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River Flood Warning 127, NWS Memphis, TN

May 21, 2020Dyer County, Lake County, Lauderdale County, Tennessee; Mississippi County, Arkansas

NWS Memphis, TN issued this river flood warning at May 21, 2020, 8:43 PM CDT for Dyer County, Lake County, Lauderdale County, Tennessee; Mississippi County, Arkansas. It took effect at May 26, 2020, 7:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 11 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 21, 2020, 8:43 PM CDT (01:43 UTC)
In effect from: May 26, 2020, 7:00 PM CDT
Expired: Jun 6, 2020, 10:46 AM CDT
In force: 11 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 01:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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.

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 May 21, 6:20 PM CDT, 2 hours 23 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 21, 6:20 PM CDT, 2 hours 23 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 21, 8:49 PM CDT	River Flood Advisory	MEG	Tunica	9 days
May 22, 12:23 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Coahoma, Tunica	52 min
May 22, 3:12 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Lafayette, Pontotoc, Union, Yalobusha	48 min
May 22, 3:14 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Coahoma	46 min
May 22, 3:53 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Coahoma, Panola, Quitman	52 min
May 22, 3:55 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Lee, Pontotoc	50 min
May 22, 4:13 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Lafayette	47 min
May 22, 4:41 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Lee, Prentiss, Tishomingo	49 min
May 22, 4:43 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Lafayette, Panola	47 min
May 22, 5:19 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Lafayette, Lee, Pontotoc	41 min
May 22, 5:53 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Itawamba, Lee, Prentiss, Tishomingo, Union	52 min
May 21, 8:49 PM CDT	River Flood Advisory	MEG	Lake	12 days
May 22, 3:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Shelby, Tipton	50 min
May 22, 5:04 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Fayette, Hardeman	26 min
May 22, 5:24 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Madison	36 min
May 22, 5:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Hardin, McNairy	48 min
May 22, 6:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Chester, Decatur, Hardin, Henderson, McNairy	41 min
May 22, 6:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Hardin, McNairy	47 min
May 22, 1:55 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Clay, Greene	50 min
May 22, 2:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Clay, Craighead, Greene	45 min
May 22, 3:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Crittenden, Cross, Poinsett, St. Francis	51 min

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Tennessee, 2020 River Flood Warnings in Arkansas, 2020 Every 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.