It took effect at May 1, 2020, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 10 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 27, 2020, 8:45 PM CDT (01:45 UTC)
In effect from
May 1, 2020, 7:00 AM CDT
Expired
May 10, 2020, 7:32 PM CDT
In force
10 days
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

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 01:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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
Apr 28, 12:29 PM CDTRiver Flood AdvisoryMEGDeSoto12 days
Apr 28, 12:34 PM CDTRiver Flood AdvisoryMEGDecatur, Hardin56 hr

Nearby

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